Ted Graham
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Ted Edward Dixon "Teddy" Graham (January 30, 1906 in Sarawak Township, Owen Sound
Owen Sound, Ontario
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, Ontario
Ontario
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 – January 11, 1979) was a professional
Professional
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 ice hockey
Ice hockey
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 defenceman
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 who played 10 seasons in the National Hockey League
National Hockey League
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 for the Chicago Black Hawks
Chicago Blackhawks
The Chicago Blackhawks are a professional ice hockey team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . They have won four Stanley Cup championships since their founding in 1926, most recently coming in 2009-10...

, Montreal Maroons
Montreal Maroons
The Montreal Maroons was a professional men's ice hockey team in the National Hockey League . They played in the NHL from 1924 to 1938, winning the Stanley Cup in 1926 and 1935...

, Detroit Red Wings
Detroit Red Wings
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, St. Louis Eagles
St. Louis Eagles
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, Boston Bruins
Boston Bruins
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 and New York Americans
New York Americans
The New York Americans were a professional ice hockey team based in New York, New York from 1925 to 1942. They were the third expansion team in the history of the National Hockey League and the second to play in the United States. The team never won the Stanley Cup, but reached the semifinals...

.

He played for his hometown Owen Sound Greys
Owen Sound Greys
The Owen Sound Greys are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada. They play in the Mid-Western division of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League...

 when they won their first Memorial Cup
Memorial Cup
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 as Canadian junior champions in 1924. Ten years later, he and old Greys teammate Cooney Weiland
Cooney Weiland
Ralph "Cooney" Weiland was an NHL forward who played for the Boston Bruins, Ottawa Senators, and Detroit Red Wings....

 were reunited on the roster of the Detroit Red Wings, who went to the Stanley Cup
Stanley Cup
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 final in that 1933–34 season.

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