Shot Right Weight 82 kg Height 1.73 m | Name Cully Wilson Playing career Positions Winger | |
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Born June 5, 1892
Winnipeg, MB, CAN ( 1892-06-05 ) Died July 7, 1962, Seattle, Washington, United States Played for Chicago Blackhawks, Calgary Tigers, Hamilton Tigers | ||
Carol William "Cully" Wilson (June 5, 1892 – July 7, 1962) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. The right winger played in the National Hockey League for the Toronto St. Pats, Montreal Canadiens, Hamilton Tigers and Chicago Black Hawks between 1919 and 1927. He was also a member of two teams who won the Stanley Cup before the NHL came into existence in 1917, the Toronto Blueshirts and Seattle Metropolitans. SIHR list him as dying on July 7, 1962.
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Wilson came from a family of Icelandic heritage and was born as Karl Erlendson to parents Sigurður Erlendson and Metonia Indridadottir. The family later changed its name to Wilson.
Career
Wilson began his professional career with the National Hockey Association's Toronto Blueshirts in 1912. The next year, he won his first Stanley Cup when the Blueshirts beat the Montreal Canadiens. He was a part of the "first" expansion of professional hockey when the Pacific Coast Hockey Association agreed to compete with the NHA in an east-west rivalry for the Stanley Cup championship. As a member of the Seattle Metropolitans, Wilson won the Stanley Cup for a second time in 1917, again beating the Montreal Canadiens.
Wilson signed with the National Hockey League's Toronto St. Pats in 1919. He left the NHL after the 1922–23 season and headed west to play for the Calgary Tigers of the Western Canada Hockey League. He returned to the NHL for one more season in 1926–27 after the WCHL folded and his rights were traded to the Chicago Black Hawks. After a disappointing year with the Hawks, Wilson moved on to the American Hockey Association St. Paul Saints. Over the next three years he played and coached with the Saints before moving on to the San Francisco Tigers of the Cal-Pro League and the Duluth Hornets of the AHA. His last season was the 1931–32 season with the Kansas City Pla-Mors.
Cully Wilson played a rough style of hockey, both giving and receiving in the physical aspect of the game. As a result, he received a fair amount of slashes and cuts to his face. In the 1919 PCHA season, in a game against the Vancouver Millionaires, Wilson fought for the puck against Millionaires center Mickey MacKay and slashed him over the mouth. MacKay suffered a fractured jaw and missed the rest of the season. When the season was over PCHA chief disciplinarian Frank Patrick banned Wilson from the league. Wilson led three different leagues in penalty minutes in different seasons; 1914–15 in the NHA, 1919 in the PCHA, and 1919–20 in the NHL.
Wilson died in 1962 and is buried in Evergreen-Washelli Cemetery in Seattle, Washington.
Statistics
MIL = Manitoba Icelandic League, MIPHL = Manitoba Independent League, MHL-Sr. = Manitoba Hockey Association, Exh. = Exhibition, Cal-Pro = California Hockey League
Awards and achievements
On October 3, 2015, Carrol "Cully" Wilson was inducted into the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame.