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{{Short description|American ice hockey referee (1915–2009)}}
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| birth_place = [[Manhattan]], New York, U.S.
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| death_place = [[Cutchogue]], New York, U.S.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/27/sports/hockey/27chadwick.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print |title=Bill Chadwick, Hockey Referee and Broadcaster, Dies at 94 |date=October 27, 2009 |first=Richard |last=Goldstein |newspaper=New York Times}}</ref>
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| occupation = Former [[NHL]] [[Official (ice hockey)|referee]]<br />Broadcaster
| honors = [[Hockey Hall of Fame]] (1964)
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'''William Leroy "The Big Whistle" Chadwick''' (October 10, 1915 &ndash; October 24, 2009) was the first [[United States|American]]-born [[official (ice hockey)|referee]] to serve in the [[National Hockey League|National Hockey League (NHL)]]. Despite having complete vision in only one [[eye]], his on-ice officiating career spanned the greater part of the 1940s and 1950s, during which he pioneered the system of hand signals for penalties which is now used in all [[ice hockey|hockey]] games internationally. He later was a popular [[presenter|broadcaster]] for the [[New York Rangers]] on [[radio]] and [[television]].
'''William Leroy "The Big Whistle" Chadwick''' (October 10, 1915 – October 24, 2009) was the first US-born [[Official (ice hockey)|referee]] to serve in the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL). Despite being blind in his right eye, his on-ice officiating career spanned the greater part of the 1940s and 1950s, during which he pioneered the system of hand signals for penalties which is now used in all [[ice hockey|hockey]] games internationally. He later was a popular broadcaster for the [[New York Rangers]] on radio and television.


==Amateur hockey playing career==
==Amateur hockey playing career==
Born in [[Manhattan]], [[New York City]], he attended [[Jamaica High School (New York City)|Jamaica High School]]. While playing as a [[centre (ice hockey)|center]] for a [[Metropolitan Amateur Hockey League]] All-Star team at [[Madison Square Garden (1925)|Madison Square Garden]] in [[1935]], he was struck in the right eye by an errant [[puck (sports)|puck]] during a line change against a team from [[Boston]]. Even though the [[physician|doctors]] at [[Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital]] weren't able to restore vision to his right eye, he continued to play the sport with the [[New York Rovers]] of the [[Eastern Hockey League|Eastern Amateur Hockey League]].<ref name="chadwickap">[http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=503403#&navid=nhl-search "NHL icon Bill Chadwick dies at 94," ''The Associated Press'', Saturday, October 24, 2009.]</ref>
Born in [[Manhattan]], New York City, he attended [[Jamaica High School (New York City)|Jamaica High School]]. While playing as a [[Centre (ice hockey)|center]] for a Metropolitan Amateur Hockey League All-Star team at [[Madison Square Garden (1925)|Madison Square Garden]] in 1935, he was struck in the right eye by an errant [[puck (sports)|puck]] during a line change against a team from [[Boston]]. Even though the [[physician|doctors]] at [[Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital]] weren't able to restore vision to his right eye, he continued to play the sport with the [[New York Rovers]] of the [[Eastern Hockey League|Eastern Amateur Hockey League]].<ref name="chadwickap">{{cite web |url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=503403#&navid=nhl-search |title=NHL icon Bill Chadwick dies at 94 |agency=Associated Press |date=October 24, 2009 |work=NHL.com}}</ref>

Early in the 1936&ndash;37 season, he was accidentally hit in his left eye by an opposing player's stick. Even though the injury wasn't as bad as the previous one, his playing career came to an end because he didn't want to risk going [[blindness|blind]] in his remaining good eye.<ref name="chadwickap"/>


==NHL officiating pioneer==
==NHL officiating pioneer==
His first experience as an on-ice official was in a Rovers game in March [[1937]], when he substituted for the scheduled referee who was stuck in a [[winter storm|snowstorm]]. His work in the amateur circuit caught the attention of then-NHL [[president]] [[Frank Calder]], who hired him as the league's first American-born linesman in [[1939]]. The first professional match Chadwick worked was between the [[Montreal Canadiens]] and [[New York Americans]] at The Garden.<ref name="chadwickap"/>
Chadwick was encouraged to become a referee by his former Rovers' coach, [[Tommy Lockhart]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/chadwick-never-set-out-to-be-a-hockey-innovator/c-505987|title=Chadwick never set out to be a hockey innovator|last=Weiner|first=Evan|date=2009-11-13|website=NHL.com|access-date=2018-04-13}}</ref> His first experience as an on-ice official was in a Rovers game in March 1937, when he substituted for the scheduled referee who was stuck in a [[winter storm|snowstorm]]. His work in the amateur circuit caught the attention of then-NHL president [[Frank Calder]], who hired him as the league's first American-born linesman in 1939. The first professional match Chadwick worked was between the [[Montreal Canadiens]] and [[New York Americans]] at The Garden.<ref name="chadwickap" />


