Tommy Dunderdale (May 6, 1887 – December 15,
1960) was a professional
ice hockey
forward. Born in Australia, he
moved to Canada at the age of 17, in 1904. He played in Winnipeg
for three seasons, from 1906 to 1910. In 1910, he joined the
Montreal Shamrocks of the
National Hockey
Association (NHA), before moving on to the
Quebec Bulldogs the following season. In
1911–12, he joined the
Victoria
Aristocrats of the newly-formed
Pacific Coast Hockey
Association (PCHA), playing nine seasons in total in Victoria.
He split his seasons in Victoria with a three-season stint with the
Portland Rosebuds between 1915 and
1918. After the PCHA folded in 1923, Dunderdale played one season
in the
West Coast Hockey
League (WCHL), splitting the season between the
Saskatoon Blades and the
Edmonton Eskimos.
In 1974, he became the
only Australian-born player to be inducted into the Hockey Hall of
Fame
.
Early life
Dunderdale
was born in Benalla
, Victoria
, Australia, on May 6,
1887. His parents were originally from England, but
in 1904, the Dunderdales resettled to Ottawa
, Ontario
, Canada
.
Tommy first played organized ice hockey at the age of 17 with his
Waller Street School team.
In 1905 he moved to Winnipeg
, Manitoba
and played
the 1905–06 season with the amateur Winnipeg Ramblers.
Playing career
Dunderdale turned professional in 1906–07 season with the Winnipeg
Strathconas. He played three seasons for the franchise, which was
also known as the Winnipeg Maple Leafs and the Winnipeg Shamrocks,
scoring on average more than two points per game, with the majority
of the points being goals. In the 1909–10, Dunderdale moved east,
and played with the Montreal Shamrocks, first with the
Canadian Hockey
Association, and later with the
National Hockey Association
(NHA). That season, he appeared in 15 games overall, and scored 21
goals. He played the 1910–11 season for the
Quebec Bulldogs of the NHA, finishing second
on the team in scoring, with 13 goals, even though he played only
nine out of 16 games, and receiving 25 penalty minutes.
Dunderdale went back west in the 1911–12 season, joining the
Victoria Aristocrats of the
newly-formed
Pacific
Coast Hockey Association (PCHL). He would spend the rest of his
career playing in the west, having playing only two seasons east of
the Manitoba-Ontario border. Scoring 24 goals in 16 games,
Dunderdale received his first out of six First All-Star team
selections in the PCHA, as well as his of four consecutive. In the
next two seasons, Dunderdale recorded similar statistics to his
first season in the PCHL, again scoring 24 goals in both seasons,
and he was named to the First All-Star team in both seasons. The
1913–14 season saw the Victoria Aristocrats challenge the Quebec
Bulldogs for the Stanley Cup. Although the Aristocrats won the
series, their challenge was not accepted by the Stanley Cup
trustees. In the three games, Dunderdale scored two goals, and
collected 11 penalty minutes. The 1914–15 season saw Dunderdale
named to the First All-Star team for his fourth consecutive time,
as he scored 17 goals and assisted on 10 others, for 27 points in
17 games.
In the 1915–16 season, Dunderdale joined the
Portland Rosebuds. In his first season
with the Rosebuds, he dropped below a point per game for the first
time in his career. The Rosebuds became the first American team to
challenge for the Stanley Cup that year, losing a best-of-five
series 3–2 to the
Montreal
Canadiens. Dunderdale played in all of the five games of the
series, scoring two points. The following season, he scored 22
goals in 24 games, returning to his usual offensive output.
However, he was more noted that season for his number of penalty
minutes, setting a league record with 141 minutes. The 1917–18
season was his last in Portland, as he scored 14 goals in 18 games.
Dunderdale left as their leading penalty minute getter, and as
their second-most prolific goal scorer, with 50 goals.
Dunderdale rejoined the Victoria Aristocrats in the 1918–19 season.
After recording only nine points in 20 games in his first season
back with the Aristocrats, he scored 26 goals in 22 games in the
1919–20 season, en route to his fifth First All-Star team
selection. Dunderdale played three more seasons for Victoria, who
was renamed from the Aristocrats to the Cougars for the 1921–22
season, playing 75 games in total and scoring 41 points. He scored
a bit under a point per game during the 1920–21 and the 1921–22
season, while in the 1922–23 season, his last with Victoria, he was
limited to only two goals in 27 games. He was named for his sixth
time to the First All-Star Team in 1922. Following the conclusion
of the 1922–23 season, the PCHA folded. Dunderdale played another
season in the
West Coast Hockey
League (WCHL), splitting the 1923–24 season between the
Saskatoon Crescents and the
Edmonton Eskimos,
scoring three points in 17 games overall.
Legacy
Dunderdale retired at the end of the 1923–24 season. He retired as
the PCHA's leading goal scorer, with 194 goals in total. He was a
six-time PCHA First Team All-Star, and led league in goals in three
seasons, and in points in two. He was noted as being an excellent
stickhandler and a fast skater. After retiring from playing, he
coached and managed teams in Edmonton, Los Angeles, and Winnipeg.
He died on
December 15, 1960, and became the only Australian-born player to be
inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, in 1974.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
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