Tiny Thompson Autographs

Cecil Ralph "Tiny" Thompson (May 31, 1903 – February 9, 1981) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. He played 12 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL), first for the Boston Bruins, and later for the Detroit Red Wings. A four-time Vezina Trophy winner, Thompson was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1959. He was a member of one Stanley Cup-winning team, as a rookie in the 1928–29 season with the Boston Bruins. At the start of the 1938–39 season, after ten full seasons with Boston, he was traded to the Detroit Red Wings, where he completed the season, and played another full one before retiring. During his NHL career, he recorded 81 shutouts, the sixth-highest of any goaltender. After retiring from playing, he coached lower-league teams before becoming a noted professional scout. Thompson helped popularize the technique of the "glove save" which was catching the puck with his hands as a method of making a save. A competent puckhandler, he was the first goaltender in the NHL to record an assist in 1936 by passing the puck with his stick to a fellow player.
Thompson was born in the mining community of Sandon, BC. He grew up in Calgary, Alberta, where his brother, Paul—who also became a professional ice hockey player—was born in 1906. As a child, he enjoyed playing baseball and ice hockey. Initially, Thompson was not a goaltender, though he agreed to play the position to get into games. As a teenager playing competitive ice hockey, he acquired the nickname "Tiny" as a joke, as he was the tallest player on the team, standing 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m); the nickname stuck with him for the rest of his career.
Thompson began his junior career playing for the Calgary Monarchs in 1919 at the age of 16. He competed for the Memorial Cup, awarded to the Canadian junior hockey champions that year, playing in two games and surrendering 11 goals, a respectable amount in that era. After spending the 1920–21 season playing for Calgary Alberta Grain, Thompson played three seasons in Bellevue, Alberta. In the 1924–25 season, he joined the Duluth Hornets, playing 40 games, recording a shutout in 11 of them. The following season, Thompson joined the Minneapolis Millers of the American Hockey Association (AHA). In his three seasons with the Millers, he appeared in 118 games, recording 33 shutouts with a 1.37 goals against average (average of goals surrendered in a span of sixty minutes).
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Current items with a signature of Tiny Thompson

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Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	Tiny Thompson Signed Autographed Cut PSA NHL Hockey Bruins Red Wings Goalie HOF	$408.00

Traded items with a signature of Tiny Thompson

The most expensive item with a signature of Tiny Thompson (Boston Bruins HOFer Cecil “Tiny” Thompson SIGNED 1962 "Chicago Blackhawks" CHECK) was sold in May 2026 for $1,275.00 while the cheapest item (2003-04 ITG Used Signature Series Vintage Memorabilia #22 Tiny Thompson /50) found a new owner for $22.61 in April 2020. The month with the most items sold (2) was January 2009 with an average selling price of $209.50 for an autographed item of Tiny Thompson. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in May 2026 with $1,275.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $22.61 was April 2020. In average, an autographed item from Tiny Thompson is worth $249.00.

Most recently, these items with a signature of Tiny Thompson were sold on eBay - click here for more items.

Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	1930s Boston Bruins Tiny Thompson Signed Autographed 5x7 Photo Picture NHL JSA	$999.00
	2003-04 ITG Used Signature Series Vintage Memorabilia #22 Tiny Thompson /50	$22.61
	BECKETT-BAS WILLIAM WIRTZ-TINY THOMPSON SIGNED 1962 CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS CHECK 481	$521.99
	Boston Bruins HOFer Cecil “Tiny” Thompson SIGNED 1962 "Chicago Blackhawks" CHECK	$1,275.00
	Cecil Tiny Thompson Auto signed Boston Bruins 1 of 1 custom art card LOA	$588.15
	Cecil Tiny Thompson Autograph 3x5 Index Card Rare	$500.00
	Cecil Tiny Thompson Bruins Red Wings signed autograph Hockey 3x5 index card	$249.00
	Cecil Tiny Thompson Bruins Red Wings signed autograph Hockey 3x5 index card	$249.00
	Cecil Tiny Thompson Bruins Red Wings signed autographed Hockey 3x5 index card	$249.00
	Cecil Tiny Thompson cut signature Boston Bruins HOF goaltender *1928-1941 NHL	$132.50
	Cecil Tiny Thompson HOF Bruins Red Wings signed autograph Hockey 3x5 index card	$249.00
	NHL HOCKEY ORIGINAL PHOTOS AUTOGRAPHED 3 X 5 TINY THOMPSON BOSTON	$61.00
	TINY THOMPSON AUTOGRAPHED ALBUM PAGE - 1932-33 BOSTON BRUINS - HHOF (D-1981)	$405.00
	TINY THOMPSON bruins - rare 3x5 autographed -- postcard hof vintage NHL	$148.50
	Tiny Thompson Signed 3x5 Index Card Boston Bruins Goalie	$500.00