height_ft played_for death_date shoots weight_lb birth_place death_place career_end position height_in birth_date article_title career_start
5 '' bruins chicago black hawks ` nhl '' ' toronto maple leafs boston 26 december 1964 left 168 newmarket , on , can toronto , on , can 1945 centre 10 5 march 1910 bill thoms
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bill thoms

william david thoms -lrb- march 5 , 1910 -- december 26 , 1964 -rrb- was a professional ice hockey player who played 548 games in the national hockey league for the toronto maple leafs , chicago black hawks and boston bruins .
thoms shared the nhl goal-scoring lead with charlie conacher in 1935 -- 36 .
after his retirement in 1945 , he briefly coached the toronto marlboros of the oha , and died of a heart attack on boxing day , 1964 .
