Cummy Burton
Cumming Scott Burton (May 12, 1936 – August 24, 2015) was a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who played three seasons in the National Hockey League for the Detroit Red Wings between 1956 and 1959. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1956 to 1968, was spent in different minor leagues.
| Cummy Burton | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
May 12, 1936 Sudbury, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Died |
August 25, 2015 (aged 79) Sudbury, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||
| Weight | 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb) | ||
| Position | Right Wing | ||
| Shot | Right | ||
| Played for | Detroit Red Wings | ||
| Playing career | 1956–1968 | ||
Playing career
Burton is the cousin of Larry Aurie and wore #6 in Aurie's honor, having received special permission to do so while with the Red Wings as the number had been retired by team owner James Norris.[1][2] The status of Aurie's #6 has become controversial for the Wings as a banner for it does not hang in Joe Louis Arena unlike the other numbers that have been retired by the team.[1] In regard to this Burton has been quoted as saying "Not hanging up Larry's number would be compared to the Yankees' not retiring Lou Gehrig's number, just because he was from the 1930s and now forgotten just because it's all old stuff now. It's like saying that war heroes don't mean anything, just because they're not around anymore."[2]
Post-playing career
Following his retirement from hockey, he worked as a sports broadcaster for CKSO-TV in his hometown of Sudbury. He died on August 24, 2015.[3]
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1952–53 | Windsor Spitfires | OHA | 54 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 88 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1953–54 | Hamilton Tiger Cubs | OHA | 58 | 30 | 25 | 55 | 100 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | ||
| 1954–55 | Hamilton Tiger Cubs | OHA | 28 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 64 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 1955–56 | Hamilton Tiger Cubs | OHA | 38 | 31 | 30 | 61 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1955–56 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1956–57 | Edmonton Flyers | WHL | 57 | 14 | 15 | 29 | 83 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | ||
| 1957–58 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1957–58 | Edmonton Flyers | WHL | 35 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | ||
| 1958–59 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1958–59 | Seattle Totems | WHL | 50 | 16 | 25 | 41 | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1959–60 | Sudbury Wolves | EPHL | 64 | 26 | 32 | 58 | 44 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | ||
| 1960–61 | Sudbury Wolves | EPHL | 62 | 15 | 21 | 36 | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1961–62 | Sudbury Wolves | EPHL | 63 | 18 | 31 | 49 | 59 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1962–63 | Edmonton Flyers | WHL | 42 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| 1962–63 | Pittsburgh Hornets | AHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1963–64 | Charlotte Checkers | EHL | 35 | 15 | 31 | 46 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1967–68 | Florida Rockets | EHL | 52 | 7 | 30 | 37 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| EPHL totals | 189 | 59 | 84 | 143 | 152 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 6 | ||||
| WHL totals | 184 | 44 | 61 | 105 | 193 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 31 | ||||
| NHL totals | 42 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
References
- Macleod, Bruce (2007-01-07). "Aurie holds Detroit's forgotten number". The Macomb Daily. Retrieved 2008-07-06.
- "Cummy Scott Burton". Legends of Hockey. Retrieved 2008-07-06.
- "Read recent and archived obituaries and memorial notices from Postmedia Obituaries".
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database