Dudley Garrett

Dudley Garrett
Date of birth	July 14, 1924
place of birth	Toronto , Ontario , Canada
date of death	November 24, 1944
Place of death	Port-aux-Basques , Newfoundland , Canada
Nickname	Red
size	180 cm
Weight	86 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
1941-1942	Toronto Marlboros Toronto Red Indians
1942-1943	New York Rangers
1943	Providence Reds
1943-1944	Toronto Navy
1944	Cornwallis Navy

Dudley "Red" Garrett (born July 14, 1924 in Toronto , Ontario , † November 24, 1944 in Port-aux-Basques , Newfoundland ) was a Canadian ice hockey defender who was active between 1942 and 1943 for the New York Rangers played in the National Hockey League .

Career

Red Garrett began his hockey career in his hometown with the Toronto Shamrocks in the 1940–41 season. The following season, the defender, who was under contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs , was transferred to their farm team at the time , the Toronto Marlboros , for which he scored seven points in 18 games (including two goals). In the same season he ran twelve times for the Toronto Red Indians and scored five points scorer, including one goal. In 1942, Garrett was given over to the New York Rangers by the Maple Leafs along with Babe Pratt . In his first and only season in the National Hockey League Garrett came on 23 missions for the Rangers, in which he got two scorer points, one of which again. He also played six times for the then farm team of the Rangers, the Providence Reds from the American Hockey League . Shortly after his engagement with the Rangers, Garrett joined the army and died on November 24, 1944 after a combat mission in Port-aux-Basques , Newfoundland .

Since 1947, the American Hockey League's Rookie of the Year has been honored with the Dudley “Red” Garrett Memorial Award in his memory .

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	1	23	1	1	2	18th
Playoffs	-	-	-	-	-	-

Web links

• Red Garrett at hockeydb.com (English)
• Red Garrett at legendsofhockey.net (English)