Joseph Krol (August 13, 1915 – October 26, 1993) was a Canadian

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who played 26 games in the

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with the

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and

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. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1935 to 1942, was mainly spent in the minor International American Hockey League/American Hockey League. He was born in

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Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Awards and achievements

* EAHL First All-Star Team (1936)

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* 1915 births 1993 deaths Brooklyn Americans players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Canadian ice hockey left wingers Hershey Bears players New York Rangers players New York Rovers players Philadelphia Ramblers players Ice hockey people from Winnipeg Springfield Indians players Winnipeg Monarchs players 20th-century Canadian sportsmen {{Canada-icehockey-winger-1910s-stub