
William "Bill" Cook (born October 9th 1896 in Brantford, Ontario, Canada - d. April 6th 1986) was a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who played for the New York Rangers in the National Hockey League and Saskatoon Crescents in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association.
Bill was part of the Bun Line with his brother Bun Cook and Frank Boucher. The line scored every Ranger goal in the Stanley Cup finals in 1928, leading the team to its first Cup.
He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1952. In 1998, he was ranked number 44 on The Hockey News' list of the 100 Greatest Hockey Players, making him the highest-ranked player to have played a majority of his career with the Rangers.
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1926-27 | New York Rangers | NHL | 44 | 33 | 4 | 37 | 58 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 1927-28 | New York Rangers | NHL | 43 | 18 | 6 | 24 | 42 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 26 | ||
| 1928-29 | New York Rangers | NHL | 43 | 15 | 8 | 23 | 41 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 1929-30 | New York Rangers | NHL | 44 | 29 | 30 | 59 | 56 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | ||
| 1930-31 | New York Rangers | NHL | 43 | 30 | 12 | 42 | 39 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 1931-32 | New York Rangers | NHL | 48 | 34 | 14 | 48 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | ||
| 1932-33 | New York Rangers | NHL | 48 | 28 | 22 | 50 | 51 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 1933-34 | New York Rangers | NHL | 48 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1934-35 | New York Rangers | NHL | 48 | 21 | 15 | 36 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | ||
| 1935-36 | New York Rangers | NHL | 44 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 16 | |||||||
| 1936-37 | New York Rangers | NHL | 21 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||||||
| NHL Totals | 474 | 229 | 138 | 367 | 386 | 46 | 13 | 11 | 24 | 68 | ||||
| New York Rangers captains | |
| Cook | Coulter | Heller | Colville | O'Connor | Eddolls | Stanley | Raleigh | Howell | Sullivan | Bathgate | Henry | Nevin | Hadfield | Park | Esposito | Maloney | Tkaczuk | Beck | Greschner | Kisio | Messier | Leetch | Jágr | Kasparaitis | Rucchin | |
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Bill Cook is a former NASCAR driver. He competed in one Nextel Cup Series event in his career. That came in 1960, when Cook raced at Hanford. Starting 26th in the thirty-three car field, Cook completed 137 of the 179 laps in route to an 18th place finish. Stats
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