Frank Fredrickson

Infobox Ice Hockey Player
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image_size = 250px
position = Center
shoots =
height_ft = 5
height_in = 10
weight_lb = 157
nationality = CAN
birth_date = birth date|1895|7|11
death_date =death date and age|1979|5|28|1895|7|11
death_place=Vancouver, British Columbia
birth_place = Winnepeg, Manitoba
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played_for =Pacific Coast Hockey Association
Victoria Aristocrats/Cougars
NHL
Detroit Cougars/Falcons
Boston Bruins
Pittsburgh Pirates
International-American Hockey League
Detroit Olympics
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career_start = 1921
career_end=1932
halloffame=1958

Sigurður Franklin "Frank" Fredrickson (June 11, 1895 – May 28, 1979) was a Canadian ice hockey center who was significant to both the amateur and professional sport as it evolved in North America in the early 20th century.cite web|url=http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/LegendsMember.jsp?mem=p195807&type=Player&page=bio&list=ByName#photo|title=Frank Fredrickson Biography|publisher=legendsofhockety.net|language=English|accessdate=2008-08-26] His career was interrupted by military service during World War I and prematurely ended by a knee injury in about 1931.cite web|url=http://www.halloffame.mb.ca/honoured/1981/ffredrickson.htm|title=Frank Fredrickson Biography|publisher=Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame|language=English|accessdate=2008-08-26]

An anglicization, his last name carries the Icelandic spelling "Friðriksson" and the alternate English spelling "Frederickson".cite web|url=http://www.winnipegfalcons.com/militarybiogs.htm|title=Winnipeg Falcons - Military Biographies|date=1923|work=Icelandic Veteran's Database|language=Icelandic|accessdate=2008-08-26]

Amateur career

As an amateur, he was the captain of the Winnipeg Falcons,cite web|url=http://www.winnipegfalcons.com/spaldinglib.htm|title="Spalding", as reproduced on winnipegfalcons.com|date=1919|work=Spalding's Athletic Library|language=English|accessdate=2008-08-26] who won the first gold medal offered in the sport at the Olympics.

Professional career

Professionally, he 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. On Dec 21, 1929 Frank 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 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 Fredrickson ineligible to be on the cup with Boston.

He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1958.

Awards & Achievements

*Allan Cup Championship (1920)
*Olympic Gold Metalist (1920)
*PCHA First All-Star Team (1921, 1922, 1923, & 1924)
*PCHA Scoring Champion (1923)
*PCHA Goals Leader (1923)
*Stanley Cup Championships (1925 & 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

External links

*Legendsmember|Player|P195807|Frank Fredrickson
* [http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=FREDRFRA01 Frank Fredrickson’s biography] at [http://www.databaseolympics.com/index.htm databaseOlympics.com]
* [http://www.mbhockeyhalloffame.ca/honoured/players.html?category=7&id=8 Frank Fredrickson's biography] at [http://www.mbhockeyhalloffame.ca/index.html Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame]
* [http://www.halloffame.mb.ca/honoured/1981/ffredrickson.htm Frank Fredrickson’s biography] at [http://www.halloffame.mb.ca/ Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame]
* [http://www.winnipegfalcons.com Winnipeg Falcons]

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