Tom Mellor
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Tom Mellor | |||||||||||||||
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Born | Cranston, RI, USA |
January 27, 1950 ||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb) | ||||||||||||||
Position | Defense | ||||||||||||||
Shot | Right | ||||||||||||||
Played for | Detroit Red Wings | ||||||||||||||
National team | ![]() |
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NHL Draft | 68th overall, 1970 Detroit Red Wings |
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Playing career | 1973–1977 | ||||||||||||||
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Thomas Robert Mellor (born January 27, 1950) is a retired American professional ice hockey defenseman.
Playing career
Mellor was drafted 68th overall by the Detroit Red Wings in 1970 NHL Amateur Draft and played 26 regular season games in the National Hockey League for Detroit between 1973 and 1975. Mellor also played in the American Hockey League for the Virginia Wings, International Hockey League for the Toledo Goaldiggers and in the Swedish Elitserien with Västra Frölunda. He won the James Gatschene Memorial Trophy and the Governor's Trophy in 1977, his last season as a professional player before retiring.
As an amateur, Mellor played for the Boston College Eagles men's ice hockey team and represented the United States national team at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, winning a silver medal. Mellor also played in the 1971, 1972 and 1973 Ice Hockey World Championship tournaments.
Awards and honors
Award | Year |
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All-ECAC Hockey Second Team | 1969–70 |
All-ECAC Hockey Second Team | 1970–71 |
All-ECAC Hockey First Team | 1972–73 |
AHCA East All-American | 1972–73 |
External links
- Tom Mellor's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database
- Tom Mellor @ hockeydraftcentral.com
- Tom Mellor's biography at Legends of Hockey
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Preceded by | ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Year 1969–70 |
Succeeded by Bob Brown |
Preceded by | ECAC Hockey Player of the Year 1972–73 |
Succeeded by Randy Roth |
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- 1950 births
- Living people
- American ice hockey defensemen
- Boston College Eagles men's ice hockey players
- Detroit Red Wings draft picks
- Detroit Red Wings players
- Frölunda HC players
- Ice hockey people from Rhode Island
- Sportspeople from Cranston, Rhode Island
- Ice hockey players at the 1972 Winter Olympics
- London Lions (ice hockey) players
- Olympic ice hockey players of the United States
- Olympic medalists in ice hockey
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States
- Toledo Goaldiggers players
- Virginia Wings players
- American ice hockey defenseman stubs
- Medalists at the 1972 Winter Olympics