Chick Webster

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| image = Chick Webster Petawawa Grenades.jpg

| image_size = 230px

| caption = Webster with the Petawawa Grenades, circa 1940s

| birth_date = {{birth date|1920|11|3}}

| birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada

| death_date = {{death date and age|2018|1|18|1920|11|3}}

| death_place = Mattawa, Ontario, Canada

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 11

| weight_lb = 160

| position = Centre

| shoots = Left

| played_for = New York Rangers

| career_start = 1940

| career_end = 1953

}}

John Robert "Chick" Webster (November 3, 1920 – January 18, 2018) was a Canadian ice hockey player who played 14 games in the National Hockey League with the New York Rangers during the 1949–50 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1940 to 1953, was spent in the minor leagues. He also was a soldier in the Second World War.

Biography

Born in Toronto, Ontario, Webster played 14 games with the New York Rangers during the 1949–50 season.{{cite web | url = http://nhl.nbcsports.com/2017/01/24/pre-game-reading-do-the-leafs-still-need-a-no-1-defenseman/ | title = Pre-game reading: Do the Leafs still need a No. 1 defenseman? | date= January 24, 2017 | accessdate = January 26, 2017 | publisher = NBC Sports | author = Jason Brough }} His brother, Don Webster, also played briefly in the NHL, appearing in 27 games for the Toronto Maple Leafs.{{cite web | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/23/sports/hockey/nhl-players-john-webster.html | title = Chick Webster, Thought to Be N.H.L.'s Oldest Ex-Player, Stays Wry at 96 | date= January 23, 2017 | accessdate = January 26, 2017 | work = New York Times | author = Curtis Rush }} During World War II, he was a forward observer and gunner for the 13th Field Regiment of the 3rd Canadian Division. He served in Germany, Holland, England, France, and the North Sea.

Webster lived in Richmond Hill, Ontario, during his time with the Stouffville Clippers in 1960s, and afterward lived in Mattawa, Ontario.{{Cite web |url=http://www.insidetoronto.com/news-story/6783161-former-new-york-rangers-player-chick-webster-95-hoping-to-renew-acquaintances-with-former-willow/ |title="Former New York Rangers player ‘Chick’ Webster, 95, hoping to renew acquaintances with former Willowdale teammates", by Fannie Sunshine, North York Mirror |access-date=2017-01-05 |archive-date=2017-01-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106124622/http://www.insidetoronto.com/news-story/6783161-former-new-york-rangers-player-chick-webster-95-hoping-to-renew-acquaintances-with-former-willow/ |url-status=dead }} After Milt Schmidt's death in January 2017, he became the oldest living former NHL player.[http://www.thehockeynews.com/news/article/milt-schmidt-was-a-gentleman-off-the-ice-relentless-on-it Milt Schmidt was a gentleman off the ice, relentless on it] His wife, Leona, died in 2009 of Alzheimer's disease. He died at home in Mattawa on January 18, 2018, at the age of 97.{{Cite web |url=http://www.martynfh.com/book-of-memories/3240867/Webster-John-Robert-Chick/obituary.php |title="Obituary for John Robert "Chick" Webster", Martyn Funeral Home |access-date=January 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180120124113/http://www.martynfh.com/book-of-memories/3240867/Webster-John-Robert-Chick/obituary.php |archive-date=January 20, 2018 |url-status=dead }} His nickname, Chick, was given to him in his playing days for his love for chewing Chiclets gum.

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"\| ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"\| ! colspan="5"\|Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"\| ! colspan="5"\|Playoffs
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM
1937–38 \| Toronto Native Sons \| OHA \| 12	3	6	9	0 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1938–39 \| Toronto Native Sons \| OHA \| 14	6	4	10	8 \| 8	4	3	7	8
1939–40 \| Toronto Native Sons \| OHA \| 11	3	6	9	21 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1939–40 \| Toronto Stockyards \| TMHL \| 13	9	8	17	14 \| —	—	—	—	—
1940–41 \| Baltimore Orioles \| EAHL \| 62	24	37	61	21 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1941–42 \| St. Catharines Saints \| OHA Sr \| 12	1	7	8	26 \| —	—	—	—	—
1941–42 \| Toronto Stockyards \| RMHL \| 3	1	3	4	0 \| 1	3	0	3	0
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1941–42 \| Camp Borden Army \| NDHL \| —	—	—	—	— \| 1	0	1	1	0
1942–43 \| Petawawa Grenades \| UOVHL \| 3	5	1	6	6 \| 2	3	1	4	0
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1942–43 \| Petawawa Grenates \| Al-Cup \| —	—	—	—	— \| 8	7	6	13	21
1945–46 \| Toronto Uptown Tires \| TMHL \| 3	1	4	5	2 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1945–46 \| Baltimore Clippers \| EAHL \| 15	7	9	16	5 \| —	—	—	—	—
1946–47 \| New Haven Ramblers \| AHL \| 47	9	15	24	26 \| 3	0	2	2	6
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1946–47 \| New York Rovers \| EAHL \| 13	7	11	18	36 \| —	—	—	—	—
1947–48 \| New Haven Ramblers \| AHL \| 65	22	37	59	12 \| 4	1	1	2	0
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1948–49 \| New Haven Ramblers \| AHL \| 65	16	33	49	24 \| —	—	—	—	—
1949–50 \| New York Rangers \| NHL \| 14	0	0	0	4 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1949–50 \| New Haven Ramblers \| AHL \| 38	9	17	26	16 \| —	—	—	—	—
1950–51 \| Tacoma Rockets \| PCHL \| 63	20	28	48	36 \| 6	1	1	2	2
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1951–52 \| Cincinnati Mohawks \| AHL \| 49	6	12	18	15 \| 7	3	2	5	0
1952–53 \| Syracuse Warriors \| AHL \| 13	2	2	4	0 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1952–53 \| Vancouver Canucks \| WHL \| 5	0	0	0	0 \| —	—	—	—	—
1952–53 \| Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds \| NOHA \| 12	1	7	8	4 \| 2	0	1	1	0
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" \| AHL totals ! 227 !! 64 !! 116 !! 180 !! 93 ! 11 !! 4 !! 3 !! 7 !! 0
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" \| NHL totals ! 14 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 4 ! — !! — !! — !! — !! —