Duke Keats
| Duke Keats | |||
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| Hockey Hall of Fame, 1958 | |||
Keats with the Edmonton Eskimos in the 1921–22 season.
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| Born |
March 21, 1895 Montreal, QC, CAN |
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| Died | January 16, 1972 (aged 76) Victoria, BC, CAN |
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| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
| Weight | 195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Shot | Right | ||
| Played for |
Toronto Blueshirts Edmonton Eskimos Boston Bruins Detroit Cougars Chicago Black Hawks |
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| Playing career | 1915–1934 | ||
Gordon Blanchard "Duke, Iron Duke" Keats (March 21, 1895 – January 16, 1972) was a Canadian professional ice hockey centre who played for the Toronto Blueshirts of the National Hockey Association (NHA), Edmonton Eskimos of the Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL) and the Boston Bruins, Detroit Cougars and Chicago Black Hawks of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was most famous for his time in the WCHL where he was named a First-Team All-Star by the league in each of its five seasons of existence. He won the league championship and appeared in the 1923 Stanley Cup Final with the Eskimos. Keats was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1958.
Keats was born in Montreal, Quebec and at a young age moved with his family to North Bay, Ontario where he was given his nickname of "Duke" at the age of six. He joined the Cobalt Mining League at the age of 14, and three years later was being paid $75 a week to star in the league. He joined the NHA's Toronto Blueshirts in 1915 and finished fifth in league scoring that year. After playing part of a second season with Toronto in 1916–17, he enlisted in the Canadian military and as a member of the 228th Battalion, spent the following three years fighting in World War I.
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