Eugene Carrigan (July 5, 1906 – March 15, 1945) was a Canadian

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centreman who played 37 games over three seasons in the

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for the

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and

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. The rest of his career was spent in various minor leagues, and he retired in 1942. He was born in

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. He died of

Hodgkin's disease Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) is a type of lymphoma, in which cancer originates from a specific type of white blood cell called lymphocytes, where multinucleated Reed–Sternberg cells (RS cells) are present in the patient's lymph nodes. The condition wa ...

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in 1945.

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Regular season and playoffs

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* 1906 births 1945 deaths Boston Cubs players Canadian ice hockey centres Detroit Olympics (IHL) players Detroit Red Wings players Fort Worth Rangers players London Tecumsehs players New Haven Eagles players New York Rangers players Portland Buckaroos players Springfield Indians players Ice hockey people from Edmonton St. Paul Saints (AHA) players St. Louis Eagles players Victoria Cubs players Deaths from Hodgkin lymphoma Deaths from cancer in Texas Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States {{Canada-icehockey-centre-1900s-stub