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Carl Thomas Brewer (October 21, 1938 – August 25, 2001) was a Canadian professional
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. Brewer attended De La Salle College and Riverdale Collegiate Institute prior to his hockey career. Brewer started his career with the
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in
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. He also played with the
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and
St. Louis Blues The St. Louis Blues are a professional ice hockey team based in St. Louis. The Blues compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division (NHL), Central Division in the Western Conference (NHL), Western Conference. Th ...
. He won three
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s with Toronto in
1962 The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a Nuclear warfare, nuclear confrontation during the Cold War. Events January * January 1 – Samoa, Western Samoa becomes independent from Ne ...
,
1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove ...
and
1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 – In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patria ...
. He regained his amateur status after walking out of Maple Leafs training camp in 1965."Mahovlich, Ullman Traded," ''The Edmonton Journal'', Monday, March 4, 1968.
Retrieved January 25, 2023. He was not eligible to become a professional again until December 18, 1968."Trade Was a Shock," ''The Canadian Press'' (CP), Tuesday, March 5, 1968.
Retrieved January 25, 2023.
In 1966 and 1967 he played with the Canadian National team, winning a bronze medal at the 1967 Ice Hockey World Championships. His contractual rights were traded from the Maple Leafs to the Red Wings for Doug Barrie on March 4, 1968. He was a
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with the
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at the time of the transaction. His brief stint in
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made such an impact on Finnish hockey that he was inducted to the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame in 2003. In the 1990s, Brewer played a major role in seeing former NHL Players' Association boss
Alan Eagleson Robert Alan Eagleson (born April 24, 1933) is a disbarred Canadian lawyer, hockey agent and promoter. Clients that he represented included superstars Bobby Orr and Darryl Sittler. He was the first executive director of the NHL Players Assoc ...
convicted and sent to prison for
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,
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and embezzling. Brewer died on August 25, 2001, following heart problems.


Awards and achievements

*Named to the
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in
1962 The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a Nuclear warfare, nuclear confrontation during the Cold War. Events January * January 1 – Samoa, Western Samoa becomes independent from Ne ...
,
1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The First Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lynd ...
and
1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 1970 Tonghai earthquake, Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli ...
*Named to the NHL First All-Star Team in
1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove ...
*Won the
Stanley Cup The Stanley Cup () is the championship trophy awarded annually to the National Hockey League (NHL) playoff champion. It is the oldest existing trophy to be awarded to a professional sports franchise in North America, and the International Ic ...
in
1962 The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a Nuclear warfare, nuclear confrontation during the Cold War. Events January * January 1 – Samoa, Western Samoa becomes independent from Ne ...
,
1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove ...
, and
1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 – In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patria ...
*Was inducted into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame in 2003 *Was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall Of Fame 2002


Personal life

Carl spent 17 years investigating National Hockey League pensions and the activities of R. Alan Eagleson, then executive director of the National Hockey League Player's Association. His determination and efforts alongside longtime companion Susan Foster resulted in Eagleson's incarceration and the NHL players receiving their entitled diverted pension funds totalling more than $50 million dollars. Carl's son Mike also played professional hockey and was an All-American at
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in 1992.


Career statistics


Regular season and playoffs


References


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Brewer, Carl 1938 births 2001 deaths Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Finland Canadian ice hockey defencemen Detroit Red Wings players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States HIFK (ice hockey) players Ice hockey people from Toronto Muskegon Mohawks players National Hockey League All-Stars New Brunswick Hawks players Rochester Americans players St. Louis Blues players Stanley Cup champions Toronto Maple Leafs players Toronto Marlboros players Toronto Toros players 20th-century Canadian sportsmen