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Feb 09, 1907 Newmarket, Ontario, Canada Died on 21 Jan 1978 (aged 70)
Canadian ice hockey player
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About Dit Clapper
- Aubrey Victor "Dit" Clapper (February 9, 1907 – January 20, 1978) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player.
- Clapper played his entire professional career for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL).
- He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1947, the first Honoured Member to be living at the time of his induction.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.
- The right wing on the powerful "Dynamite Line"—one of the first forward combinations to receive a nickname in hockey history—along with linemates Cooney Weiland and Dutch Gainor, he contributed to the breaking of several scoring records in the 1930s.
- Towards the end of his career, he was named player-coach of the Bruins, and held the coaching position after his retirement as a player.
