John McCreedy
John McCreedy | |||
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Born |
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | March 23, 1917||
Died |
December 7, 1979 Toronto, Ontario, Canada | (aged 62)||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||
Weight | 160 lb (73 kg; 11 st 6 lb) | ||
Position | Right Wing | ||
Shot | Right | ||
Played for | Toronto Maple Leafs | ||
Playing career | 1934–1945 |
John McCreedy (March 23, 1917 – December 7, 1979) was a Canadian ice hockey player who played 64 games in the National Hockey League. He played with the Toronto Maple Leafs and was a member of two Stanley Cup-winning teams, in 1942 and 1945. He was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and raised in Kirkland Lake, Ontario.
He later went on to pursue a career at INCO and was eventually promoted to vice-Chairman.[1]
Awards and achievements[]
- Turnbull Cup MJHL Championship (1937)
- Memorial Cup Championship (1937)
- Allan Cup Championships (1938 & 1940)
- World Championship Gold Medalist (1939)
- Stanley Cup Championships (1942 & 1945)
- Inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and Museum in 2004
- Honoured Member of the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame
References[]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-10-21. Retrieved 2008-04-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- Biographical information and career statistics from Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
Categories:
- 1917 births
- 1979 deaths
- Canadian ice hockey right wingers
- Canadian people of Irish descent
- Ice hockey people from Ontario
- Ice hockey people from Manitoba
- Sportspeople from Winnipeg
- Stanley Cup champions
- Toronto Maple Leafs players
- Winnipeg Monarchs players
- Sportspeople from Kirkland Lake
- Canadian ice hockey winger, 1910s births stubs