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Sigurður Franklin Fredrickson (June 3, 1895 – May 28, 1979)[2] was a Canadian ice hockey player and coach who was significant to both the amateur and professional sport as it evolved in North America in the early 20th century.[3] Fredrickson's career was interrupted by military service during the First World War and prematurely ended by a knee injury in 1931.[4]
| Frank Fredrickson | |||||||||||||
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| Hockey Hall of Fame, 1958 | |||||||||||||
 Frank Fredrickson representing Canada at the 1920 Summer Olympics. | |||||||||||||
| Born |
June 3, 1895 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | ||||||||||||
| Died |
May 28, 1979 (aged 83) Toronto, Ontario, Canada[1] | ||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb) | ||||||||||||
| Position | Centre | ||||||||||||
| Shot | Left | ||||||||||||
| Played for |
Detroit Falcons (NHL) Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL) Boston Bruins (NHL) Detroit Cougars (NHL) Victoria Cougars (WCHL) Victoria Cougars (PCHA) Victoria Aristocrats (PCHA) | ||||||||||||
| National team |
 Canada | ||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1913–1932 | ||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Fredrickson was the center for the Winnipeg Falcons, the Canadian team which won the Olympic gold medal in 1920. Fredrickson then joined the Victoria Aristocrats/Victoria Cougars and helped them win the Stanley Cup in 1925. On both occasions he was a teammate of fellow Icelandic-Canadian ice hockey star Haldor Halderson, making them the first players to win an Olympic gold medal and a Stanley Cup.[5]
The Icelandic spelling of his last name is Friðriksson and the alternate English spelling Frederickson.[6]
Early life
Fredrickson was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, to Icelandic immigrants Jón Vídalín Friðriksson and Guðlaug S. Sigurðardóttir.[6] He spoke Icelandic at home, and learned English when he started school.[7]
Amateur career
Fredrickson attended Kelvin Technical Institute and Central Collegiate before enrolling at the University of Manitoba law school, where he captained the hockey team. He enlisted in the 196th Battalion in February 1916 to join the First World War, but soon transferred to the 223rd Battalion, and by May 1917 was in Europe.[8] He transferred once again to the Royal Flying Corps, and was sent to Egypt for training. While on his way back from Egypt the ship he was on, the SS Leasowe Castle, was hit by a German torpedo and sank.[9] Fredrickson was then posted to Scotland to serve as a trainer and test pilot, where he ended the war.[10] Afterwards he moved to Iceland to take up a role introducing airplanes to the country, but was only there for a short time before returning to Canada.[11]
Back in Winnipeg, Frederickson captained the Winnipeg Falcons,[12] to the 1920 Allan Cup and then to the first gold medal offered in ice hockey at the 1920 Olympics at Antwerp.[13]
Professional career
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.
During the 1926–27 season Frederickson's salary was reportedly $6,000, the highest in the NHL.[14]
On January 18, 1927, Fredrickson scored four goals in a single game for Boston in the Bruins' 7–3 victory over the New York Rangers. He became the second Bruin to achieve this feat. Teammate Harry Oliver had done it exactly one week before.
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.
Fredrickson coached hockey and lacrosse after his retirement. He coached the Pittsburgh Pirates during the 1929–1930 season, when he also played 9 games, but the team went 5-36-3 and moved to Philadelphia the next season before folding. In 1933, Fredrickson was named coach of the Princeton University ice hockey team.[15] While at Princeton he befriended Albert Einstein, who was working as a professor there; the two shared an interest in the violin.[14] Fredrickson was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1958[1] and is also a member of the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and Museum.
Playing style
"... Freddie was a bit nervous at the start, and was cut across the legs by the hot Skinner, who drew a penalty. In the second period Freddie got his legs, and in the final session he was a perfect marvel. His skating, stickhandling and dazzling speed as well as his terrific shot made him a most dangerous man. Vancouver tried to box him, but he was too fast, and was continually on top of Lehman."
Victoria Daily Times describing Fredrickson's first professional game with the Victoria Aristocrats on January 1, 1921.[16]
Fredrickson was a natural centre forward, a left-hand shot, and with all the valuable traits of a franchise pivot man: skating, speed, stick-handling, size and a terrific shot.
