Frank Fredrickson
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| Hockey Hall of Fame, 1958 | |||
Frank Fredrickson representing Canada at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
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| Born |
June 3, 1895 Winnipeg, MB, CAN |
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| Died | May 28, 1979 (aged 83) Toronto, ON, CAN |
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| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
| Weight | 180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
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Detroit Olympics (IHL) Detroit Falcons (NHL) Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL) Boston Bruins (NHL) Detroit Cougars (NHL) Victoria Cougars (WCHL) Victoria Cougars (PCHA) (PCHA) |
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| National team |
 Canada
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| Playing career | 1913–1932 | ||
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| Men's Ice hockey | ||
Representing  Canada
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1920 Antwerp | Team competition |
Sigurður Franklin Fredrickson (June 3, 1895 – May 28, 1979) was a Canadian ice hockey player who was significant to both the amateur and professional sport as it evolved in North America in the early 20th century. Fredrickson's career was interrupted by military service during World War I and prematurely ended by a knee injury in 1931.
The Icelandic spelling of his last name is Friðriksson and the alternate English spelling Frederickson.
Fredrickson attended Kelvin Technical Institute and Central Collegiate before enrolling at the University of Manitoba law school, where he captained the hockey team. After serving in the 196th Battalion in World War I, he captained the Winnipeg Falcons, to the 1920 Allan Cup and then to the first gold medal offered in the sport at the 1920 Olympics at Antwerp.
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. 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.
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