"Detroit Red Wings" Ted Lindsay Hand Signed 3X5 Card JG Autographs COA

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"Detroit Red Wings" Ted Lindsay Hand Signed 3X5 Card.
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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
National Hockey League Players' Association
(NHLPA) 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.
Lindsay was born in
Renfrew
,
Ontario
. His father,
Bert Lindsay
, had been a professional player himself, playing
goaltender
for the
Renfrew Millionaires
,
Victoria Aristocrats
, and
Toronto Arenas
. Lindsay played amateur hockey in
Kirkland Lake
before joining the
St. Michael's Majors
in
Toronto
. In 1944 he played for the
Memorial Cup
champion
Oshawa Generals
. Lindsay's performance in the Ontario Hockey Association Junior A League (now the
Ontario Hockey League
) earned him an invitation to try out with the
Detroit Red Wings
of the
NHL
and he made his big league debut in 1944 at the age of 19. Lindsay played only one game in the
AHL
, with the
Indianapolis Capitals
, during the
1944–45 AHL season
.
Having played amateur in Toronto, yet playing for Detroit, earned him the enmity of Toronto's owner
Conn Smythe
with whom he would feud for the length of his career. Playing left wing with centre
Sid Abel
and right winger
Gordie Howe
, on what the media and fans dubbed the
"Production Line"
, Lindsay became one of the NHL's premier players. Although small in stature compared to most players in the league, he was a fierce competitor who earned the nickname "Terrible Ted" for his toughness. His rough play caused the NHL to develop penalties for 'elbowing' and 'kneeing' to discourage hitting between players using the elbows and knees.
In the
1949–50 season
, he won the
Art Ross Trophy
as the league's leading scorer with 78 points and his team won the
Stanley Cup
. Over the next five years, he helped Detroit win three more championships and appeared with Howe on the cover of a March 1957
Sports Illustrated
issue. Lindsay was the first player to lift the Stanley Cup and skate it around the rink, starting the tradition.