jimrad's ride with the 1911 C55 Imperial Tobacco Hockey Set 95.56% and working updated 2/15
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I want to complete the set before the end of 2011 which will mark the 100 year anniversary for the set. I am currently 93% complete in mostly PSA 3,4, or 5 some higher some lower. I love hockey and this set has become a tremendous amount of fun for me. So here we go, I will add to the thread as I have time. I will start with #1 Paddy Moran but the posts following will be in random order.
I hope you enjoy as I share my cards and some history with you.
Patrick Joseph "Paddy" Moran (March 11, 1877 – January 14, 1966) was a professional ice hockey goaltender. Moran played all but one of his 16 seasons for the Quebec Hockey Club, from 1901 to 1917; in the 1909–10 season, Moran played for the Haileybury Comets. He won two Stanley Cups with Quebec in 1912 and 1913. Moran was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1958.
Moran was a stand-up style goaltender. At 5 ft 11 in and 180 lb, he was considered a big goaltender for his era. In Moran's era, goaltenders were not allowed to drop down to the ice to make saves, so his style suited him well. Moran was especially noted for his aggressive defense of the area in front of his net. He used his stick to slash opposing players within reach. Moran often chewed tobacco while on the ice, and another favorite tactic of his was to spit tobacco at opposing players. Moran's stick work was described as attempts to "slash [other players'] heads off with lightning strokes of his blade”. Moran often wore oversized sweaters, claiming that they kept him warm in the cold arenas; however, he kept it unbuttoned, and often used to catch shots.
I hope you enjoy as I share my cards and some history with you.
Patrick Joseph "Paddy" Moran (March 11, 1877 – January 14, 1966) was a professional ice hockey goaltender. Moran played all but one of his 16 seasons for the Quebec Hockey Club, from 1901 to 1917; in the 1909–10 season, Moran played for the Haileybury Comets. He won two Stanley Cups with Quebec in 1912 and 1913. Moran was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1958.
Moran was a stand-up style goaltender. At 5 ft 11 in and 180 lb, he was considered a big goaltender for his era. In Moran's era, goaltenders were not allowed to drop down to the ice to make saves, so his style suited him well. Moran was especially noted for his aggressive defense of the area in front of his net. He used his stick to slash opposing players within reach. Moran often chewed tobacco while on the ice, and another favorite tactic of his was to spit tobacco at opposing players. Moran's stick work was described as attempts to "slash [other players'] heads off with lightning strokes of his blade”. Moran often wore oversized sweaters, claiming that they kept him warm in the cold arenas; however, he kept it unbuttoned, and often used to catch shots.
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My small collection
Want List:
'61 Topps Roy Campanella in PSA 5-7
Cardinal T206 cards
Adam Wainwright GU Jersey
<< <i>Can you post back scans as well? Or at least a sample back? Great looking set! >>
I will throw in a scan of the card back on my next update.
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jimrad,
Awesome set. I wish I had the extra cash to start this set. I love the looks of these cards. Good luck on finishing.
I know nothing about Hockey - but it's one of the sets I like.
Good luck in completing the set.
I'm really going to enjoy watching this thread develope. Thanks Jim.
6-10–1889-11-05-1973
Edward Cole "Eddie" Oatman was a professional ice hockey player for 30 years (1909–1939). He was among the elite goal scorers for a defensemen during his era. During his 30 years playing professional ice hockey, Eddie was picked 10 straight years as an all-star with the PCHA. He was a star with the Quebec Bulldogs when it won the 1912 Stanley Cup. Eddie played with clubs that won five league championships, and he was a successful coach and captain of five different hockey teams.
In a game on February 25, 1911, Eddie was knocked out in a fight against Art Ross. This resulted in a massive brawl between the two teams that needed the police to break up.
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My small collection
Want List:
'61 Topps Roy Campanella in PSA 5-7
Cardinal T206 cards
Adam Wainwright GU Jersey
<< <i>These are awesome! Can't wait to see more! I'm guessing these are the equivilant to the T206 set. How do the prices compare? >>
Chris I have no idea how the prices are on the T206's. The C55's are all over the place but many run in the hundreds.
