Jerry Wilson (ice hockey)
Jerry Wilson | |||
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Born |
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | April 10, 1937||
Died |
March 22, 2011 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | (aged 73)||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||
Weight | 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb) | ||
Position | Center | ||
Caught | Left | ||
Played for |
Montreal Canadiens Minneapolis Millers (IHL) | ||
Playing career | 1956–1960 |
Jerold Joseph Wilson (April 10, 1937 – March 22, 2011) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and physician. Wilson played three games in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Montreal Canadiens. His son, Carey Wilson, also played in the NHL, and his grandson Colin was most recently a member of the Colorado Avalanche of the NHL.
Credited with recruiting Swedish hockey stars Anders Hedberg and Ulf Nilsson to the Winnipeg Jets of the World Hockey Association, Wilson is said to be the man most responsible for pioneering the arrival of European hockey players to North America.
External links[]
- Biographical information and career statistics from Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
Categories:
- 1937 births
- 2011 deaths
- Canadian ice hockey forwards
- Physicians from Manitoba
- Sportspeople from Edmonton
- Minneapolis Millers (IHL) players
- Montreal Canadiens players
- St. Boniface Canadiens players
- Winnipeg Canadians players
- Ice hockey people from Alberta
- Canadian ice hockey winger, 1930s births stubs