Born: | July 29, 1925 | Draft: | Joined the Red Wings in 1944 |
Hometown: | Renfrew, ON, CAN | Position: | Left Wing |
Known For: | Terrible Ted | Shoots: | Left |
National Team: | N/A |
Ted Lindsay (born Robert Blake Theodore Lindsay; July 29, 1925 – March 4, 2019) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played as a forward for the Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Black Hawks of the National Hockey League (NHL). Lindsay scored over 800 points in his Hockey Hall of Fame career, won the Art Ross Trophy in 1950, and won the Stanley Cup four times. Often referred to as “Terrible Ted”, Lindsay helped to organize the first attempt at a Players’ Association in the late 1950s, an action which led to his trade to Chicago. In 2017, Lindsay was named one of the 100 Greatest NHL Players in history.
Ted Lindsay Stats
Trade Tracker
Date | Traded From | Traded With | Traded To | Traded For |
July 23, 1957 | Glenn Hall | Hank Bassen Forbes Kennedy Johnny Wilson | ||
October 14, 1964 | – | Cash Considerations |
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Awards
- NHL First All-Star Team (1948, 1950–1954, 1956, 1957)
- NHL Second All-Star Team (1949)
- NHL All-Star Game (1947–1957)
- Art Ross Trophy winner (1950)
- Memorial Cup winner (1944)
- Four-time Stanley Cup champion (1950, 1952, 1954, 1955)
- Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1966
- Inducted into the Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame in 2002
- Detroit Red Wings #7 retired on November 10, 1991
- The Hockey News Executive of the Year (1977)
- In January 2017, Lindsay was part of the first group of players to be named one of the ‘100 Greatest NHL Players’ in history.