Professional Hockey Player. He played at the position of Left-Wing (or Forward) for the Montreal Canadiens from 1942 to 1943, in the National Hockey League (or NHL). At a height of 5.07, and weighing 175lbs, he made a name for himself by playing in several minor league teams before joining the National Hockey League's Montreal Canadiens. He was born one of two children to Henri Dheere and Martha Verhaeghe Dheere in St. Boniface, Manitoba. He enjoyed sports from a young age and first played hockey in Treherne, Manitoba, with the Treherne Juniors of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League (or MJHL) for one season from 1939 to 1940, and then traveled to the United States to Portland, Oregon, and played with the Portland Buckaroos of the Pacific Coast Hockey League (or PCHL) for one season from 1940 to 1941. For that team, his regular-season scores included some 48 games played, 18 goals, 6 assists, 24 points, and 56 penalties in minutes. He then returned to Canada and played hockey in Quebec. He played for the Montreal Senior Canadiens of the Quebec Senior Hockey League (or QSHL) for three seasons from 1941 to 1943. For that team, his regular-season scores included some 62 games played, 9 goals, 10 assists, 19 points, and 57 penalties in minutes. He also played with the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (or NHL) from 1942 to 1943. For that team, his regular-season scores included some 11 games played, 1 goal, 2 assists, 3 points, 2 penalties in minutes, and 5 games played and 6 penalties in the playoff scores. With the Montreal Canadiens, he played with such greats as Hector "Toe" Blake, Ray Getliffe, Joe Benoit, Gordie Drillon, Jack Portland, Tony Graboski, Glen Harmon, Wilbert "Dutch" Hiller, Leo Lamoureux, Elmer Lach, and Herbert "Buddy" O'Connor, among many others. He also played with Montreal Canada Car in the Montreal Corporate Hockey League (or MCHL) for one season from 1943 to 1944. For that team, his regular-season scores included 1 game played, 2 assists, and 2 points. During World War II, he played hockey on a military team made up of professional hockey players called the Montreal RCAF (or Royal Canadian Air Force) in the Montreal National Defence Hockey League (or MNDHL) for three seasons from 1943 to 1945. He then played with the Hull Volants in Hull, Quebec, in the Quebec Senior Hockey League (or QSHL) for one season from 1945 to 1946. For that team, his regular-season scores included some 28 games played, 10 goals, 9 assists, 19 points, and 15 penalties in minutes. He then returned to the United States to Texas and played with the Houston Skippers in the United States Hockey League (or USHL) for three seasons from 1946 to 1947. For that team, his regular-season scores included some 58 games played, 20 goals, 28 assists, 48 points, and 22 penalties in minutes. He also played with the Houston Huskies in the United States Hockey League (or USHL) for one season from 1947 to 1948. For that team, his regular-season scores included some 18 games played, 8 goals, 9 assists, 17 points, and 4 penalties in minutes. He next headed to Tulsa, Oklahoma, and played with the Tulsa Oilers of the United States Hockey League (or USHL) for three seasons from 1947 to 1949. For that team, his regular-season scores included some 104 games played, 35 goals, 50 assists, 85 points, and 28 penalties in minutes, and 7 games played, 1 goal, 2 assists, 3 points, and 2 penalties in minutes in the playoff scores. He also played with Tulsa-St.Paul of the United States Hockey League (or USHL) for one season from 1949 to 1950. For that team, his regular-season scores included some 21 games played, 4 goals, 10 assists, 14 points, 2 penalties in minutes, and 3 games played, and 2 penalties in minutes in the playoff scores. He then traveled to Tacoma, Washington and played with the Tacoma Rockets of the Pacific Coast Hockey League (or PCHL) for three seasons from 1949 to 1951. For that team, his regular-season scores included some 92 games played, 25 goals, 49 assists, 26 penalties in minutes, and 6 games played, 2 assists, and 2 points in the playoff scores. He then returned to Canada and played in Vernon, British Columbia, with the Vernon Canadians of the Okanagan Senior Amateur Hockey League (or OSAHL) for one season from 1951 to 1952. He then went to Saskatchewan and played in Melville, Saskatchewan, with the Melville Millionaires of the Saskatchewan Senior Hockey League (or SSHL) for three seasons from 1951 to 1953, and he was coached by and played with the legendary George "Mr. Production" Abel, who had won an Olympic gold medal playing with the Edmonton Mercurys in 1952. For that team, his regular-season scores included some 32 games played, 7 goals, 21 assists, 28 points, 22 penalties in minutes, and some 3 games played, 2 assists, and 2 penalties in minutes, in the playoff scores. He retired from playing hockey following the 1953 hockey season and he returned to Manitoba to raise a family. He married Jacqueline Gallant on June 13, 1953, at the Letellier Roman Catholic Church in Letellier, Manitoba, and the couple would have three children together. Following his retirement from playing hockey, he also worked as a switchman for the Canadian National Railway (or CNR) for thirty years before retiring from that job. He passed away from cancer at the Riverview Health Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on November 5, 2002, at the age of 81. His funeral was held at the Holy Family Roman Catholic Church in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and he was interred at the Green Acres Funeral Home and Cemetery in Springfield, Manitoba. His daughter Maureen passed away on January 5, 2015, at the age of 57, and his wife Jacqueline passed away on March 13, 2019, at the age of 94.