Jimmy Thomson

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Flag of Canada (1921–1957) .svg  Jimmy Thomson Ice hockey player
Date of birth February 23, 1927
place of birth Winnipeg , Manitoba , Canada
date of death May 18, 1991
Place of death Toronto , Ontario , Canada
size 183 cm
Weight 85 kg
position defender
Shot hand Right
Career stations
1943-1945 Toronto St. Michael's Majors
1945-1946 Pittsburgh Hornets
1946-1957 Toronto Maple Leafs
1957-1958 Chicago Black Hawks

James Richard "Jimmy" Thomson (born February 23, 1927 in Winnipeg , Manitoba , † May 18, 1991 in Toronto , Ontario ) was a Canadian ice hockey player who, in the course of his active career between 1943 and 1958, among other things, 850 games for the Toronto Maple Leafs and Chicago Black Hawks played in the National Hockey League on the position of defender . In service with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Thomson won the Stanley Cup four times between 1947 and 1951. In addition, the defender was appointed to the NHL Second All-Star Team twice and took part in the NHL All-Star Game seven times .

Career

Thomson spent his junior career between 1943 and 1945 with the Toronto St. Michael's Majors . With the team, the defender won the Memorial Cup in 1945 .

After his time with the juniors Thomson stayed in Toronto and signed as a free agent a contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs from the National Hockey League . This put him in his first professional season mostly with the Pittsburgh Hornets in the American Hockey League . From the 1946/47 season Thomson was a regular player of the Maple Leafs. In the years that followed, he particularly benefited from his playing structure, which made him a major contributor to Toronto's supremacy in the late 1940s and early 1950s. During this time he won the Stanley Cup with the team between 1947 and 1951 within five seasons a total of four times with the team.

The defender, who was the best point player in his position in the 1947/48 season and the Stanley Cup Playoffs 1949 , stayed in Toronto for a total of eleven years. During this time he was invited to the NHL All-Star Game seven times and was appointed to the NHL Second All-Star Team twice at the end of the season . He also acted temporarily in the 1956/57 season as their team captain . In August 1957, Thomson's Toronto time came to an abrupt end when he was sold to the Chicago Black Hawks . Together with Ted Lindsay he had tried to found a players' union, which he had fallen out with Toronto President Conn Smythe . In Chicago, which also had Lindsay, but had signed a transfer deal, Thomson only played a year. In the summer of 1958, he ended his active career at the age of 31.

Thomson died in May 1991 at the age of 64 of complications from a heart attack in Toronto, his adopted home.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1943/44 Toronto St. Michael's Majors OHA 21st 2 2 4th 40 12 2 2 4th 20th
1944 Trail Smoke Eaters Memorial Cup - - - - - 1 0 0 0 0
1944/45 Toronto St. Michael's Majors OHA 18th 13 12 25th 52 9 5 2 7th 14th
1945 Toronto St. Michael's Majors Memorial Cup - - - - - 14th 6th 4th 10 30th
1945/46 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 5 0 1 1 4th - - - - -
1945/46 Pittsburgh Hornets AHL 28 2 5 7th 16 6th 0 2 2 2
1946/47 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 60 2 14th 16 97 11 0 1 1 22nd
1947/48 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 59 0 29 29 82 9 1 1 2 9
1948/49 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 60 4th 16 20th 56 9 1 5 6th 10
1949/50 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 70 0 13 13 76 7th 0 2 2 7th
1950/51 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 69 3 33 36 76 11 0 1 1 34
1951/52 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 70 0 25th 25th 86 4th 0 0 0 25th
1952/53 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 69 0 22nd 22nd 73 - - - - -
1953/54 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 61 2 24 26th 86 3 0 0 0 2
1954/55 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 70 4th 12 16 63 4th 0 0 0 16
1955/56 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 62 0 7th 7th 96 5 0 3 3 10
1956/57 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 62 0 12 12 50 - - - - -
1957/58 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 70 4th 7th 11 75 - - - - -
OHA total 39 15th 14th 29 92 21st 7th 4th 11 34
NHL overall 787 19th 215 234 920 63 2 13 15th 135

( 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 Thomson, Jimmy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Thomson, James Richard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH February 23, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Winnipeg , Manitoba
DATE OF DEATH May 18, 1991
Place of death Toronto , Ontario