Red Heron
{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}
{{for|the bird|Purple heron}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image = Hockey_player_Red_Heron.jpg
| image_size = 230px
| caption =
| position = Left wing
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 10
| weight_lb = 170
| shoots = Right
| played_for = Montreal Canadiens
Brooklyn Americans
Toronto Maple Leafs
| birth_date = {{birth date|1917|12|31}}
| birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| death_date = {{death date and age|1990|12|14|1917|12|31}}
| death_place =
| career_start = 1938
| career_end = 1942
}}
Robert Greatrex "Red" Heron (December 31, 1917 — December 14, 1990) was a Canadian ice hockey player who played 106 games in the National Hockey League between 1938 and 1942 for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Brooklyn Americans, and Montreal Canadiens. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1938 to 1942, was spent in the minor leagues.
Career statistics
=Regular season and playoffs=
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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Playoffs | ||||||||
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! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM | ||||||||
| 1932–33
| OHA Jr | 9 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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| 1933–34 | OHA Jr | 12 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 7
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1934–35
| OHA Jr | 12 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1935–36 | West Toronto Nationals | OHA Jr | 9 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 16
| 5 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 2 |
| 1935–36
| Toronto Goodyears | OHA Sr | 13 | 16 | 1 | 17 | 4
| 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1935–36 | West Toronto Nationals | M-Cup | — | — | — | — | —
| 12 | 18 | 8 | 26 | 20 |
| 1936–37
| Toronto Goodyears | OHA Sr | 8 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 16
| 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1937–38 | Toronto Goodyears | OHA Sr | 16 | 21 | 15 | 36 | 6
| 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| 1937–38
| IAHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
| 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1938–39 | NHL | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1938–39
| Syracuse Stars | IAHL | 46 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 26
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1939–40 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 42 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 12
| 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1939–40
| IAHL | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1940–41 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 35 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 12
| 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1940–41
| Pittsburgh Hornets | AHL | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1941–42 | NHL | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1941–42
| AHL | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1941–42 | NHL | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1941–42
| Pittsburgh Hornets | AHL | 23 | 20 | 16 | 36 | 10
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1942–43 | Toronto Research Colonels | TMHL | 12 | 22 | 12 | 34 | 4
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1942–43
| Toronto People's Credit | TIHL | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 8
| 7 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 12 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1943–44 | Toronto RCAF | OHA Sr | 15 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 12
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1943–44
| Toronto Staffords | TMHL | 6 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 4
| 9 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 8 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1944–45 | Rockcliffe RCAF | ONDHL | — | — | — | — | —
| 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1946–47
| Toronto Barkers | TIHL | 26 | 37 | 25 | 62 | 6
| 6 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 4 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1947–48 | Toronto Barkers | TIHL | 26 | 23 | 17 | 40 | 10
| 9 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 18 |
| 1948–49
| Toronto Barkers | TIHL | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3"| NHL totals ! 106 !! 21 !! 19 !! 40 !! 38 ! 21 !! 2 !! 2 !! 4 !! 6 |
References
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090304192547/http://www.losthockey.com/obit_main.cfm?letter=h Obituary at LostHockey.com]
External links
- {{icehockeystats|legends=12922}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Heron, Red}}
Category:Brooklyn Americans players
Category:Canadian ice hockey left wingers
Category:Montreal Canadiens players
Category:Ontario Hockey Association Senior A League (1890–1979) players
Category:Pittsburgh Hornets players
Category:Ice hockey people from Toronto
Category:Springfield Indians players
Category:Syracuse Stars (AHL) players
Category:Toronto Maple Leafs players
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