Tommy Anderson (ice hockey player)

Tommy Anderson
Date of birth	July 9, 1911
place of birth	Edinburgh , Scotland , UK
date of death	15th September 1971
size	178 cm
Weight	79 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
1930-1934	Philadelphia Arrows
1934-1935	Detroit Red Wings
1935-1942	New York / Brooklyn Americans
1942-1945	Calgary Currie Army
1945-1946	Providence Reds
1946-1947	Hollywood Wolves

Thomas Linton "Tommy" Anderson (born July 9, 1911 in Edinburgh , Scotland , Great Britain ; † September 15, 1971 ) was a Canadian ice hockey player (defender) and coach who worked for the Detroit Red Wings and New York Americans from 1934 to 1942 and Brooklyn Americans played in the National Hockey League .

Career

Born in Scotland, he grew up in Calgary. He played with the Philadelphia Arrows in the Canadian-American Hockey League .

In the 1934/35 season he played partially with the Detroit Red Wings in the NHL and in the IHL at the Detroit Olympics with which he could also win the title. For the 1935/36 season he was sold to the New York Americans . In his seven years with the Americans, he scored four times more than ten goals as a defender. He had little success with his team, but was one of the league's strong defenders. He had his best season in 1941/42 . As the most valuable player in the league, he was awarded the Hart Memorial Trophy . After the season, the Americans stopped playing and Anderson joined the military. He played for the Calgary Currie Army for the next few years .

After a few seasons in the lower grades, he became a coach for the Oshawa Generals . He later also stood behind the gang of the Pittsburgh Hornets , the then farm team of the Toronto Maple Leafs , and with the Calgary Stampeders .

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	8th	319	62	127	189	190
Playoffs	4th	16	2	7th	9	8th

Sporting successes

• IHL Champion: 1935

Personal awards

• First All-Star Team : 1942
• Hart Memorial Trophy : 1942
• CNDHL First All-Star Team: 1943
• CNDHL Second All-Star Team: 1944
• Participation in the benefit game in favor of Babe Siebert in 1939

Web links

• Tommy Anderson at hockeydb.com (English)
• Tommy Anderson at legendsofhockey.net (English)