Carl Brewer

Carl Thomas Brewer (October 21, 1938 – August 25, 2001) was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman. Before his hockey career, Brewer attended De La Salle College and Riverdale Collegiate Institute.

Brewer began his professional career with the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1958, and over the course of his career also played for the Detroit Red Wings and St. Louis Blues. With Toronto he won three Stanley Cups, in 1962, 1963 and 1964. He regained his amateur status after walking out of the Maple Leafs training camp in 1965, retiring from the NHL for the first time and stating that "my damaged psyche destroyed by [Punch] Imlach would no longer allow me to accommodate playing hockey and being a hockey player." He returned to the University of Toronto and graduated with a degree in 1966.

Brewer was not eligible to become a professional again until December 18, 1968. In 1966 and 1967 he played for the Canadian National team, winning a bronze medal at the 1967 Ice Hockey World Championships. His contractual rights were traded from the Maple Leafs to the Red Wings in exchange for Doug Barrie on March 4, 1968, at which time he was a player-coach with the Muskegon Mohawks. He later operated an annual hockey school.