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Wally Hergesheimer

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Height
  
1.73 m

Position
  
Winger

Role
  
Ice hockey player

Career end
  
1962

Name
  
Wally Hergesheimer

Career start
  
1947

Playing career
  
1947–1962

Weight
  
70 kg


Wally Hergesheimer Wally Hergesheimer New York Rangers 1955 HockeyGods


Born
  
January 8, 1927 Winnipeg, MB, CAN (
1927-01-08
)

Played for
  
New York Rangers Chicago Black Hawks

Died
  
September 27, 2014, St. Boniface

Walter Edgar Hergesheimer (January 8, 1927 – September 27, 2014) was a Canadian ice hockey forward.

Wally Hergesheimer Wally Hergesheimer Benched

Hergesheimer started his National Hockey League career with the New York Rangers. He would also play with the Chicago Black Hawks. His career lasted from 1952 to 1959. His older brother was Phil Hergesheimer (1914–2004), also a professional hockey player. He died of congestive heart failure at St. Boniface Hospital in Winnipeg on September 27, 2014 at the age of 87.

Awards and achievements

  • USHL First All-Star Team (1950)
  • AHL Second All-Star Team (1951)
  • Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award (Rookie of the Year — AHL) (1951)
  • Played in NHL All-Star Game (1953 & 1956)
  • “Honoured Member” of the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame
  • "Honoured Member" of the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and Museum
  • Ranked No. 92 on the all-time list of New York Rangers in the book 100 Ranger Greats (John Wiley & Sons, 2009).

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