Herb Carnegie is credited by Jean Beliveau with teaching him how to play hockey The Montreal Canadiens star and Carnegie were teammates with the Quebec Aces of the Quebec senior league when he learned all the tricks of the game from the smooth-skating Carnegie, who was nicknamed “Swivel Hips” because of his puck-handling skill. But Herb Carnegie was black. Had he been white, he would have succeeded instantly to the NHL. A remarkable man who never let the nasty penalty he served for his colour make him bitter has been memorialized following his death at 92. Toronto Star. .