The Vezina in a PSA 4 is on Ebay right now for BIN @ $4000 and there is a PSA 5 listed BIN @ $6300.
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February 12, 1886 – October 13, 1918
Samuel Hamilton "Hamby" Shore – 6 ft tall 175 pounds. Shore joined the Ottawa Hockey Club in 1904 when the club was already Stanley Cup champion. After one season, he played out west with Winnipeg Seniors, before returning to Ottawa in 1906–07. He returned to Winnipeg to play professional, with the Maple Leafs and Strathconas. He played in the Maple Leafs' unsuccessful Stanley Cup challenge in 1908 against the Montreal Wanderers. He did not play the following season, 1908–09 due to illness. He returned to Ottawa, now a professional club, in the 1909–10 season, playing on another Stanley Cup winner. He was a member of a third Stanley Cup winner, in 1911. He would remain in the organization until October 1918, when he died of the Spanish flu epidemic at the age of 32.
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Oct 21,1883 - Feb 23, 1963
His first year of senior hockey was 1905 with the Montreal AAA but the balance of his playing career was spent with the Montreal Wanderers. He played on four Stanley Cup champions while with the Wanderers--1906, 1907, 1908, and 1910. He was a fast skater and an accomplished stickhandler, and although he weighed only about 140 pounds he averaged nearly two goals per game over his career. He is perhaps best remembered for scoring a hat-trick in each of five consecutive games and for amassing the incredible total of 43 goals in only nine games during the 1907 season.
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Until earlier this year, I owned a 1911 C55 Georges Vezina card. I since sold it to narrow my focus to football et. al. But I bought it in the first place because of the cool design that this set has.
Best of luck on trying to complete the last 30% of the set in the next fifteen months. It's probably one of the top hockey collectible ventures worthy of pursuit.
May 6, 1887 – December 15, 1960
Tom Dunderdale is the only Australian-born player to be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. He entered the Hall of Fame in 1974. Dunderdale is credited with scoring the first penalty shot goal in history. He was noted as being an excellent stickhandler and a fast skater. He led the league in goal scoring 3 times. Tom scored 194 goals in 231 games.
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December 4, 1890 – June 25, 1924
He was a superb skater, a very clever stickhandler and had a good backhand shot. As a result, Darragh was a prolific scorer. In 1919-20, he scored 22 goals in 23 games, and over his 13-year pro career he averaged better than a goal every two games. In an era of fierce and often violent hockey. Darragh won four Stanley Cup championships, all with the Ottawa Senators. Darragh died at 33 of peritonitis (ruptured appendix), June 25, 1924
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December 5, 1880 – June 24, 1929
He played both as a goaltender and as a forward during his formative years in the game but it was as a puckstopper that he is best remembered. In the 1906-07 season Hern posted a 10–0 regular season record in his first season with the Montreal Wanderers
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(March 12, 1883 - December 1, 1937) Fred Lake was one of the first professional players and he played 181 games in various professional and amateur leagues, including the National Hockey Association, Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association, and International Professional Hockey League. For the 1908–09 season , he re-signed with Pittsburgh of the WPHL, however, after three games he was released because of his rough play. Amongst the teams he for played with were the Ottawa Senators and Toronto Ontarios. He won two Stanley Cups in 1909 and 1911 with Ottawa.
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June 19, 1888-September 17, 1941
Kerr was a 5’10” 175 lb. left winger. He turned professional in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1907-08. He joined the Toronto team of the Ontario Professional Hockey League during 1908-09 but jumped to the Ottawa Senators and became a star. He played with future Hall of Famers Marty Walsh and Billy Gilmour. He also played alongside Bruce Ridpath and scored 20 goals in nine games as Ottawa won the Eastern Canada Hockey Association title and the Stanley Cup.
