Earl Seibert

Earl Seibert
Hockey Hall of Fame , 1963
Date of birth	December 7, 1910
place of birth	Kitchener , Ontario , Canada
date of death	May 20, 1990
size	188 cm
Weight	91 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
1927-1929	Kitchener Greenshirts
1929-1931	Springfield Indians
1931-1936	New York Rangers
1936-1945	Chicago Black Hawks
1945	Detroit Red Wings
1945-1946	Indianapolis Capitals
1946-1947	Springfield Indians

Earl Walter Seibert (born December 7, 1910 in Kitchener , Ontario , † May 20, 1990 ) was a Canadian ice hockey player who played for the New York Rangers , Chicago Black Hawks and Detroit Red Wings in the National Hockey League from 1931 to 1946 .

Career

As a junior he played in his hometown of Kitchener until the Springfield Indians signed him . During this time he suffered a severe concussion.

Even at the beginning of his 15-year NHL career, he wore head protection and was the first player to constantly play with a helmet. He was a "tough dog" on the ice, but also in his contractual talks he always showed himself to be a tough negotiating partner. After five successful years, those responsible were tired of arguing with him about his salary and handed him over to the Chicago Black Hawks.

In Chicago he developed into one of the best defenders in the league. He has been elected to the NHL All-Star Team 10 times . The only defender ranked above him during this period was Eddie Shore , who described Seibert as the only player with whom he feared an argument.

However, his career was overshadowed by a foul on Howie Morenz , who died of his injuries a few weeks later. Seibert never really got over this.

He won the Stanley Cup twice : in 1933 with the New York Rangers and in 1938 with the Chicago Black Hawks.

Seibert still trained teams in the AHA in West Springfield and Indianapolis , but he was unsuccessful there and withdrew from ice hockey.

In 1963 he was honored with the induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame , two years after his father Oliver Seibert . The two were the first father-son combination to enter the Hall of Fame.

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	15th	653	89	187	276	768
Playoffs	10	58	10	6th	16	62

Sporting successes

• Stanley Cup : 1933 and 1938

Personal awards

• First All-Star Team : 1935, 1942, 1943 and 1944
• Second All-Star Team : 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940 and 1941

Web links

• Earl Seibert in the database of the Hockey Hall of Fame (English)
• Earl Seibert at hockeydb.com (English)