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November 7, 1957(1957-11-07) (aged 57) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height
5 ft 3 in (160 cm)
Weight
135 lb (61 kg; 9 st 9 lb)
Position
Goaltender
Caught
Left
Played for
New York Americans Montreal Canadiens Pittsburgh Pirates
Playing career
1925–1937
Roy Thomas "Shrimp" Worters[1] (October 19, 1900 – November 7, 1957) was a Canadian professional Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender who played twelve seasons in the National Hockey League for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Montreal Canadiens and New York Americans.
Worters recorded 66 shutouts in his career. At 5'3" (160 cm) tall, he was the shortest player ever to play in the NHL.
^"Rayner Named MVP in NHL". The Pittsburgh Press. 1950-05-09. p. 35. Retrieved 2011-12-27.
Americans. Worters recorded 66 shutouts in his career. At 5'3" (160 cm) tall, he was the shortest player ever to play in the NHL. Worters played junior...
overall) with a 14–25–5 record. Worters followed up his stellar 1928–29 season with an atrocious 3.75 goals against average. Worters rebounded the next season...
goaltenders have won the Vezina and Hart trophies in separate seasons: RoyWorters (Hart 1928–29, Vezina 1930–31) and Al Rollins (Vezina 1950–51, Hart 1953–54)...
Canadiens 1927–28 Howie Morenz* Centre Montreal Canadiens (2) 1928–29 RoyWorters* Goaltender New York Americans 1929–30 Nels Stewart* (2) Centre Montreal...
the Toronto St. Patricks, George Hainsworth of the Montreal Canadiens, RoyWorters of the New York Americans, Alec Connell of the original Ottawa Senators...
penalty) 1930–1931: George Hainsworth 1929–1930: George Hainsworth, RoyWorters, Mickey Murray 1928–1929: George Hainsworth 1927–1928: George Hainsworth...
history, and the second shortest player in NHL history behind goaltender RoyWorters. As a youth, Gerbe played in the 2001 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey...
February 2011. "Legends of Hockey -- the Legends -- Honoured Player -- Worters, Roy -- Biography". Archived from the original on 3 December 2007. Retrieved...
Died: Hasui Kawase, Japanese painter and printmaker, cancer (b. 1883) RoyWorters, Canadian National Hockey League goaltender, throat cancer (b. 1900)...
76 Harry Lumley, 71 Lorne Chabot, 71 Marc-Andre Fleury, 71 RoyWorters, 67 Patrick Roy, 66 Henrik Lundqvist, 64 Turk Broda, 61 Pekka Rinne, 60 Evgeni...
Patrick Roy Denis Savard Serge Savard Steve Shutt Babe Siebert Tommy Smith Pierre Turgeon Rogatien Vachon Georges Vezina Gump Worsley RoyWorters Builders...
Abel C–LW Canada Bryan Hextall RW Canada Red Kelly [ * ] C–D Canada RoyWorters G Canada 1970 Babe Dye RW Canada Bill Gadsby D Canada Tom Johnson D Canada...
the Hart Memorial Trophy 1926 Succeeded by Herb Gardiner Preceded by RoyWorters Winner of the Hart Memorial Trophy 1930 Succeeded by Howie Morenz Preceded by...
Preceded by Herb Gardiner Winner of the Hart Trophy 1928 Succeeded by RoyWorters Preceded by Bill Cook NHL Goal Leader 1928 Succeeded by Ace Bailey Preceded by...
series in 1929. Both teams struggled to score in both games as goaltender RoyWorters of the Americans shut down the Rangers for the most part, and the Americans...
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