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Apr 16, 1925 Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada Died on 03 Feb 2000 (aged 74)
Canadian ice hockey player
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About Don Gallinger
- Donald Calvin "Gabby" Gallinger (April 16, 1925 – February 3, 2000) was a professional ice hockey player who played 222 games in the National Hockey League.
- Born in Port Colborne, Ontario, he played for the Boston Bruins.
- Gallinger was one of the league's youngest players when he broke into the NHL, playing on the "Sprout Line" of Boston with Bill Shill and Bep Guidolin.
- Gallinger's career was cut short, when in 1948 Gallinger and former team-mate Billy Taylor were discovered gambling on their own teams and banned for life by the NHL.
- They were reinstated in 1970 and these are the longest suspensions in NHL history.
- Prior to the suspension, Gallinger had established himself an effective offensive NHL player and, as an excellent multi-sport athlete, had even been sought after to play professional baseball.
