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Tommy Dunderdale

Rover / Center

5-8 160

b. 6 May 1887 Benella, Australia
d. 15 Dec 1960 Winnipeg, Manitoba

Thomas Dunderdale was a natural rover, a player with enough speed to attack and to get back in time to defend. He was a right-handed shot who was famous for his deft stickhandling. A summary of his career reads like a Rand McNally road atlas. Dunderdale played hockey at Waller Street Public School in Ottawa and later while attending business college in Winnipeg. He returned to Ottawa to play for the Cliffsides club in 1906 before going back to the Manitoba capital to put in some time with the Senior Maple Leafs. He played one season and part of another there before jumping to the Strathconas of the Northwestern Amateur league. When the National Hockey Association (NHA) was founded in late 1909, Dunderdale hitched a ride with the Montreal Shamrocks. Next he spent a season with the Quebec Bulldogs before moving on to the Victoria Aristocrats of the new Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) for more cash. Dunderdale played very well over the next four seasons, leading his team in scoring three times and taking home league honors in 1912-13. Victoria won the league title in 1912-13 and defeated the Stanley Cup champion Bulldogs in an exhibition series. Dunderdale scored three times in three games. In 1913-14, he scored in every one of Victoria's 15 matches and was named to the PCHA First All-Star team as a center. He held out for more money in 1915 but was brought to terms by league president Frank Patrick.

Eventually, Dunderdale was dealt to the Portland Rosebuds, who would win the 1915-16 league championship. He played for two more seasons in Portland, returning to Victoria in 1919, before finishing up with the Edmonton Eskimos and Saskatoon Sheiks of the Western Canada Hockey League in 1924. He retired as the PCHA's top career goal-scorer.

In 290 games, the speedy, highly skilled Dunderdale scored 225 goals. He is a worthy member of the Hockey Hall of Fame.

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