Philip Rudolph Besler (December 9, 1911 — February 22, 1986) was a Canadian hockey player who played 30 games in the

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between 1935 and 1939. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1934 to 1942, was spent in different minor leagues. Besler was born in

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and died in

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Regular season and playoffs

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* 1913 births 1995 deaths Boston Bruins players Boston Cubs players Canadian ice hockey right wingers Cleveland Barons (1937–1973) players Chicago Blackhawks players Detroit Red Wings players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Ice hockey people from Saskatchewan Omaha Knights (AHA) players Pittsburgh Hornets players Place of death missing Portland Buckaroos players Providence Reds players Sportspeople from Melville, Saskatchewan 20th-century Canadian sportsmen {{Canada-icehockey-winger-1910s-stub