Rusty Crawford

Rusty Crawford
Hockey Hall of Fame , 1963
Date of birth	November 7, 1885
place of birth	Cardinal , Ontario , Canada
date of death	19th December 1971
size	180 cm
Weight	75 kg
position	Left wing
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
1907-1908	Montreal Montegnards
1908-1909	Newington Ontario
1909-1911	Prince Albert Mintos
1911-1912	Saskatoon Hoo-Hoos Saskatoon Wholesalers
1912-1917	Quebec Bulldogs
1917	Ottawa Senators
1917-1919	Toronto Arenas
1919-1921	Saskatoon Crescents
1921-1922	Saskatoon Moose Jaw
1922-1923	Saskatoon Tigers
1923-1925	Calgary Tigers
1925-1926	Vancouver Maroons
1926-1930	Minneapolis Millers
1930-1931	Prince Albert Mintos

Samuel Russell "Rusty" Crawford (born November 7, 1885 in Cardinal , Ontario ; † December 19, 1971 ) was a Canadian ice hockey player who, in his active time from 1907 to 1931, for the Ottawa Senators and Toronto Arenas in National Hockey League has played.

Career

Rusty Crawford began his career as an amateur ice hockey player. There he played between 1907 and 1912 in his Canadian homeland for the Montreal Montegnards, Newington Ontario, Prince Albert Mintos, Saskatoon Hoo-Hoos and Saskatoon Wholesalers. Then the winger ran for five years for the Quebec Bulldogs from the professional league National Hockey Association . With the team he won the prestigious Stanley Cup in 1913 . For the 1917/18 season he joined the Ottawa Senators from the successor to the National Hockey League . For the team he scored a goal in eleven games before he was transferred to league rivals Toronto Arenas , with whom he again won the Stanley Cup at the end of the season.

From 1919 to 1921 Crawford played for the Saskatoon Crescents in the SSHL. He then spent five years in the Western Canada Hockey League, a competitive league of the NHL, in which he was on the ice for the Saskatoon Moose Jaw, Saskatoon Tigers, Calgary Tigers and Vancouver Maroons. After the league was dissolved, he was committed by the Minneapolis Millers, for whom he competed in the AHA for four years. He last played in the 1930/31 season for his ex-club Prince Albert Mintos, whereupon he ended his career at the age of 45. In 1962, the Canadian was honored with induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame .

Achievements and Awards

• 1913 Stanley Cup winner with the Quebec Bulldogs
• 1918 Stanley Cup winner with the Toronto Arenas
• 1962 inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	2	38	10	3	13	111
Playoffs	-	-	-	-	-	-

Web links

• Rusty Crawford at hockeydb.com (English)
• Rusty Crawford in the database of the Hockey Hall of Fame (English)