Don Willson
Don Willson | |||
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Born |
Chatham, Ontario, Canada | January 13, 1913||
Died |
March 23, 1967 Toronto, Ontario, Canada | (aged 54)||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) | ||
Weight | 157 lb (71 kg; 11 st 3 lb) | ||
Position | Centre | ||
Shot | Left | ||
Played for | |||
Playing career | 1931–1948 |
Donald Walter Willson (January 13, 1913 – March 23, 1967) was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played 22 games in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens.
Willson was born in Chatham, Ontario on January 13, 1913.[1] In 1929 he joined the junior hockey team the Newmarket Redmen, and played with them in the Memorial Cup four times, winning in 1933. He moved on to the Toronto St. Michael's Majors in 1933, and was a member of the 1934 Memorial Cup-winning team.
In 1934, Willson entered senior hockey with the for a season, then moved to England to play in the English National League with the Earls Court Rangers for two seasons.
Willson returned to North America for the 1937–38 season, when Willson played for the Verdun Maple Leafs and 18 games for the Montreal Canadiens. Willson played a further four games for the Canadiens in the 1938–39 season. Willson played the rest of the season for the New Haven Eagles and a further three seasons for the Eagles before Willson enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force for wartime service.
Willson returned after World War II and played four seasons of organized senior ice hockey before retiring in 1949. Willson died at a Toronto hospital in 1967 at the age of 54.[2]
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- 1913 births
- 1967 deaths
- Canadian ice hockey centres
- Earls Court Rangers players
- Montreal Canadiens players
- New Haven Eagles players
- Ice hockey people from Ontario
- Sportspeople from Chatham-Kent
- Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in England
- Canadian ice hockey centre stubs