Ted Graham

William Edward Dixon "Teddy" Graham (June 30, 1904 in Owen Sound, Ontario – January 11, 1979) was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman. Dixon played ten seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Chicago Black Hawks, Montreal Maroons, Detroit Red Wings, St. Louis Eagles, Boston Bruins and New York Americans between 1927 and 1937. Prior to turning professional Grey played for the Owen Sound Greys, winning the 1924 Memorial Cup as Canadian junior champions.

For the English politician, see Ted Graham, Baron Graham of Edmonton. For the snack, see Teddy Grahams. For other people with similar names, see Edward Graham (disambiguation).
Ted Graham
Born June 30, 1904
Owen Sound, Ontario
Died January 11, 1979(1979-01-11) (aged 74)
Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for Chicago Black Hawks
Montreal Maroons
Detroit Red Wings
St. Louis Eagles
Boston Bruins
New York Americans
Playing career 1926–1938

Playing career

As a junior player Graham played for the Owen Sound Greys, helping them win the 1924 Memorial Cup as Canadian junior champions.[1] He played two seasons of senior hockey before he turning professional in 1926, signing with the Chicago Cardinals of the American Hockey Association.[2] He played for the team for one year, and after they folded Graham moved cross-town to the Chicago Black Hawks of the National Hockey League (NHL). Graham's NHL debut came on November 15, 1927 against the Boston Bruins, and his first goal, and only point of the season, was on January 4, 1928 against the Montreal Canadiens.[3]

Partway through the season Graham was traded to the Moose Jaw Warriors of the Prairie Hockey League in January 1928, though Moose Jaw traded him the same day to the Saskatoon Sheiks, where Graham finished the 1927–28 season with. He then signed with the Tulsa Oilers of the AHA, and spent the 1928–29 and most of the 1929–30 seasons there before being traded back to the Black Hawks.[2] Graham remained with Chicago until 1933 when he was traded to the Montreal Maroons, where he played 19 games before being traded in January 1934 to the Detroit Red Wings. With the Red Wings he played 52 games over two seasons, as well as 7 games for their International Hockey League affiliate, the Detroit Olympics, before being traded again, this time to the St. Louis Eagles, where he played the last 13 games of the 1934–35 season.

The Eagles folded after the season and the players were dispersed to the other NHL teams, with Graham being selected by the Boston Bruins.[4] He would play the 1935–36 season and the first game of the 1936–37 season with the Bruins, scoring four goals and one assist in 49 games, before being traded to the New York Americans, where he finished the 1936–37 season with, playing 31 games. Graham played a further season in the International American Hockey League before retiring in 1938. Graham subsequently became an ice hockey referee.[2]

Grey played in two Stanley Cup Finals during his career. The first was in 1931 Stanley Cup Finals with Chicago, who lost to the Montreal Canadiens. He reached the finals again in 1934 with Detroit, joined by former Owen Sound teammate Cooney Weiland, but lost to the Black Hawks.[2]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs
Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GPGAPtsPIM GPGAPtsPIM
1923–24 Owen Sound Greys Exhib 113710— —————
1923–24 Owen Sound Greys Mem-Cup ————— 157411—
1924–25 Stratford Indians OHA Sr 2032522 —————
1925–26 London Ravens OHA Sr 204376 40112
1926–27 Chicago Cardinals AHA 3211223 —————
1927–28 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 191018 —————
1927–28 Saskatoon Sheiks PHL 123587 —————
1928–29 Tulsa Oilers AHA 3410152538 41014
1929–30 Tulsa Oilers AHA 1540412 —————
1929–30 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 2612323 20008
1930–31 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 4207738 900012
1931–32 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 4803340 20002
1932–33 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 47381157 —————
1933–34 Montreal Maroons NHL 1921310 —————
1933–34 Detroit Red Wings NHL 2810129 93148
1934–35 Detroit Red Wings NHL 2402226 —————
1934–35 Detroit Olympics IHL 700010 —————
1934–35 St. Louis Eagles NHL 130002 —————
1935–36 Boston Bruins NHL 4841537 20000
1936–37 Boston Bruins NHL 10000 —————
1936–37 New York Americans NHL 3121330 —————
1936–37 Providence Reds IAHL 90002 —————
1937–38 New Haven Eagles IAHL 2902214 20000
NHL totals 346142539300 2431430

Notes
  1. Canadian Hockey League 2020.
  2. Diamond 2002, p. 714
  3. Ted Graham Game Logs 1927–28 2020.
  4. Kitchen 2008, p. 331

Bibliography
  • History – Champion Rosters, Canadian Hockey League, 2020, retrieved May 3, 2020
  • Coleman, Charles L. (1964), The Trail of the Stanley Cup, Volume 1: 1893–1926 inc., Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Publishing, ISBN 0-8403-2941-5
  • Diamond, Dan, ed. (2002), Total Hockey: The Official Encyclopedia of the National Hockey League, Second Edition, New York: Total Sports Publishing, ISBN 1-892129-85-X
  • Kitchen, Paul (2008), Win, Tie, or Wrangle: The Inside Story of the Old Ottawa Senators, 1883–1935, Manotic, Ontario: Penumbra Press, ISBN 978-1-897323-46-5
  • Ted Graham Game Logs 1927–28, National Hockey League, 2020, retrieved May 3, 2020


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