John Brackenborough Explained

Position:Left wing/Centre
Shoots:Left
Height Ft:5
Height In:11
Weight Lb:170
Birth Date:1897 2, mf=yes
Birth Place:Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada
Death Place:Dunedin, Florida, U.S.
Career Start:1919
Career End:1926

John Charles "Spider" Brackenborough (February 9, 1897 – July 8, 1993) was a Canadian professional hockey player left winger. He played 7 games for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League as well as in the NOHA, OHA-Sr, and OCHL. Brackenborough had the longest non-hyphenated name of any player in the history of the league.[1] It was tied in 2024 by that of Ivan Miroshnichenko of the Washington Capitals.

Brackenborough played for the Ottawa Grand Trunk from 1915 to 1919, Depot Harbour during the 1919–1920 season, North Bay Trappers from 1920 to 1922, Hamilton Tigers from 1922 to 1924, and the Galt Terriers during the 1924–1925 season. He joined the Boston Bruins during the 1925–1926 season. He only played 7 games before retiring due to an eye injury.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGP PIMGP G A Pts PIM
1915–16Ottawa Grand TrunkOCHL4 2 0 2
1919–20Depot HarbourNOHA
1920–21North Bay TrappersNOHA6 6 5 11 4
1921–22North Bay TrappersNOHA6 7 3 10 6
1922–23Hamilton TigersOHA Sr12 20 8 28 2 1 2 3
1923–24Hamilton TigersOHA Sr10 13 12 25 2 1 2 3
1924–25Galt TerriersOHA Sr
1925–26Boston BruinsNHL7 0 0 0 0
NHL totals7 0 0 0 0

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Forsbacka Karlsson sports most characters on NHL jersey for Bruins. Benjamin. Amelie. November 15, 2018. NHL.com. December 17, 2020.