Frank Fredrickson
Frank Fredrickson | ||||||||||||||
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Hockey Hall of Fame, 1958 | ||||||||||||||
Born |
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | June 3, 1895|||||||||||||
Died |
May 28, 1979 Toronto, Ontario, Canada[1] | (aged 83)|||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | |||||||||||||
Weight | 180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb) | |||||||||||||
Position | Centre | |||||||||||||
Shot | Left | |||||||||||||
Played for |
Victoria Aristocrats (PCHA) | |||||||||||||
National team | Canada | |||||||||||||
Playing career | 1913–1932 | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sigurdur Franklin Fredrickson (Sigurður Franklín Friðriksson; June 3, 1895 – May 28, 1979)
Fredrickson was the center for the Winnipeg Falcons, the Canadian team which won the Olympic gold medal in 1920. Fredrickson then joined the Victoria Aristocrats/Victoria Cougars and helped them win the Stanley Cup in 1925. On both occasions he was a teammate of fellow Icelandic-Canadian ice hockey star Haldor Halderson, making them the first players to win an Olympic gold medal and a Stanley Cup.[5]
Fredrickson became one of the pioneers of flight in Iceland when he arrived there in 1920 to fly for the countries first airline, Flugfélag Íslands.[6][7]
The Icelandic spelling of his last name is Friðriksson and the alternate English spelling Frederickson.[8]
Early life
Fredrickson was born in
Ice hockey career
Amateur career
Fredrickson attended
Back in Winnipeg, Frederickson captained the Winnipeg Falcons,[15] to the 1920 Allan Cup and then to the first gold medal offered in ice hockey at the 1920 Olympics at Antwerp.[16] Following the Olympics he moved to Iceland to work for Flugfélag Íslands, the first airliner in the country, in introducing airplanes to the local population. On 25 June 1920, he became the second man to pilot a plane in Iceland, after Cecil Faber.[9] While in Iceland, he competed in track and field and set a new national record in discus.[17] In October, he moved back to Canada.[18]
Professional career
Professionally, Fredrickson played for the Victoria Cougars of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and the Boston Bruins, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Detroit Falcons in the National Hockey League. He helped Victoria win the Stanley Cup in 1925.
Fredrickson signed a professional contract with the
During the 1926–27 season Frederickson's salary was reportedly $6,000, the highest in the NHL.[22]
On January 18, 1927, Fredrickson scored four goals in a single game for Boston in the Bruins' 7–3 victory over the New York Rangers. He became the second Bruin to achieve this feat. Teammate Harry Oliver had done it exactly one week before.
On December 21, 1928, Fredrickson was traded from the Boston Bruins to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Mickey MacKay. When the Stanley Cup was redone during the 1957–58 NHL season his name was engraved, contrary to NHL rules, on the Cup with the 1929 Bruins. Fredrickson was a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates the day Boston won the Cup. This made him ineligible to be on the cup with Boston.
Fredrickson coached hockey and lacrosse after his retirement. He coached the Pittsburgh Pirates during the 1929–1930 season, when he also played 9 games, but the team went 5-36-3 and moved to Philadelphia the next season before folding. In 1933, Fredrickson was named coach of the Princeton University ice hockey team.[23] While at Princeton he befriended Albert Einstein, who was working as a professor there; the two shared an interest in the violin.[22] Fredrickson was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1958[1] and is also a member of the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and Museum.
Playing style
"... Freddie was a bit nervous at the start, and was cut across the legs by the hot
Lehman."
Victoria Daily Times describing Fredrickson's first professional game with the Victoria Aristocrats on January 1, 1921.[24]
Fredrickson was a natural centre forward, a left-hand shot, and with all the valuable traits of a franchise pivot man: skating, speed, stick-handling, size and a terrific shot.
