Aubrey Victor "Dit" Clapper was a Canadian professional ice hockey player.
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15 Facts About Dit Clapper
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Dit Clapper was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1947, the first Honoured Member to be living at the time of his induction.
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Dit Clapper was the first NHL player to play 20 seasons, and one of only two to be an All-Star at both forward and defence.
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The Bruins won the American Division that season and went on to their first Stanley Cup championship, with Dit Clapper scoring the winning goal in the first game of their best-of-three series with the New York Rangers.
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In February 1942, Dit Clapper suffered a severed tendon in a collision with Toronto player Bingo Kampman and was done for the season.
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Dit Clapper retained his team captaincy until his retirement as a player in 1947, ultimately serving as team captain for longer than any NHL player until Ray Bourque surpassed his total in the 1990s.
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Dit Clapper played only sporadically thereafter, and retired for good on February 12,1947.
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Dit Clapper was the only active player ever to be inducted into the Hall, and at the time the only living Member inducted.
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Dit Clapper coached the Bruins for two more seasons until, unhappy with the club's performance in the 1949 playoffs against Toronto and uneasy about coaching friends with whom he had played, he resigned.
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Dit Clapper ran a plumbing firm and a sporting goods store in Peterborough in retirement, while serving as a director of the Peterborough Petes of the OHA.
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Dit Clapper briefly attempted a political career, standing as a Liberal candidate for the Peterborough West riding in the 1949 federal election, losing by fewer than 250 votes to incumbent Progressive Conservative Gordon Fraser.
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Dit Clapper died of complications from a 1973 stroke, which had left him confined to a wheelchair, on January 20,1978.
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