In 1910, Kerr suffered a serious skate cut to his right eye, at first losing his sight, necessitating an eye operation, limiting his play to five games. He would recover to play in the 1910–11 season. Kerr retired after the 1911–12 season but Lester Patrick lured him to Victoria, British Columbia of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association in 1913–14. He remained an effective scorer in the PCHA until 1920.
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<< <i>Keep these posts coming. Great set and very much appreciate the commentary and posts. >>
i second that!!!
looking for low grade t205's psa 1-2
The C55's are my favorite set also. Maybe someday I'll gather the stones to start a set myself.
I'd like to share a bad picture of a great card, and a Christmas present I recieved from Jim. This C56 Johnson was a tough card when I was looking for it, and it still is. Many thanks Jim, you're the best.
Ron
Thanks for the positive feedback !
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(February 26, 1886 - March 25, 1963)
Moose Johnson was a defenceman who played for the Montreal Wanderers of the National Hockey Association. He also spent time with the Portland Rosebuds and Victoria Cougars of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association.
He would help the Wanderers and Cougars to Stanley Cup victories, and help the Rosebuds become the first American team to be represented in the Cup finals in 1916. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1952. "As far as I know," he recalled later, "I was the first 'Moose' in sports history. Now there are dozens." He was noted for using the longest stick in hockey and had a 99-inch reach. "The year I quit they buried my stick," said Johnson. "It was the longest stick ever used. In those days there was no size regulations and they couldn't take it from me because it was my livelihood."
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July 23, 1881 – November 11, 1960
Goalkeeper Bert Lindsay played with the Montreal Wanderers and Toronto Arenas during the first two seasons of the NHL. Prior to this he was a well known figure in the PCHA, NHA and various senior leagues. Born in Garafraxa County, Ontario, Lindsay first made a name for himself by playing senior hockey at McGill University in Montreal and the Toronto Rowing club. In 1906 he moved to Renfrew and played in the Ottawa Valley senior loop for two years before toiling in the Federal Amateur Hockey League with the local Creamery Kings.
In 1909, Lindsay was the starting goalie for the Creamery Kings when they joined the newly formed National Hockey Association. He remained in the city the next year to play for the renamed Millionaires before he was lured away to the Patrick brothers' Pacific Coast Hockey Association.
Lindsay starred for four seasons on the Victoria Aristocrats and led the PCHA in wins in 1913 and 1914. The talented backstopper was named to the association's all-star team in 1913. Two years later he returned to the NHA with the Montreal Wanderers and played with the club for two seasons. He was on hand when the Wanderers became one of the founding members of the NHL in 1917 then folded after their arena burned to the ground. In December, 1918, Lindsay was signed as a free agent by the defending Stanley Cup champion Toronto Arenas.
Bert Lindsay is the father of Hockey Hall Of Famer Ted Lindsay.
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(November 12,1891 – April 10,1951),
was head coach of the original Ottawa Senators for the 1925/26 NHL season and, as a player for the Senators, he won the Stanley Cup in the 1910/11 NHA season.
Born in Ottawa, Currie graduated to senior hockey with the Ottawa Primroses of the Ottawa City Hockey League in 1907, joining the Ottawa Emmetts in 1908. Currie joined the professional Haileybury Comets for their season in the National Hockey Association in 1909/10, before returning to Ottawa to play for the Senators in their 1910/11 Stanley Cup championship season. He was loaned to Quebec for one game that season. The following season, he did not play hockey. He returned to the NHA in 1913 with the Montreal Wanderers for one season, and played one final season with Senators in 1914/15. Currie died from drowning in 1951.
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Jan 2, 1984 – June 4,1925
Ridpath played three seasons for Toronto, helping the team to win the 1908 league title and scored a goal in a 6-4 loss to the Montreal Wanderers in a one-game Stanley Cup challenge. On 01-30 -1909, he scored seven goals in one game as Toronto defeated Brantford 15-10.