When Fredrickson made his long-awaited professional debut in the PCHA with the Victoria Aristocrats against the Vancouver Millionaires on New Year's Day 1921 he was already 25 years old and an Allan Cup and Olympic champion, and the anticipations among the home fans in Victoria were sky high, although there were also some doubters who wondered if he could star in the PCHA circuit. Fredrickson did not let anyone down, when he was finally let on by coach Lester Patrick after 10 minutes of play, after he had shaken off his last nerves. During the last period of the game Fredrickson had one goal and two assists when Victoria turned the game around and won 5 goals to 3, with the local newspaper Victoria Daily Times hailing him as the new "Babe Ruth of hockey" and claiming that "he showed everything and lacked nothing."[24]
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
Regular season
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Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
1913–14 | Winnipeg Falcons | MHL-Sr. | 11 | 13 | 7 | 20 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1914–15 | Winnipeg Falcons | MHL-Sr. | 8 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
1915–16 | Winnipeg Falcons | MHL-Sr. | 6 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1916–17 | Winnipeg 223rd Battalion | MHL-Sr. | 8 | 17 | 3 | 20 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1919–20 | Winnipeg Falcons | MHL-Sr. | 10 | 23 | 5 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 5 | 25 | 2 | ||
1920–21 | Victoria Aristocrats
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PCHA | 21 | 20 | 12 | 32 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1921–22 | Victoria Aristocrats | PCHA | 24 | 15 | 10 | 25 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1922–23 | Victoria Cougars | PCHA | 30 | 39 | 16 | 55 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
1923–24 | Victoria Cougars | PCHA | 30 | 19 | 8 | 27 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1924–25 | Victoria Cougars | WCHL | 28 | 22 | 8 | 30 | 43 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
1924–25
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Victoria Cougars | St-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | ||
1925–26 | Victoria Cougars | WHL | 30 | 16 | 8 | 24 | 89 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ||
1925–26
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Victoria Cougars | St-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | ||
1926–27 | Detroit Cougars | NHL | 16 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1926–27 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 28 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 20 | ||
1927–28 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 41 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 83 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
1928–29 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 12 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1928–29 | Pittsburgh Pirates | NHL | 31 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1929–30 | Pittsburgh Pirates | NHL | 9 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1930–31 | Detroit Falcons | NHL | 24 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1930–31 | Detroit Olympics | IHL | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
PCHA totals | 105 | 93 | 46 | 139 | 83 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||||
WCHL/WHL totals | 58 | 38 | 16 | 54 | 132 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 8 | ||||
NHL totals | 161 | 39 | 34 | 73 | 206 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 24 |
- All statistics taken from NHL.com[25]
Coaching record
Team | Year | Regular season |
Post season
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G | W | L | T | Pts | Division rank | Result | ||
Pittsburgh Pirates | 1929–30 | 44 | 5 | 36 | 3 | 13 | 5th in American | Missed playoffs |
Princeton University | 1933–34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 0 | – | – | – |
Princeton University | 1934–35 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 0 | – | – | – |
Awards and achievements
- Allan Cup championship (1920)
- Olympic gold medalist (1920)
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- PCHA Scoring Champion (1923)
- PCHA Goals Leader (1923)
- Stanley Cup championships (1925 and 1929)
- WCHL First All-Star Team (1926)
- Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1958
- Selected to Manitoba's All-Century Second All-Star Team
- Inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and Museum in 1981
- Honoured Member of the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame
Personal life
Fredrickson was married to Beatrice Stefánsdóttir who was also of Icelandic-Canadian descent.[26]
References
- ^ a b Hockey Hall of Fame 2003, p. 28.
- ^ "Frank Fredrickson". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
- ^ "Frank Fredrickson Biography". legendsofhockety.net. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
- ^ "Frank Fredrickson Biography". Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 2007-10-21. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
- ^ "Winnipeg Falcons, who became 1st Olympic hockey champs 100 years ago, to be celebrated at Gimli's Ice Fest". CBC. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
- ^ a b "Winnipeg Falcons - Military Biographies". Icelandic Veteran's Database (in Icelandic). 1923. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
- ^
- ^ MacLeod 2018, p. 112
- ^ MacLeod 2018, p. 113
- ^ MacLeod 2021, pp. 137–138
- ^ MacLeod 2018, pp. 113–114
- ^ MacLeod 2018, p. 114
- ^ "Spalding, as reproduced on Winnipeg falcons.com". Spalding's Athletic Library. 1919. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
- ^ "Winners in first Olympic ice hockey tournament" Victoria Daily Times, April 28, 1920 (p. 10). Retrieved 2020-07-27.
- ^ "Kringlukast með betri hendi". Þróttur (in Icelandic). 1 December 2021. p. 88. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- ^ MacLeod 2021, pp. 139–140
- ^ MacLeod 2021, p. 153
- ^ MacLeod 2021, p. 167
- ^ a b MacLeod 2018, p. 118
- ^ "Tigers Here Saturday". The Baltimore Sun. December 31, 1933. p. 11.
- ^ a b "Frederickson Will Be Babe Ruth of the P.C.H.A.", Victoria Daily Times. Jan. 3, 1921 (p. 12). Retrieved 2020-07-27.
- ^ NHL.com (2009). "Frank Fredrickson's NHL Profile". NHL.com. Retrieved 2009-03-03.
Bibliography
- Sigurdur Franklin "Frank" Fredrickson at Manitoba Historical Society
- Hockey Hall of Fame (2003). Honoured Members: Hockey Hall of Fame. Bolton, Ontario: Fenn Publishing. ISBN 1-55168-239-7.
- MacLeod, Alan Livingstone (2021), Capitals, Aristocrats, and Cougars: Victoria's Hockey Professionals, 1911–1926, Victoria: Heritage House, ISBN 978-1-77203-373-1
- MacLeod, Alan Livingstone (2018), From Rinks to Regiments: Hockey Hall-of-Famers and the Great War, Victoria, British Columbia: Heritage House, ISBN 978-1-77203-268-0
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or Legends of Hockey, or The Internet Hockey Database