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The Wandering Scotsman
by Paul on 09/24/09 at 06:16 AM ET
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from Gareth Edwards of the Edinburgh News,
He is a sporting legend who is still virtually unknown in his hometown of Edinburgh.
The first Scotsman ever to win a place in Canada’s Hockey Hall of Fame, Charlie “Chuck” Gardiner is still regarded as a local hero in Winnipeg, where he first made his name in the sport….
He went on to become one of the game’s pre-eminent goal tenders during the 1920s and 30s and was known as the “Wandering Scotsman” as he used to charge down strikers.
He rose to NHL stardom with the Chicago Blackhawks and his greatest achievement came in 1934, when he led the Blackhawks to their first triumph in the Stanley Cup.
Just a few weeks later, however, on 13 June, 1934, he died of a brain hemorrhage brought on by a tonsil infection he had been fighting. He was only 29.
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