Charlie Gardiner (ice hockey player)

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Position	Goaltender
Shot	Right
NHL Team F. Teams	Retired Chicago Blackhawks
Nationality	[[Scotland\|Template:Country shortname alias SCO]]
Born	December 31, 1904, Edinburgh, Scotland
Pro Career	1927 – 1934

Charles Robert "Chuck" Gardiner (December 31, 1904 in Edinburgh, Scotland - June 13, 1934 in Winnipeg, Manitoba ) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played for the Chicago Black Hawks in the National Hockey League.

Considered by many old-timers to be the greatest goaltender of all time, he struggled in his first two seasons, but finished second in the Vezina Trophy race in 1929-30, and led the Chicago Blackhawks to the Stanley Cup finals the following year.

Chuck won two Vezina Trophys in his career, 1932 and 1934. In 1933-34, he also led the Blackhawks to the franchise's first Stanley Cup. Three weeks later Chuck suffered a brain hemorrhage and died. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1945.

In 1998, despite the relative brevity of and length of time since his career, he was ranked number 76 on The Hockey News' list of the 100 Greatest Hockey Players.

Preceded by Helge Bostrom	Chicago Blackhawks captains 1933-34	Succeeded by Johnny Gottselig
Preceded by Roy Worters	Winner of the Vezina Trophy 1932	Succeeded by Cecil Thompson
Preceded by Cecil Thompson	Winner of the Vezina Trophy 1934	Succeeded by Lorne Chabot