• Aubrey Victor "Dit" Clapper (February 9, 1907 – January 20, 1978) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. Clapper played his entire professional...
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  • French Canadian historical traditions Dit Clapper (1907–1978), Canadian ice hockey player Directory information tree dit (unit), a contraction for "decimal...
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    players on the first championship team included Shore, Harry Oliver, Dit Clapper, Dutch Gainor and goaltender Tiny Thompson. The season after that, 1929–30...
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  • in four games. The 1941 Stanley Cup was presented to Bruins captain Dit Clapper by NHL President Frank Calder following the Bruins 3–1 win over the Red...
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  • executive Aubrey Casewell (1909–1974), Welsh rugby league footballer Aubrey "Dit" Clapper (1907–1978), Canadian hockey player Aubrey Coleman (born 1987), American...
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    Howe (1995) 40 years, 19 days – Don Marshall (1972) 40 years, 3 days – Dit Clapper (1947) 1.^ Gordie Howe first retired at 43 years old in 1971. He took...
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    waiting period was waived for ten players deemed exceptionally notable: Dit Clapper (1947), Maurice Richard (1961), Ted Lindsay (1966), Red Kelly (1969)...
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  • Howe broke the old record in the 1966–67 NHL season by beating out Dit Clapper who spent 20 seasons with the Boston Bruins. Howe held the record for...
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  • spent their entire coaching careers with the Bruins. Cooney Weiland, Dit Clapper, Terry O'Reilly, Steve Kasper and Mike O'Connell also coached only for...
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    1946 Montreal Canadiens (9, 6–2) Dick Irvin 4–1 Boston Bruins (7, 3–4) Dit Clapper Toe Blake (11:06, third) 1947 Toronto Maple Leafs (12, 6–6) Hap Day 4–2...
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  • Chinh, Vietnamese politician, 4th President of Vietnam (d. 1988) 1907 – Dit Clapper, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1978) 1907 – Harold Scott MacDonald...
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  • standard net into the 1980s. Prominent newcomers included Dutch Gainor and Dit Clapper, both of whose rights were purchased from the minor leagues, and who...
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  • Canadiens Bun Cook* New York Rangers RW Bill Cook* New York Rangers Dit Clapper* Boston Bruins D Eddie Shore* Boston Bruins Sylvio Mantha* Montreal Canadiens...
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    Hitchman's number 3 was the first in 1934. Eddie Shore's number 2 and Dit Clapper's number were retired in 1947. Bobby Orr's number 4 was retired in 1979...
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  • championship. On February 12, 1947, Dit Clapper played his final game with the Boston Bruins. Before the start of the game, Clapper was inducted into the Hockey...
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    position for the remainder of his Bruins' tenure. In so doing, he passed Dit Clapper as the longest-tenured Bruins' captain in history, as well as passing...
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  • Mickey MacKay 6 Percy Galbraith 15/7 Lloyd Klein 9 Harry Oliver 12 Aubrey Dit Clapper 16 Cy Denneny (playing-Asst Coach)   Defencemen 2 Eddie Shore 3 Lionel...
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    the presence on the Boston roster of star centers Cooney Weiland and Dit Clapper, Cowley scored his first goal for Boston on December 1, 1935, in the...
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    In the film Slap Shot, Eddie Shore's name, along with Toe Blake and Dit Clapper, is considered synonymous with "old-time hockey." Shore is also featured...
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    and other players. A few players, such as Des Smith, Bill Mosienko, Dit Clapper, and Don Gallinger continued to don helmets.[citation needed] During...
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  • 1959), retired Canadian ice hockey player, grandson of former NHL player Dit Clapper James Daniel Theberge (born 1930), United States ambassador to Nicaragua...
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  • team at the time – on January 12. The Dynamite Line of Cooney Weiland, Dit Clapper and Dutch Gainor was responsible for most of the team's goals to that...
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    Weiland was part of the Bruins' 1928 "Dynamite Line" with Dutch Gainor and Dit Clapper, one of the earliest "named" forward lines in NHL history. He was born...
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    February 25, 2024 King Clancy Toronto Maple Leafs 7 October 15, 2016 Dit Clapper Boston Bruins 5 February 12, 1947 Wendel Clark Toronto Maple Leafs 17...
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    Daniel Catenacci, former NHL hockey player (Buffalo and NY Rangers) Dit Clapper, Hall of Fame hockey player B. J. Crombeen, former NHL hockey player...
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    and the Boston Bruins in which Dit Clapper used his stick on a player. Angry at Clapper's actions, he called Clapper a profane name, which brought a...
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    Shore, the Bruins offered him jersey number 5, that of past Bruins star Dit Clapper, prior to the regular season, but Orr instead chose jersey number 4,...
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  • Marty Barry (1) – 04:00 Harry Oliver (2) – 05:35 Dit Clapper (1) – 07:30 Second period No scoring Dit Clapper (2) – 19:24 Third period 10:07 – Hooley Smith...
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  • Boston Bruins Boston Garden Recap   No scoring First period 04:54 – Dit Clapper (1) 15:42 – Charlie Sands (1) No scoring Second period 16:19 – Ray Getliffe...
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  • No scoring No scoring Third period No scoring No scoring Second overtime period 13:26 – Dit Clapper (1) George Hainsworth Goalie stats Tiny Thompson...
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