After one year of service in the NHL, he was promoted to referee, eventually becoming the first one to use hand signals during games in the early 1940s. The system he developed was adopted by the NHL in [[1956]], one year after his retirement. During his fifteen seasons as a referee, he worked over 900 regular season contests and a record 42 [[List of Stanley Cup champions|Stanley Cup Finals]] matches, 13 of them series deciders. He became the fifth on-ice official, the first American-born, to be inducted into the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]] in [[1964]].<ref name="chadwickap"/>
After one year of service in the NHL, he was promoted to referee, eventually becoming the first one to use hand signals during games in the early 1940s. The system he developed was adopted by the NHL in 1956, one year after his retirement. During his fifteen seasons as a referee, he worked over 900 regular season contests and a record 42 [[List of Stanley Cup champions|Stanley Cup Finals]] matches 13 of them series deciders. He became the fifth on-ice official, the first American-born, to be inducted into the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]] in 1964.<ref name="chadwickap" />


=="The Big Whistle"==
=="The Big Whistle"==
He has been elected to both the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]] and the [[United States Hockey Hall of Fame]]. Chadwick spent 14 seasons as a hockey color analyst both on radio and television for the [[New York Rangers]]. From 1967–72, he worked on radio with [[Marv Albert]], and in 1972 moved to television broadcasts on [[WWOR-TV|WOR-TV]], Channel 9 and the [[MSG Network]]. His 1972–73 partner was [[Sal Marchiano]], and from 1973–81 he was paired with [[Jim Gordon (broadcaster)|Jim Gordon]].
He has been elected to both the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]] and the [[United States Hockey Hall of Fame]]. Chadwick spent 14 seasons as a hockey color commentator both on radio and television for the [[New York Rangers]]. From 1967–72, he worked on radio with [[Marv Albert]], and in 1972 moved to television broadcasts on [[WWOR-TV|WOR-TV]], Channel 9, and the [[MSG Network]]. His 1972–73 partner was [[Sal Marchiano]], and from 1973 to 1981 he was paired with [[Jim Gordon (sportscaster)|Jim Gordon]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Grimm |first=George |date=2022-03-14 |title=Retro Rangers: Remembering Jim Gordon and Bill Chadwick - Inside Hockey |url=https://insidehockey.com/retro-rangers-remembering-jim-gordon-and-bill-chadwick/ |access-date=2023-09-05 |website=insidehockey.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Death==
He died on October 24, 2009, at the age of 94.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-10-26 |title=Hockey mourns Bill Chadwick |url=https://www.inquirer.com/philly/sports/flyers/20091026_Hockey_mourns_Bill_Chadwick.html |access-date=2023-09-05 |website=[[Philadelphia Inquirer]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title='The Big Whistle' passes away at age 94 |url=https://www.nhl.com/rangers/news/the-big-whistle-passes-away-at-age-94/c-503396 |access-date=2023-09-05 |website=NHL.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=An Appreciation of 'The Big Whistle' |url=https://www.nhl.com/rangers/news/an-appreciation-of-the-big-whistle/c-503462 |access-date=2023-09-05 |website=NHL.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Goldstein |first=Richard |date=2009-10-27 |title=Bill Chadwick, Hockey Referee and Broadcaster, Dies at 94 |language=en-US |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/27/sports/hockey/27chadwick.html |access-date=2023-09-05 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{Legendsmember|Official|O196401}}
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* [http://rangers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=503396 ''The Big Whistle' passes away at age 94''] New York Rangers, Saturday, October 24, 2009.
* [http://rangers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=503396 ''The Big Whistle' passes away at age 94''] New York Rangers, Saturday, October 24, 2009.
* [http://blogs.msg.com/gameon/2009/10/24/an-nhl-legend-bill-chadwick-dies/ ''An NHL Legend--Bill Chadwick Dies''] Fischler, Stan. Game On! (Madison Square Garden blog), Saturday, October 24, 2009.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20091029152355/http://blogs.msg.com/gameon/2009/10/24/an-nhl-legend-bill-chadwick-dies ''An NHL Legend--Bill Chadwick Dies''] Fischler, Stan. Game On! (Madison Square Garden blog), Saturday, October 24, 2009.
* [http://rangers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=503462&navid=DL|NYR|home ''An Appreciation of 'The Big Whistle' ''] Halligan, John. New York Rangers, Sunday, October 25, 2009.
* [http://rangers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=503462&navid=DL|NYR|home ''An Appreciation of 'The Big Whistle' ''] Halligan, John. New York Rangers, Sunday, October 25, 2009.
* [http://slapshot.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/25/sundays-news-of-hockey-102509-bill-chadwick-the-big-whistle-dead-at-94/ '' 'Big Whistle,' Dead at 94''] Klein, Jeff Z. Sunday's News of Hockey, 10/25/09: Booth Out of Hospital; Chadwick, ''Slap Shot'' (''The New York Times'' hockey blog), Sunday, October 25, 2009.
* [http://slapshot.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/25/sundays-news-of-hockey-102509-bill-chadwick-the-big-whistle-dead-at-94/ '' 'Big Whistle,' Dead at 94''] Klein, Jeff Z. Sunday's News of Hockey, 10/25/09: Booth Out of Hospital; Chadwick, ''Slap Shot'' (''The New York Times'' hockey blog), Sunday, October 25, 2009.
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/27/sports/hockey/27chadwick.html?ref=obituaries ''Bill Chadwick, Hockey Referee and Broadcaster, Dies at 94,''] Goldstein, Richard. ''[[The New York Times]]'', October 26, 2009.]
* {{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/27/sports/hockey/27chadwick.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print |title=Bill Chadwick, Hockey Referee and Broadcaster, Dies at 94 |date=October 27, 2009 |first=Richard |last=Goldstein |newspaper=New York Times}}


