Bobby Bauer

Bobby Bauer
Hockey Hall of Fame , 1996
Date of birth	February 16, 1915
place of birth	Waterloo , Ontario , Canada
date of death	September 16, 1964
size	170 cm
Weight	73 kg
position	Right wing
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
1931-1934	St. Michael's Majors
1934-1935	Toronto British Consols Kitchener Greenshirts
1935-1936	Boston Cubs
1936-1937	Providence Reds
1937-1941	Boston Bruins
1941-1942	Ottawa RCAF Flyers
1942-1953	Halifax RCAF
1935-1947	Boston Bruins
1947-1952	Kitchener Dutchmen

Robert Theodore "Bobby" Bauer (born February 16, 1915 in Waterloo , Ontario ; † September 16, 1964 ) was a Canadian ice hockey player and coach who played for the Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League from 1935 to 1952 .

Career

Together with Milt Schmidt and Woody Dumart , he formed the Kraut Line in Boston . They were among the strongest storm series of their time and won the Stanley Cup in 1939 and 1941 . For World War II in 1942, the three guys from the Kraut Line were the first North American professionals who joined the army. Bauer then returned to the NHL for two years before ending his career in 1947. Once again he returned in 1952 for a game for the association of the Kraut Line . The Bruins defeated Chicago and Bauer scored one goal and set up another.

Bauer coached the Canadian team at the Olympic Games in Cortina d'Ampezzo in 1956 and in Squaw Valley in 1960 .

In 1996 he was honored with the induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame .

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	10	328	123	137	260	36
Playoffs	7th	48	11	8th	19th	6th

Sporting successes

• Memorial Cup : 1934
• Stanley Cup : 1939 and 1941
• Allan Cup : 1942

Personal awards

• Second All-Star Team : 1939, 1940 and 1941
• Lady Byng Memorial Trophy : 1940, 1941 and 1947

Web links

• Bobby Bauer in the database of the Hockey Hall of Fame (English)
• Bobby Bauer at hockeydb.com (English)