May 28, 1979(1979-05-28) (aged 83) Toronto, Ontario, Canada[1]
Height
5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight
180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb)
Position
Centre
Shot
Left
Played for
Detroit Falcons (NHL) Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL) Boston Bruins (NHL) Detroit Cougars (NHL) Victoria Cougars (WCHL) Victoria Cougars (PCHA) Victoria Aristocrats (PCHA)
National team
Canada
Playing career
1913–1932
Medal record
Men's Ice hockey
Representing Canada
1920 Antwerp
Team competition
Fredrickson with the Victoria Cougars.
Sigurdur Franklin Fredrickson (Sigurður Franklín Friðriksson; June 3, 1895 – May 28, 1979)[2] was an Icelandic-Canadian ice hockey player and aviator. As a player and coach, he was significant to both the amateur and professional ice hockey as it evolved in North America in the early 20th century.[3] Fredrickson's career was interrupted by military service during the First World War and prematurely ended by a knee injury in 1931.[4]
Fredrickson was the center for the Winnipeg Falcons, the Canadian team which won the Olympic gold medal in 1920. Fredrickson then joined the Victoria Aristocrats/Victoria Cougars and helped them win the Stanley Cup in 1925. On both occasions he was a teammate of fellow Icelandic-Canadian ice hockey star Haldor Halderson, making them the first players to win an Olympic gold medal and a Stanley Cup.[5]
Fredrickson became one of the pioneers of flight in Iceland when he arrived there in 1920 to fly for the countries first airline, Flugfélag Íslands.[6][7]
The Icelandic spelling of his last name is Friðriksson and the alternate English spelling Frederickson.[8]
^Hockey Hall of Fame 2003, p. 28.
^"Frank Fredrickson". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
^"Frank Fredrickson Biography". Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 2007-10-21. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
^"Winnipeg Falcons, who became 1st Olympic hockey champs 100 years ago, to be celebrated at Gimli's Ice Fest". CBC. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
^"Hann varð ekki hetja". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 3 September 1959. p. 8. Retrieved 28 November 2022 – via Tímarit.is.
^"Var einna fyrstur til að fljúga hér". Tíminn (in Icelandic). 5 August 1959. p. 11. Retrieved 28 November 2022 – via Tímarit.is.
^"Winnipeg Falcons - Military Biographies". Icelandic Veteran's Database (in Icelandic). 1923. Archived from the original on 2016-03-14. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
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