Dit Clapper - Achievements and Facts

Achievements and Facts

  • Played on three Bruins Stanley Cup championship teams, (1929, 1939, 1941), the most of any Bruins' player in history.
  • NHL First All-Star Team: (1939, 1940, 1941)
  • NHL Second All-Star Team: (1944) as a defenceman; (1931, 1935) as a right wing.
  • Won the Elizabeth C. Dufresne Trophy as most outstanding Bruins player in home games in 1940 and 1941.
  • The first player in NHL history to play for 20 seasons, and one of only seven (Alex Delvecchio, Stan Mikita, Steve Yzerman, George Armstrong, Henri Richard, Jean Beliveau) to do so with the same team.
  • The last active NHL player that played during the 1920s.
  • At the time of his retirement, the NHL career leader in games played and seasons played.
  • In 1998, Clapper was ranked number 41 on The Hockey News' list of the 100 Greatest Hockey Players of all time. "Clapper had a simple creed," wrote The Hockey News. "He fought his heart out, bounced players around and took the same kind of punishment he dished out. That's what made him so popular with other players and fans throughout the NHL."
  • Mentioned in the hockey cult movie Slap Shot with Toe Blake and Eddie Shore as prime examples of "old time hockey."
  • Retired NHL defenceman Greg Theberge is Dit's grandson.
  • His game jersey from the night of his retirement is on display in the International Hockey Hall of Fame's museum in Kingston, Ontario.

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