A Century of Memories Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/8/2009
This remarkable original team photo is covered with vintage signatures of members of the 1939-40 Washington Eagles of the Eastern Amateur Hockey League. With their flashy Art Deco uniforms, the Eagles finished second to league champs Baltimore with a 32-25-4 mark behind scoring leader Hal Dewey's 48 goals and 89 points. The 8" x 10" print is signed along the bottom by Len Burrage, Les Colvin, Roy Covert, Bill Lahti, Les Ramsay, Ken Partis, Paul Courteau, Alan Foster, Bill Cairns, Alan Kuntz, Ian Munro and Gordie Lee. Also signing vertically along the top of the Eagles team photo are Johnny McTeer, Mike Germann, coach Red Mackenzie, Ross Knipfel and Bill Davies. Kuntz had the most significant career of the three Eagles players who eventually made the NHL with a total of 45 regular season games in two seasons with the New York Rangers in the 1940s, including 10 goals and 11 assists in 31 games in 1941-42. Ramsay appeared in 11 games with the Chicago Black Hawks in 1944-45 and goalie Colvin made his only NHL appearance in the Boston Bruins' 4-2 loss to the Montreal Canadiens on January 22, 1949. A great minor league team photo featuring some tough-to-come-by NHLers' signatures.
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