Wilfred White (ice hockey player)

Wilfred White
Date of birth	June 26, 1900
place of birth	Hillsburgh , Ontario , Canada
date of death	December 2, 1948
Place of death	Port Colborne , Ontario , Canada
size	180 cm
Weight	70 kg
position	Right wing
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
1917-1919	Barrie Canoe Club
1919-1920	Toronto Canoe Club
1920-1923	Dunnville Dunnies
1923-1925	Pittsburgh Yellow Jackets
1925-1929	Pittsburgh Pirates
1929	New York Americans
1929-1930	Pittsburgh Pirates New Haven Eagles
1930	Philadelphia Quakers
1930-1932	Pittsburgh Yellow Jackets

Wilfred Belmont "Tex" White (born June 26, 1900 in Hillsburgh , Ontario , † December 2, 1948 in Port Colborne , Ontario) was a Canadian ice hockey player who, during his active career between 1923 and 1932, among other things, 207 games for the Pittsburgh Pirates , New York Americans and Philadelphia Quakers in the National Hockey League on the right winger position .

Career

White played during his junior years until 1920 in the Toronto area for the youth teams Barrie Canoe Club and Toronto Canoe Club . With the latter, he won the second edition of the Memorial Cup in 1920 . He then worked for three years until 1923 for the Dunnville Dunnies in the amateur field.

At the request of his friend Lionel Conacher , the striker joined the Pittsburgh Yellow Jackets in 1923 , which were extremely successful in the United States Amateur Hockey Association . After he had been there until the summer of 1925 in service, he was hired as a free agent by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the National Hockey League and thus switched to the professional camp. Overall, White was part of the team in all five years of its existence, only interrupted by a 13-game loan to league rivals New York Americans in the 1928/29 season . In the 1929/30 season , the attacker was back in the Pirates' squad, but also played for the New Haven Eagles in the Canadian-American Hockey League .

For the 1930/31 season , the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise was relocated and played as the Philadelphia Quakers in the NHL. After nine games, the Quakers separated from their right winger and sold him - as did Rodger Smith - to the Pittsburgh Yellow Jackets, which were now part of the International Hockey League . The Quakers had to make room in the squad after the short-term engagements of D'Arcy Coulson and Eddie McCalmon . White ended his career with the Yellow Jackets in 1932.

White died on December 2, 1948 in Port Colborne in the Canadian province of Ontario .

Achievements and Awards

• 1920 Memorial Cup win with the Toronto Canoe Club

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	6th	203	33	12	45	141
Playoffs	2	4th	0	0	0	4th

Web links

• Wilfred White at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Wilfred White at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Wilfred White at hockeydb.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Ex-Yellow Jacket Tex White dies. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, December 3, 1948, accessed September 9, 2016 .