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Durham Wasps founding member 'wished he hadn't left the team'

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William Russell Proudfoot , known as Russ , was one of the first men to play for the Durham Wasps .

He left the Wasps in the late 1940s after a dispute with the owner of the ice rink.

Russ 's hockey past has been remembered amid a project to commemorate Durham 's ice rink, which closed in 1996 .

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