Billy Burch

Billy Burch
Hockey Hall of Fame , 1974
Date of birth	20th November 1900
place of birth	Yonkers , New York , USA
date of death	December 30, 1950
size	183 cm
Weight	91 kg
position	center
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
1918-1919	Parkdale Canoe Club
1919-1920	Toronto Canoe Club
1920-1922	Toronto Aura Lee
1922-1925	Hamilton Tigers
1925-1932	New York Americans
1932-1933	Boston Bruins
1933	Chicago Black Hawks

William "Billy" Burch (born November 20, 1900 in Yonkers , New York ; † December 30, 1950 ) was an American ice hockey player who worked for the Hamilton Tigers , New York Americans , Chicago Black Hawks and Boston Bruins from 1922 to 1933 played in the National Hockey League .

Career

Billy Burch is often referred to as one of the first Americans to establish himself as a player in the NHL. Billy moved to Toronto at a young age and learned to play ice hockey there. He played football with Lionel Conacher and won the Ontario Union Champion title. As a youngster, he also won the Canadian junior title in ice hockey and played here again with Lionel Conacher and Roy Worters, who are also both in the Hockey Hall of Fame . He had his strongest time with the Hamilton Tigers , but that it was also his most successful was prevented by a strike by the team in the 1924/25 season , in which the Tigers did not make the NHL final and Billy had a good chance at his only one Stanley Cup passed.

In 1974 he was honored with the induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame .

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	11	390	137	61	198	255
Playoffs	1	2	0	0	0	0

Achievements and Awards

• 1920 Memorial Cup win with the Toronto Canoe Club Paddlers
• 1925 Hart Memorial Trophy
• 1927 Lady Byng Memorial Trophy

Web links

• Billy Burch in the database of the Hockey Hall of Fame (English)
• Billy Burch at hockeydb.com (English)