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James Arthur (Art) Dorrington

Born 13 Mar 1930 in Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada

Ancestors

Son of William Archibald Dorrington and Mable (Mentis) Dorrington

[sibling(s) unknown]

Husband of Dorothie (Williamson) Dorrington — married Nov 1951 in Atlantic City, Atlantic, New Jersey, United States

[children unknown]

Died 29 Dec 2017 at age 87 in Atlantic City, Atlantic, New Jersey, United States

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Biography

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Art Dorrington was the first black professional hockey player in the United States. He was called the "Jackie Robinson of hockey" on a trading card.^[1]

Art was born 1930 in Truro, Colchester county, Nova Scotia, Canada. Art was signed by the New York Rangers hockey organization in 1950, and played with various minor league teams but was never called up to the Rangers. His career was interrupted in 1956 due to his being drafted into the Army, where he served for 22 months. After a brief return to hockey, a broken leg ended his career. After retiring from hockey, Dorrington joined the Atlantic County Sheriff's Department.

Art was also the softball commissioner in Atlantic City for 32 years and an umpire for 34 years. He created the Art Dorrington Ice Hockey Foundation with his wife, Dorothie, in 1998 to teach life skills through hockey. The program was supported by the National Hockey League's "Hockey is for Everyone" initiative in the early 1990s. In 2012, Boardwalk Hall's ice hockey rink was named after him.

He passed away in 2017 in Atlantic City, New Jersey and was buried in Atlantic City Cemetery in Pleasantville, New Jersey. He was survived by one daughter.

Sources

↑ Wikipedia: Art Dorrington

https://theundefeated.com/whhw/art-dorrington-the-first-black-professional-hockey-player-in-the-united-states-dies-at-87/

2017 Death Registration: "New Jersey, U.S., Death Index, 1901-2017"
Surname Range: A-Z; Title: New Jersey Death Index, 2001-2017
Ancestry Record 61260 #304766 (accessed 20 January 2022)
James Arthur Dorrington death 29 Dec 2017 (age 87) in New Jersey, USA.

2018 Obituary, The Daily Journal (Vineland, New Jersey), 4 Jan 2018, Thu, p. B2 [1]

Find A Grave: Memorial #186909705 Atlantic City Cemetery, Pleasantville, New Jersey

https://www.njcourts.gov/pressrel/2018/pr021618b.pdf

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Art by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Art: