Hockey player.
Born at Holland on 2 January 1921 to Mabel Jane Down (1889-1985) and Jesse Norman Harmon (1986-1950), as a child he enjoyed and excelled at playing hockey, and went on to play for the East Kildonan Bisons and Gordon Bell High School in Winnipeg. He moved on to the Manitoba Junior Hockey League when he was 17, first playing for the Brandon Elks (1938-1940), then the Winnipeg Rangers (1940-1941). In 1941, joined the Montreal Senior Canadiens (Quebec Senior Hockey League).
In November 1942, he stepped onto the ice of the Montreal Forum to play in his first NHL game in the position of defense for the Montreal Canadiens. That year he played well enough to finish second in the voting for the Calder Memorial Trophy awarded to the top NHL rookie. He stayed for a total of nine seasons (1942-1951) and helped secure the Stanley Cup twice in his time with the Canadiens, first in the 1943-1944 season and again in the 1945-1946 season. He later played for the Montreal Royals of the Quebec Maritimes Hockey League before retiring from hockey in 1955.
When his hockey career was over, he sold cars for General Motors for 31 years and one year was the top salesman in Canada. With his wife Juliette Meyers (1914-2007), he had three children. After divorce, he married Noreen Fawcett (1915-1999). His honours include being a member of the NHL Second All-Star Team (1945, 1949) and playing in the NHL All-Star Games of 1949 and 1950. He was inducted into the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame (1985) and Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame (2008).
He died at Mississauga, Ontario on 9 March 2007 and was buried in the Streetsville Public Cemetery.
Birth registration [David Glen Harmon], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Glen Harmon,” Honoured Members Database, Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame.
“Glen Harmon,”, Wikipedia.
“David Glen Harmon,” Bettin/Spenst Family Tree, Ancestry.
“Glen Harmon,” Memorials, FindAGrave.
This page was prepared by Lois Braun.
Page revised: 4 October 2024
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