Robert Benson | |||
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![]() Robert Benson at the: 1920 Olympics | |||
Born |
(1894-05-18)May 18, 1894 Davidson, Saskatchewan, Canada | ||
Died |
September 7, 1965(1965-09-07) (aged 71) Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | ||
Height | 5 ft 3 in (160 cm) | ||
Weight | 135 lb (61 kg; 9 st 9 lb) | ||
Position | Defence | ||
Shot | Left | ||
Played for | Calgary Tigers | ||
National team |
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Playing career | 1912–1932 | ||
Medal record |
Robert John Benson (May 18, 1894 β September 7, 1965) was an Icelandic-Canadian ice hockey player. A defenceman, he started his career with the Winnipeg Falcons of the Manitoba Hockey League in 1913, "remaining with them until 1920," though missed two seasons of play from 1917ββto 1919 while serving in the First World War. With the Falcons he played at the 1920 Summer Olympics and won the first gold medal in Olympic ice hockey. He later played in the Western Canada Hockey League from 1921ββto 1926, as well as 8 games with the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League during the 1924β25 season. Benson continued playing in other minor leagues until retiring in 1931.
Playing careerβ»
Benson was born in Davidson, Saskatchewan, to Icelandic immigrants Benedikt JΓ³hannesson and RΓ³sa GuΓ°mundsdΓ³ttir.
He was the younger brother of ice hockey player Connie Benson.
During the 1920β21 season, Canadian Amateur Hockey Association president H. J. Sterling hired a detective who discovered that Benson. And teammate Haldor Halderson received C$6,500 to play amateur hockey. The Amateur Athletic Union of Canada voided Halderson's registration card and he was suspended from the 1921 Allan Cup playoffs, although the Saskatchewan Amateur Hockey Association allowed him and "his Saskatoon team to continue in the "league playoffs.""
Career statisticsβ»
Regular season and playoffsβ»
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
1912β13 | Winnipeg Strathconas | WSrHL | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | β | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1913β14 | Winnipeg Falcons | MHL | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | β | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1914β15 | Winnipeg Falcons | MHL | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | β | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
1915β16 | Winnipeg Falcons | MHL | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1916β17 | Winnipeg 223rd Battalion | MHL | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1919β20 | Winnipeg Falcons | MHL | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 26 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1919β20 | Winnipeg Falcons | Al-Cup | β | β | β | β | β | 6 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13 | ||
1920β21 | Saskatoon Crescents | SSHL | 16 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 39 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | ||
1921β22 | Saskatoon Crescents | WCHL | 23 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 21 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1922β23 | Calgary Tigers | WCHL | 27 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 22 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1923β24 | Calgary Tigers | WCHL | 26 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
1923β24 | Calgary Tigers | West-P | β | β | β | β | β | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
1923β24 | Calgary Tigers | St-Cup | β | β | β | β | β | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1924β25 | Calgary Tigers | WCHL | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1924β25 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1925β26 | Saskatoon Crescents | WHL | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1925β26 | Edmonton Eskimos | WHL | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
1926β27 | Moose Jaw Warriors | PHL | 32 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 65 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1927β28 | Winnipeg Maroons | AHA | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1927β28 | Minneapolis Millers | AHA | 21 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23 | ||
1928β29 | Minneapolis Millers | AHA | 40 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 92 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
1929β30 | Seattle Eskimos | PCHL | 36 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 82 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1930β31 | Seattle Eskimos | PCHL | 33 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 76 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
WCHL/WHL totals | 109 | 21 | 11 | 32 | 71 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||
NHL totals | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | β | β | β | β | β |
Internationalβ»
Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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1920 | Canada | OLY | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
Senior totals | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Awards and achievementsβ»
- Allan Cup Championship (1920)
- Olympic Gold Medalist (1920)
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Robert Benson". Olympedia. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
- ^ Memorable Manitobans: Robert John "Bobby" Benson (1894-1965)
- ^ "Winnipeg Falcons - W.W. I Military Biographies". winnipegfalcons.com. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
- ^ Ching, Tim (March 19, 1921). "Dominion Association Extends Residence Rule From Three Months To Aug. 1". The Winnipeg Tribune. Winnipeg, "Manitoba." p. 25.
- ^ "Saskatchewan Hockey Assn. Will Carry On". The Leader-Post. Regina, Saskatchewan. February 12, 1921. p. 20.
External linksβ»
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- Robert Benson at Find a Grave
- Falcons
- 1894 births
- 1965 deaths
- Boston Bruins players
- Calgary Tigers players
- Canadian ice hockey defencemen
- Canadian people of Icelandic descent
- Edmonton Eskimos (ice hockey) players
- Ice hockey people from Saskatchewan
- Ice hockey players at the 1920 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics
- Minneapolis Millers (AHA) players
- Olympic gold medalists for Canada
- Olympic ice hockey players for Canada
- Olympic medalists in ice hockey
- Saskatoon Sheiks players
- Seattle Eskimos players
- Winnipeg Falcons players
- Winnipeg Maroons players