1964-65 Topps 44 Red Kelly Hockey Card (Front)
1964-65 Topps 44 Red Kelly Hockey Card (Back)
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Card Notes
Red is in his 18th NHL season. He spent 12 and a half years with Detroit before being traded to Toronto for Marc Rheaume in February, 1960. He won the Lady Byng Trophy four times and was recipient of the James Norris Trophy as outstanding defenseman in 1953-54. Red was named to six first All-Star teams.
En Français
Red en est à sa 18eme saison dans la ligue Nationale. Il joua pour Détroit durant 12 ans et demi et fut échangé au Toronto pour Marc Rhéaume en février 1960. Il gagna le trophé Lady Byng quatre fois et se mérita le trophé James Norris pour sa performance à la défense en 1953-54.
Details
First, the back of the card contains a slight ERROR. Marc Reaume’s last name is spelt wrong in both the English and French information snippets.
Red Kelly would continue on to put in 20 years during his NHL career with the Detroit Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs. Along with his six First Team All-Star selections, Kelly was also picked for the Second Team twice. To go with his one Norris Trophy win, Red was also runner-up for the award twice. In both 1954-55 and 1956-57, he finished behind Doug Harvey of the Montreal Canadiens.
On February 10, 1960, Kelly was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs from the Detroit Red Wings for Marc Reaume. Five days earlier, Detroit attempted to deal Kelly and Bill McNeill to the New York Rangers for Eddie Shack and Bill Gadsby but the trade was nixed.
Despite the Maple Leafs losing to the Montreal Canadiens in the 1964-65 Stanley Cup semi-final, Kelly and the Leafs made it interesting right to the end. In Montreal’s series clinching game 6 win, it took until 16:33 of the first overtime before Claude Provost scored the game winner. To start the game, Dave Keon and Red had shorthanded goals on the same penalty kill to put the Leafs up 2-0 by the 3:11 mark of the first period.
Between 1947-48 and 1966-67, Red Kelly played 1,316 regular season and 164 playoff games in the National Hockey League with the Detroit Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs. He won 8 Stanley Cup championships, four with Detroit and four with Toronto. The first ever head coach of the Los Angeles Kings was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1969.