Don Gallinger

Don Gallinger (born April 16, 1925 in Port Colborne, died in Ontario February 7, 2000) was a professional ice hockey player who played 222 games in the National Hockey League. He played for the Boston Bruins.
He played junior hockey for the St Catharines TeePees.
He was the second youngest player in NHL history when he broke into the NHL with Boston at
age 17, playing on the "Sprout Line" of with Bill Shill and Bep Guidolin.
In 1947–48, the Detroit Times ballooned a story in January about two players having
talked to a big-time gambler named James Tamer. The players remained anonymous and the
story was refuted as an outrageous rumour. However, late in February, NHL president 
Clarence Campbell announced that circumstantial evidence tended to show that a player or
players had wagered on an NHL game. The Detroit police had wiretapped Tamer's phone and
came up with the following conversation:
Tamer: "How's it going tonight?"
Voice: "Fine. One player's girl died and another is sick and I don't plan on doing so good
myself. Bet $500 for me."
The conversation referred to Boston defenceman Jack Crawford, whose daughter had died and Milt Schmidt who had a badly injured knee.
Campbell had conversations with Billy Taylor and Gallinger and on March 9th, their sentences
were pronounced: Taylor was expelled for life and Gallinger suspended indefinitely pending an
investigation of his connection with Tamer. Gallinger later admitted to betting on games and
was expelled from the NHL in September, 1948. He tried to get reinstated to pro hockey as late
as 1960, but the NHL owners ignored his pleas. Taylor and Gallinger were reinstated in 1970,
but never returned to the NHL.
==Trivia==
*Gallinger was 17 years old when he scored the overtime winner in Game 1 of the 1943 Stanley Cup Semi-finals versus the Montreal Canadiens, making him the youngest person in NHL history to score an overtime winner.
==Gallery==
1943-Scherza-Gallinger-Guidolin.jpg|Chuck Scherza, Don Gallinger, Bep Guidolin, November 1943.
1945-46-Bruce-Cain-Chi.jpg|Don Gallinger and Herb Cain of the Bruins battle Chicago goalie Mike Karakas, March 17, 1946.
19Mar1946-Lumley_Guidolin_Gallinger.jpg|#12 Bep Guidolin and #11 Don Gallinger challenge Red Wings goalie Harry Lumley in Game 1 of the 1946 Semi-finals, March 19, 1946.
28Mar1946-Gallinger_OT_winner.jpg|Don Gallinger scores the series winner OT goal on Detroit's Harry Lumley while Ted Lindsay watches on March 28, 1946.
1946-Dec29-Gallinger-Carveth.jpg|Don Gallinger and Joe Carveth attack Chuck Rayner, December 29, 1946.
2Mar1947-Rayner_Gallinger_Watson_Trudel.jpg|Chuck Rayner, #7 Phil Watson, #4 Rene Trudell and the Bruins #11 Don Gallinger, March 2, 1947.
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