Walter Lawrence "Gus" Kyle (September 11, 1923 – November 17, 1996) was a Canadian

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who played 203 games in the

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for the

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and

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between 1949 and 1952. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1941 to 1956, was spent in different amateur and minor leagues. Kyle scored six goals in his NHL career, five of them for the New York Rangers. His other goal was his lone tally for Boston. It occurred on January 13, 1952 in Boston's 5-4 home win over the Chicago Black Hawks. Following the close of his playing career, Kyle coached in the minor professional

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and

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between 1957 and 1964. Kyle became the sales director for the expansion

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and spent some two decades on the Blues

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broadcasting team. Gus is the brother of Bill Kyle. Prior to the NHL, Kyle was a Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman during the years 1942 - 1947, when he purchased his discharge to play professional hockey.

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Regular season and playoffs

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* 1923 births 1996 deaths Boston Bruins players Calgary Stampeders (WHL) players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Canadian ice hockey coaches Canadian ice hockey defencemen Ice hockey people from Saskatchewan New York Rangers players New York Rovers players Notre Dame Hounds players National Hockey League broadcasters St. Louis Blues announcers 20th-century Canadian sportsmen {{Canada-icehockey-defenceman-1920s-stub