| 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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Sigurdur Franklin Fredrickson (Sigurður Franklín Friðriksson; June 3, 1895 – May 28, 1979)[2] was an Icelandic-Canadian ice hockey player and aviator. As a player and coach, he was significant to both the amateur and professional ice hockey 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]
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]
Fredrickson became one of the pioneers of flight in Iceland when he arrived there in 1920 to fly for the countries first airline, Flugfélag Íslands.[6][7]
The Icelandic spelling of his last name is Friðriksson and the alternate English spelling Frederickson.[8]
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Hann varð ekki hetja". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 3 September 1959. p. 8. Retrieved 28 November 2022 – via Tímarit.is.
- ^ "Var einna fyrstur til að fljúga hér". Tíminn (in Icelandic). 5 August 1959. p. 11. Retrieved 28 November 2022 – via Tímarit.is.
- ^ "Winnipeg Falcons - Military Biographies". Icelandic Veteran's Database (in Icelandic). 1923. Archived from the original on 2016-03-14. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
