Tommy Dunderdale
Australian-Canadian ice hockey player
Died when: 73 years 223 days (883 months)Star Sign: Taurus
Thomas Dunderdale (6 May 1887 – 15 December 1960) was an Australian-Canadian professional ice hockey forward.Born in the Colony of Victoria (now part of Australia), he moved to Canada with his family in 1894.
He played in Winnipeg for three seasons, from 1906 to 1910.In 1910, he joined the Montreal Shamrocks of the National Hockey Association (NHA), before moving on to the Quebec Bulldogs the following season.
In 1911–12, he joined the Victoria Aristocrats of the newly formed Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA), playing nine seasons in total in Victoria.
He split his seasons in Victoria with a three-season stint with the Portland Rosebuds between 1915 and 1918.After the PCHA folded in 1923, Dunderdale played one season in the Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL), splitting the season between the Saskatoon Crescents and the Edmonton Eskimos.
In 1974, Dunderdale became the only Australian-born player to be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.He is credited with scoring the first penalty shot goal in ice hockey history.
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