David Bauer (ice hockey) dating history

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David William Bauer CSB OC (November 2, 1924 – November 9, 1988) was a Canadian ice hockey player and coach, educator and Catholic priest. At age 15, he declined a contract offer by the Boston Bruins on the advice of his father and to complete a proper education. Bauer felt the training camp was a traumatic experience and looked for more in life and sought to play a role in world peace. He served as captain of the Toronto St. Michael's Majors for two seasons and won the 1944 Memorial Cup. He became ordained as a Catholic priest in the Congregation of St. Basil in 1953, then went into teaching at St. Michael's College School. He coached multiple levels of hockey at St. Michael's, sat on the junior ice hockey council for the Ontario Hockey Association, lobbied for a shortened playing schedule for students athletes, and coached the St. Michael's Majors to victory in the 1961 Memorial Cup. Bauer was reassigned to St. Mark's College at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in 1961, then coached the UBC Thunderbirds for two seasons and led them to the finals at the 1963 CIAU University Cup.