Duke Keats Ice hockey player

Gordon Blanchard "Duke, Iron Duke" Keats (March 21, 1895 – January 16, 1972) was a Canadian professional ice hockey centre who played for the Toronto Blueshirts of the National Hockey Association (NHA), Edmonton Eskimos of the Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL) and the Boston Bruins, Detroit Cougars and Chicago Black Hawks of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was most famous for his time in the WCHL where he was named a First-Team All-Star by the league in each of its five seasons of existence. He won the league championship and appeared in the 1923 Stanley Cup Final with the Eskimos. Keats was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1958.

Personal facts

Duke Keats
Alias (AKA)Keats Gordon Blanchard
Birth dateMarch 21, 1895
Birth place
Canada , Montreal , Quebec
Date of deathJanuary 16, 1972
Place of death
British Columbia , Victoria British Columbia , Canada
Height (meters)1.8034
Weight (Kilograms)88.452

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Ice hockey player

Career start1915
Career end1934
former team
Detroit Red Wings
Edmonton Eskimos (ice hockey)
Toronto Blueshirts
Boston Bruins
Chicago Blackhawks
hall of fame1958
position
Centre (ice hockey)
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