Jack Crawford (ice hockey player)

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Flag of Canada (1921–1957) .svg  Jack Crawford Ice hockey player
Date of birth October 26, 1916
place of birth Dublin , Ontario , Canada
date of death 19th January 1973
Place of death Barnstable , Massachusetts , USA
size 180 cm
Weight 86 kg
position defender
Shot hand Right
Career stations
1933-1934 St. Michael's Buzzers
1934-1935 Toronto St. Michael's Majors
1935-1936 West Toronto Nationals
Toronto McColl-Frontenacs
1936-1937 Kirkland Lake Blue Devils
1937-1938 Providence Reds
1938-1950 Boston Bruins
1950-1952 Hershey Bears

John Shea "Jack" Crawford (born October 26, 1916 in Dublin , Ontario , † January 19, 1973 in Barnstable , Massachusetts , USA ) was a Canadian ice hockey player and coach , who in the course of his active career between 1933 and 1952, among others 614 Has played for the Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League on the position of defender . During his 13 seasons in the NHL, Crawford won the Stanley Cup twice in 1939 and 1941 with the Boston Bruins, whose sixth team captain in franchise history he was between 1947 and 1950. In addition, he was appointed once each to the NHL First and Second All-Star Team .

Career

Crawford spent his junior years between 1933 and 1936 in the Ontario Hockey Association , where he first played with the St. Michael's Buzzers and participated with them after winning the Sutherland Cup in the 1934 Memorial Cup . For the 1934/35 season, the defender moved to the parent club Toronto St. Michael's Majors , then he was active in the same league for the West Toronto Nationals , with which he won the 1936 Memorial Cup .

After triumphing in the Memorial Cup, Crawford did not switch to the professional field, but got a job at the Lake Shore Mine , a gold mine in Kirkland Lake in the province of Ontario . There he worked until 1937 before he received a contract offer from the Boston Bruins from the National Hockey League . About their farm team , the Providence Reds from the International-American Hockey League , with whom he won the Calder Cup in the 1937/38 season, he made it to the Bruins' NHL squad for the 1938/39 season . In his rookie season , the Canadian was able to celebrate his next success by winning the Stanley Cup at the end of the 1939 playoffs . Another triumph followed two years later . Crawford developed into one of the best defensive players in the league in the following years up to the summer of 1950 - in 1943 he was appointed to the NHL Second All-Star Team , in 1946 to the NHL First All-Star Team . In addition, before the beginning of the 1947/48 season, he was appointed the sixth team captain in franchise history, inheriting the resigned Dit Clapper at this post. Crawford held the office for three seasons before he was given up in the 1950/51 season to the cooperation partner Hershey Bears in the American Hockey League .

At the Bears, the defensive player filled the position of player- coach over two seasons , but rarely sat himself down. Over the two game years he let his active career end in 66 appearances in the AHL. After the 1951/52 season , at the age of 35, he completely retired from active professional sports. He also resigned from the Bears. After a three-year hiatus, he was hired for the 1955/56 season as the head coach of the Providence Reds from the AHL, where he had already spent a year as an active player. In his first year he led the team to win the Calder Cup. Overall, he looked after the team for five years until the summer of 1960. After another break of a year, he came to the 1960/61 season with the Rochester Americans as head coach. Crawford was primarily responsible for the Amerks for only one year. His last coaching station was between 1964 and 1966, the Baltimore Clippers , also in the American Hockey League. After his early release during the 1965/66 season , the almost 50-year-old left the position behind the gang. From 1972 he became general manager of the newly formed Cape Cod Cubs from the Eastern Hockey League .

Crawford died while in the job in January 1973, aged 56, at Barnstable , Massachusetts Hospital , after collapsing in the stands two days earlier during a team's home game.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1933/34 St. Michael's Buzzers OHA
1934 St. Michael's Buzzers Memorial Cup - - - - - 13 9 4th 13 14th
1934/35 Toronto St. Michael's Majors OHA 12 5 3 8th 14th 3 1 1 2 8th
1935/36 West Toronto Nationals OHA 9 3 3 6th 4th 5 2 2 4th 5
1935/36 Toronto McColl-Frontenacs TIHL 15th 0 0 0 20th 4th 1 0 1 4th
1936 West Toronto Nationals Memorial Cup - - - - - 11 7th 4th 11 12
1936/37 Kirkland Lake Blue Devils GBHL 9 6th 4th 10 20th 4th 0 1 1 8th
1937/38 Providence Reds IAHL 46 6th 7th 13 33 7th 5 8th 13 4th
1937/38 Boston Bruins NHL 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1938/39 Boston Bruins NHL 48 4th 8th 12 12 12 1 1 2 9
1939/40 Boston Bruins NHL 35 1 4th 5 26th 6th 0 0 0 0
1940/41 Boston Bruins NHL 45 2 8th 10 27 11 0 2 2 7th
1941/42 Boston Bruins NHL 43 2 9 11 37 5 0 1 1 4th
1942/43 Boston Bruins NHL 49 5 18th 23 24 6th 1 1 2 10
1943/44 Boston Bruins NHL 34 4th 16 20th 8th - - - - -
1944/45 Boston Bruins NHL 40 5 19th 24 10 7th 0 5 5 0
1945/46 Boston Bruins NHL 48 7th 9 16 10 10 1 2 3 4th
1946/47 Boston Bruins NHL 58 1 17th 18th 16 2 0 0 0 0
1947/48 Boston Bruins NHL 45 3 11 14th 10 4th 0 1 1 2
1948/49 Boston Bruins NHL 55 2 13 15th 14th 3 0 0 0 0
1949/50 Boston Bruins NHL 46 2 8th 10 8th - - - - -
1950/51 Hershey Bears AHL 35 1 10 11 14th 5 0 2 2 0
1951/52 Hershey Bears AHL 23 0 2 2 8th 3 0 0 0 0
IAHL / AHL total 104 7th 19th 26th 55 15th 5 10 15th 4th
NHL overall 548 38 140 178 202 66 3 13 16 36

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

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personal data
SURNAME Crawford, Jack
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Crawford, John Shea (full name); Crawford, Johnny
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH October 26, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH Dublin , Ontario
DATE OF DEATH 19th January 1973
Place of death Barnstable , Massachusetts