When Fredrickson made his long-awaited professional debut in the PCHA with the Victoria Aristocrats against the Vancouver Millionaires on New Year's Day 1921 he was already 25 years old and an Allan Cup and Olympic champion, and the anticipations among the home fans in Victoria were sky high, although there were also some doubters who wondered if he could star in the PCHA circuit. Fredrickson did not let anyone down, when he was finally let on by coach Lester Patrick after 10 minutes of play, after he had shaken off his last nerves. During the last period of the game Fredrickson had one goal and two assists when Victoria turned the game around and won 5 goals to 3, with the local newspaper Victoria Daily Times hailing him as the new "Babe Ruth of hockey" and claiming that "he showed everything and lacked nothing."[16]
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1913–14 | Winnipeg Falcons | MHL-Sr. | 11 | 13 | 7 | 20 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1914–15 | Winnipeg Falcons | MHL-Sr. | 8 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1915–16 | Winnipeg Falcons | MHL-Sr. | 6 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1916–17 | Winnipeg 223rd Battalion | MHL-Sr. | 8 | 17 | 3 | 20 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1919–20 | Winnipeg Falcons | MHL-Sr. | 10 | 23 | 5 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 5 | 25 | 2 | ||
| 1920–21 | Victoria Aristocrats | PCHA | 21 | 20 | 12 | 32 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1921–22 | Victoria Aristocrats | PCHA | 24 | 15 | 10 | 25 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1922–23 | Victoria Cougars | PCHA | 30 | 39 | 16 | 55 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 1923–24 | Victoria Cougars | PCHA | 30 | 19 | 8 | 27 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1924–25 | Victoria Cougars | WCHL | 28 | 22 | 8 | 30 | 43 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 1924–25 | Victoria Cougars | St-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | ||
| 1925–26 | Victoria Cougars | WHL | 30 | 16 | 8 | 24 | 89 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 1925–26 | Victoria Cougars | St-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | ||
| 1926–27 | Detroit Cougars | NHL | 16 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1926–27 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 28 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 20 | ||
| 1927–28 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 41 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 83 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 1928–29 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 12 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1928–29 | Pittsburgh Pirates | NHL | 31 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1929–30 | Pittsburgh Pirates | NHL | 9 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1930–31 | Detroit Falcons | NHL | 24 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1930–31 | Detroit Olympics | IHL | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| PCHA totals | 105 | 93 | 46 | 139 | 83 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| WCHL/WHL totals | 58 | 38 | 16 | 54 | 132 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| NHL totals | 161 | 39 | 34 | 73 | 206 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 24 | ||||
- All statistics taken from NHL.com[17]
Coaching record
| Team | Year | Regular season | Post season | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | L | T | Pts | Division rank | Result | ||
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 1929–30 | 44 | 5 | 36 | 3 | 13 | 5th in American | Missed playoffs |
| Princeton University | 1933–34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Princeton University | 1934–35 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 0 | – | – | – |
Awards and achievements
- Allan Cup championship (1920)
- Olympic gold medalist (1920)
- PCHA First All-Star Team (1921, 1922, 1923, and 1924)
- PCHA Scoring Champion (1923)
- PCHA Goals Leader (1923)
- Stanley Cup championships (1925 and 1929)
- WCHL First All-Star Team (1926)
- Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1958
- Selected to Manitoba's All-Century Second All-Star Team
- Inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and Museum in 1981
- Honoured Member of the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame
References
- Hockey Hall of Fame 2003, p. 28.
- "Frank Fredrickson". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
- "Frank Fredrickson Biography". legendsofhockety.net. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
- "Frank Fredrickson Biography". Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 2007-10-21. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
- "Winnipeg Falcons, who became 1st Olympic hockey champs 100 years ago, to be celebrated at Gimli's Ice Fest". CBC. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
- "Winnipeg Falcons - Military Biographies". Icelandic Veteran's Database (in Icelandic). 1923. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
- MacLeod 2018, p. 112
- MacLeod 2018, p. 113
- MacLeod 2018, pp. 113–114
- MacLeod 2018, p. 114
- MacLeod 2018, p. 116
- "Spalding, as reproduced on Winnipeg falcons.com". Spalding's Athletic Library. 1919. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
- "Winners in first Olympic ice hockey tournament" Victoria Daily Times, April 28, 1920 (p. 10). Retrieved 2020-07-27.
- MacLeod 2018, p. 118
- "Tigers Here Saturday". The Baltimore Sun. December 31, 1933. p. 11.
- "Frederickson Will Be Babe Ruth of the P.C.H.A.", Victoria Daily Times. Jan. 3, 1921 (p. 12). Retrieved 2020-07-27.
- NHL.com (2009). "Frank Fredrickson's NHL Profile". NHL.com. Retrieved 2009-03-03.
Bibliography
- Sigurdur Franklin "Frank" Fredrickson at Manitoba Historical Society
- Hockey Hall of Fame (2003). Honoured Members: Hockey Hall of Fame. Bolton, Ontario: Fenn Publishing. ISBN 1-55168-239-7.
- MacLeod, Alan Livingstone (2018), From Rinks to Regiments: Hockey Hall-of-Famers and the Great War, Victoria, British Columbia: Heritage House, ISBN 978-1-77203-268-0
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or Legends of Hockey, or The Internet Hockey Database
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Sigurdur Franklin Fredrickson (né le 11 juin 1895 à Winnipeg au Canada – mort le 28 mai 1979 à Toronto au Canada) est un joueur amateur puis professionnel canadien de hockey sur glace qui évoluait au poste de centre. Il joue quatre saisons avec les Falcons de Winnipeg avant de rejoindre le Canada dans la Première Guerre mondiale. De retour à Winnipeg, il mène son équipe à la Coupe Allan puis il remporte la médaille d'or aux Jeux olympiques de 1920 à l'occasion du premier tournoi olympique de hockey[1],[2].[it] Frank Fredrickson
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