Yip Foster

Harry Clifford Francis "Yip" Foster (November 25, 1907 – June 4, 1978) was a Canadian ice hockey player who played for the Detroit Red Wings, Boston Bruins and New York Rangers in the National Hockey League between 1929 and 1935. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1927 to 1947, was spent in various minor leagues. He also played Canadian football (known as rugby football at the time) with the Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers of the Ontario Rugby Football Union from 1924 to 1930, and won the Grey Cup in 1927. Prior to his playing career Foster attended Malvern Collegiate Institute.

In later years, Foster owned and ran a grocery store with his family in Wayne, Michigan.

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Regular season and playoffs

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1907 births

1978 deaths

Boston Bruins players

Boston Cubs players

Boston Tigers (CAHL) players

Canadian ice hockey defencemen

Cleveland Barons (1937–1973) players

Cleveland Falcons players

Detroit Metal Mouldings players

Detroit Olympics (IHL) players

Detroit Red Wings players

Hershey Bears players

Minneapolis Millers (AHA) players

New York Rangers players

Ontario Rugby Football Union players

Players of Canadian football from Ontario

St. Paul Greyhounds players

Ice hockey people from Guelph

Springfield Indians players

Syracuse Stars (AHL) players

Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers players

Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States