Dit Clapper was a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who lived from 9 February 1907 to 20 January 1978 and played his entire professional career for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League. He was the first player in the league to play 20 seasons, one of only two to be an All-Star at both forward and defence, and the first non-goaltender to play at the age of 40. He was the right winger on the Bruins' Dynamite Line with Cooney Weiland and Dutch Gainor, one of the first forward lines to receive a nickname, and the group helped break several scoring records in the 1930s. He won the Stanley Cup with Boston in 1929, 1939 and 1941, the most of any Bruins player, later served as player-coach, and in 1947 became the first Honoured Member of the Hockey Hall of Fame still living at induction.
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was a Canadian professional ice hockey player
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Stanley Cup winner in 1929, 1939, 1941, the most of any Bruins' player in history.
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