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Bill Chadwick
Bill Chadwick
Born
William Leroy Chadwick

(1915-10-10)October 10, 1915
Manhattan, New York, U.S.
DiedOctober 24, 2009(2009-10-24) (aged 94)
Cutchogue, New York, U.S.[1]
Occupation(s)Former NHL referee
Broadcaster
HonorsHockey Hall of Fame (1964)

William Leroy "The Big Whistle" Chadwick (October 10, 1915 – October 24, 2009) was the first US-born referee to serve in the National Hockey League (NHL). Despite being blind in his right eye, his on-ice officiating career spanned the greater part of the 1940s and 1950s, during which he pioneered the system of hand signals for penalties which is now used in all hockey games internationally. He later was a popular broadcaster for the New York Rangers on radio and television.

Amateur hockey playing career

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Born in Manhattan, New York City, he attended Jamaica High School. While playing as a center for a Metropolitan Amateur Hockey League All-Star team at Madison Square Garden in 1935, he was struck in the right eye by an errant puck during a line change against a team from Boston. Even though the doctors at Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital weren't able to restore vision to his right eye, he continued to play the sport with the New York Rovers of the Eastern Amateur Hockey League.[2]

NHL officiating pioneer

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Chadwick was encouraged to become a referee by his former Rovers' coach, Tommy Lockhart.[3] His first experience as an on-ice official was in a Rovers game in March 1937, when he substituted for the scheduled referee who was stuck in a snowstorm. His work in the amateur circuit caught the attention of then-NHL president Frank Calder, who hired him as the league's first American-born linesman in 1939. The first professional match Chadwick worked was between the Montreal Canadiens and New York Americans at The Garden.[2]

After one year of service in the NHL, he was promoted to referee, eventually becoming the first one to use hand signals during games in the early 1940s. The system he developed was adopted by the NHL in 1956, one year after his retirement. During his fifteen seasons as a referee, he worked over 900 regular season contests and a record 42 Stanley Cup Finals matches 13 of them series deciders. He became the fifth on-ice official, the first American-born, to be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1964.[2]

"The Big Whistle"

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He has been elected to both the Hockey Hall of Fame and the United States Hockey Hall of Fame. Chadwick spent 14 seasons as a hockey color commentator both on radio and television for the New York Rangers. From 1967–72, he worked on radio with Marv Albert, and in 1972 moved to television broadcasts on WOR-TV, Channel 9, and the MSG Network. His 1972–73 partner was Sal Marchiano, and from 1973 to 1981 he was paired with Jim Gordon.[4]

Death

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He died on October 24, 2009, at the age of 94.[5][6][7][8]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Goldstein, Richard (October 27, 2009). "Bill Chadwick, Hockey Referee and Broadcaster, Dies at 94". New York Times.
  2. ^ a b c "NHL icon Bill Chadwick dies at 94". NHL.com. Associated Press. October 24, 2009.
  3. ^ Weiner, Evan (2009-11-13). "Chadwick never set out to be a hockey innovator". NHL.com. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
  4. ^ Grimm, George (2022-03-14). "Retro Rangers: Remembering Jim Gordon and Bill Chadwick - Inside Hockey". insidehockey.com. Retrieved 2023-09-05.
  5. ^ "Hockey mourns Bill Chadwick". Philadelphia Inquirer. 2009-10-26. Retrieved 2023-09-05.
  6. ^ "'The Big Whistle' passes away at age 94". NHL.com. Retrieved 2023-09-05.
  7. ^ "An Appreciation of 'The Big Whistle'". NHL.com. Retrieved 2023-09-05.
  8. ^ Goldstein, Richard (2009-10-27). "Bill Chadwick, Hockey Referee and Broadcaster, Dies at 94". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-09-05.
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