In 1910–11, his most productive season, he scored 23 goals in 16 games and help Ottawa win the NHA final and the Stanley Cup.
He suffered a fractured skull when he was hit by a car on Yonge Street in Toronto on Nov 2, 1911 and missed the entire 1911-12 season. The new Toronto Blueshirts wanted him to play for them, and Ottawa demanded $500 for his rights, but he never fully recovered from his injuries, which were initially life-threatening, ending his playing career. Benefits were held in Ottawa and Toronto for Ridpath who was a popular player.
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January 6, 1887 - February 18, 1925
Born in Rockland, Ontario, Dallaire played for the Rockland Hockey Club of the Lower Ottawa Valley Hockey Association from 1907 until 1910. In 1910, he signed with the one-year-old Montreal Canadiens. He played two seasons as a full-time player, then two as a part-time player before being released by the Canadiens after the 1913–14 season. In the 1912–13 and 1913–14 seasons, he failed to crack the lineup of the Canadiens and he played for the Halifax Crescents of the Maritime Professional Hockey League. In 1914, he returned to Rockland, where he played two further seasons with the Rockland club, ending in 1916. His best career season with the Canadiens was 1910–11, his first, when he scored 11 goals in 13 games. He scored 23 goals in 16 games with the Crescents in 1912–13.
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unknown dates for birth and death
Steve Vair started playing hockey in Edmonton in 1908. He jumped to the Eastern Canada Hockey Association with the Wanderers in 1909 and then played a season with Cobalt, in the newly formed NHA. In a game against the Canadiens, Vair scored 5 times.
Steve joined Renfrew for the 1911-12 schedule and became one of the most consistent players in the league. He scored at least one goal every game he played for the Creamery Kings that year. After Renfrew folded at the end of the season Vair went on to the Tecumsehs and finally to the Toronto Ontarios, where he retired in 1915.
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March 14, 1877 – August 7, 1965
He was the first player to win six Stanley Cups. He won his first Stanley Cup in 1901 with Winnipeg Victorias. He then joined the Montreal HC and won two more Cups in 1902 and 1903. He also won the Stanley Cup with Montreal Wanderers in 1907 and 1910. He won his sixth and final Cup as a player-manager with the Toronto Blueshirts in 1914. He was also the first player to win the Stanley Cup while playing for four different teams. His teammate on the 1914 Stanley Cup winning Toronto Blueshirts, goalie Hap Holmes, tied the record in 1925 while backstopping the Victoria Cougars to a Stanley Cup victory.
He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1965.
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June 3, 1887 - May 13, 1959
Smith played senior amateur hockey for his hometown Cornwall, Ontario club in the Federal Amateur Hockey League from 1904 until 1907. He became a professional with Portage la Prairie, Manitoba of the Manitoba Professional Hockey League (MPHL) in 1907-08. He returned to Ontario the following season, playing for St. Catharines, Ontario and Toronto in the Ontario Professional Hockey League(OPHL). In 1909-10, he joined the Montreal Shamrocks of the National Hockey Association (NHA). He played in 1910-11 for Renfrew Creamery Kings before joining the Victoria Aristocrats of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) for a season. He returned the following season (1912–13) to the Montreal Canadiens and played for the Canadiens until 1915, when he was traded to the Montreal Wanderers. Smith left the league at the conclusion of the 1915–16 NHA season to serve in the war. Upon his return, in 1919–20, Smith re-joined the Montreal Canadiens, now in the National Hockey League, for one last year of professional hockey.
In the 1910-11 season when he played for Renfrew he scored 26 goals in 16 games.
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January 13, 1886 – August 5, 1964
Regarded as one of the best defenders of his era by his peers, he was one of the first to skate with the puck up the ice rather than pass it to a forward. He won the Stanley Cup twice in a playing career that lasted thirteen seasons; in January 1907 with the Kenora Thistles and 1908 with the Montreal Wanderers.
