Bill Moe | |||
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Born |
Danvers, Massachusetts, USA | October 2, 1916||
Died | July 13, 1996 | (aged 79)||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
Weight | 175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb) | ||
Position | Defense | ||
Shot | Left | ||
Played for | New York Rangers | ||
Playing career | 1939–1953 |
William Carl Moe (October 2, 1916 – July 13, 1996)[1] was an American professional ice hockey defenseman who played five seasons for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL) between 1944 and 1949. He also spent ten seasons in the Eastern Amateur Hockey League, the Pacific Coast Hockey League, and the American Hockey League from 1939 to 1953. During his NHL career he was one of only three Americans in the league. In his only NHL playoff game he fractured two vertebrae after throwing a check. He was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 1974. Moe was born in Danvers, Massachusetts, but grew up in Minneapolis, Minnesota.