Bill Thomson (ice hockey)
Appearance
Bill Thomson | ||||||||||||||
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Born |
Troon, Scotland, GBR | March 23, 1914|||||||||||||
Died | August 6, 1993 | (aged 79)|||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | |||||||||||||
Weight | 162 lb (73 kg; 11 st 8 lb) | |||||||||||||
Position | Right Wing | |||||||||||||
Shot | Right | |||||||||||||
Played for | Detroit Red Wings | |||||||||||||
Playing career | 1937–1949 | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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William Ferguson Thomson (March 23, 1914 – August 6, 1993) was an ice hockey player who was born in Troon, Scotland, United Kingdom. Thomson represented Canada in the 1936 Winter Olympics, winning the silver medal.
Playing career
Thomson played nine games professionally in the National Hockey League for the Detroit Red Wings.
In 1987 he was inducted into the Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame as a member of that Olympic team.[1]
International play
Thomson was a member of the 1936 Port Arthur Bearcats, which won the silver medal for Canada in ice hockey at the 1936 Winter Olympics. Thomson scored seven goals in eight games to help Team Canada win the silver Olympic medal.
See also
References
External links
- Bill Thomson career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database
- Bill Thomson's profile at databaseOlympics
- Bill Thomson's profile at Hockey Reference.com
- Bill Thomson's profile at Sports Reference.com
Categories:
- 1914 births
- 1993 deaths
- Canadian people of Scottish descent
- Detroit Red Wings players
- Ice hockey players at the 1936 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 1936 Winter Olympics
- Olympic ice hockey players of Canada
- Olympic medalists in ice hockey
- Olympic silver medalists for Canada
- People from Troon
- Sportspeople from South Ayrshire
- Scottish emigrants to Canada
- Scottish ice hockey players
- Canadian ice hockey right wingers
- Canadian ice hockey winger, 1910s births stubs
- Canadian Winter Olympic medalist stubs