He created a style of hockey puck still used today, and advocated an improved style of goal nets, a change that lasted forty years. In 1947 Ross donated the Art Ross Trophy, awarded to the leading scorer of the NHL regular season. When the Hockey Hall of Fame was founded in 1945, Ross was one of the original twelve inductees.
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August 19, 1885 - September 21, 1948
played 4 games in the National Hockey League and 283 games in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association. He played for the Boston Bruins and Seattle Metropolitans. Rowe won the Stanley Cup in 1917 with Seattle. Then he was traded to the Renfrew Riversides of the Upper Ottawa Valley Hockey League in 1906-07 season. He spent one year and the playoffs with the Renfrew Creamery Kings of the FHL.
Rowe entered into contract with the Renfrew Hockey Club of the National Hockey Association in 1909. He played two regular seasons for that team until 1911. He made his entry in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association, when he joined the Victoria Aristocrats in 1911. He achieved a record of 8 goals and 7 assists or 15 points in 15 games. He partook in 12 games in support of the Aristocrats, recording 8 goals and 7 assists in the 1913-14 season. He helped his team to win the Stanley Cup in that season.
Rowe was signed to the Seattle Metropolitans of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association in 1915 and made a record of 3 goals and 5 assists for 8 points in that season. He continued to play for the Seattle Metropolitans until 1924. He made his first and last appearance in the NHL in the 1924-25 season for the Boston Bruins. He was then traded to the Portland Rosebuds of the WHL and participated in two games in the 1925-26 season. He retired from playing hockey in 1926.
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November 30, 1881 - October 28, 1961
Bruce and his brother Hod played for Ottawa in 1899. In 1890, they moved to Quebec city for business. They started playing hockey again in 1891, joining the Quebec Bulldogs. He then played professional in Pittsburgh and Houghton in the old International Professional Hockey League. Stuart joined the Wanderers in time to win the Stanley Cup in 1907, and then captained the Senators in 1909 to the Cup.
In 1910, when the National Hockey Association (NHA) imposed a salary cap, cutting player's salaries in half, Stuart attempted to form a rival league. The rival league failed to organize, as the Montreal Arena was refused to the players. Stuart returned to captain the Senators to the 1911 Stanley Cup. Stuart retired from playing after the 1910–11 season and managed a shoe store he owned in Ottawa until 1952 along with some coaching.
Despite his age, he attended his induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1961. He died not long after.
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March 21, 1881 – October 27, 1948
Barney Holden was well known in Winnipeg as an amateur baseball player before he started playing semi-pro hockey in his hometown.
Holden left Manitoba for Portage Lake, Michigan where he turned professional in the infamously rough International Hockey League. He helped Portage Lake win three consecutive championships. It was hockey's first professional league, and Holden is the answer to an interesting trivia question: he scored the first goal, in the first game, of the very first professional hockey league on December 9, 1904 in Pittsburgh's Duquesne Gardens.
Holden had a legendary wrist shot. It was said that his wrist shot was so hard that it broke the 2 inch thick end boards in Brandon, Manitoba, one night.
Boy was he tough. In another great story had Holden's skate ripped open early in the second half of the game (back before the creation of three periods) and he continued to play the entire rest of the game with his foot exposed. When the game was over he simply poured the blood out of his boot and awaited the doctors' stitchings.
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<< <i>Can you git 'er done before the Cup is hoisted? >>
Absolutely !!!
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September 19, 1891 - July 13, 1956
Odie Cleghorn played ten seasons in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens and Pittsburgh Pirates. He won a Stanley Cup in 1924 with Montreal.
Cleghorn was also a coach of the Pirates. It was during the 1925–26 season that he created the idea of set lines. He would play three set lines that would rotate. Before this, the players would only rest when needed.
Odie Cleghorn's brother Sprague Cleghorn died of injuries following a car accident. Just a few hours before Sprague's 14 July 1956 funeral, Odie Cleghorn, was found in his bed, dead of heart failure, perhaps induced by the stress of the loss of his brother.
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