- From Hockey Hall of Fame: See full biography at: https://www.hhof.com/HonouredMembers/MemberDetails.html?type=Player&mem=P196217&list=ByName
- 1889-1973
- Born in Winnipeg.
- Played with University of Manitoba and the Winnipeg Hockey Club, never turned professional.
- In 1912-13, the Winnipeg Hockey Club won the League and the Allan Cup (emblematic of amateur hockey supremacy).
- DCB biographies on his father Henry Norland Ruttan (engineer, militia officer, and office holder) and great grandfather Henry Ruttan (soldier, businessman, legislator, author, and inventor).
- 3rd cousin to Arthur Farrell.
- Second Great Grandson of United Empire Loyalist listed in Loyalist Directory: https://uelac.ca/loyalist-directory/detail/?wpda_search_column_id=7234
- Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/139276525/john-douglas-ruttan
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