Cumming Scott Burton (May 12, 1936 – August 24, 2015) was a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who played three seasons in the National Hockey League for the Detroit Red Wings between 1956 and 1959. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1956 to 1968, was spent in different minor leagues.
Playing career Burton is the cousin of Larry Aurie and wore #6 in Aurie's honor, having received special permission to do so while with the Red Wings as the number had been retired by team owner James Norris. The retirement status of Aurie's #6 has become controversial for the Wings, as unlike other numbers retired by the team, no banner for it hangs in Little Caesars Arena. Regarding this, Burton was quoted as saying, "Not hanging up Larry's number would be compared to the Yankees' not retiring Lou Gehrig's number, just because he was from the 1930s and now forgotten, just because it's all old stuff now. It's like saying that war heroes don't mean anything, just because they're not around anymore."
Post-playing career Following his retirement from hockey, he worked as a sports broadcaster for CKSO-TV in his hometown of Sudbury. He died on August 24, 2015.
Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1952–53 Windsor Spitfires OHA 54 7 4 11 88 — — — — — 1953–54 Hamilton Tiger Cubs OHA 58 30 25 55 100 7 0 1 1 10 1954–55 Hamilton Tiger Cubs OHA 28 6 10 16 64 3 1 1 2 6 1955–56 Hamilton Tiger Cubs OHA 38 31 30 61 50 — — — — — 1955–56 Detroit Red Wings NHL 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1956–57 Edmonton Flyers WHL 57 14 15 29 83 8 3 4 7 16 1957–58 Detroit Red Wings NHL 25 0 1 1 12 — — — — — 1957–58 Edmonton Flyers WHL 35 10 11 21 26 5 3 2 5 8 1958–59 Detroit Red Wings NHL 14 0 1 1 9 — — — — — 1958–59 Seattle Totems WHL 50 16 25 41 60 — — — — — 1959–60 Sudbury Wolves EPHL 64 26 32 58 44 10 1 5 6 6 1960–61 Sudbury Wolves EPHL 62 15 21 36 49 — — — — — 1961–62 Sudbury Wolves EPHL 63 18 31 49 59 1 0 2 2 0 1962–63 Edmonton Flyers WHL 42 4 10 14 24 3 0 0 0 7 1962–63 Pittsburgh Hornets AHL 3 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1963–64 Charlotte Checkers EHL 35 15 31 46 28 3 0 1 1 0 1967–68 Florida Rockets EHL 52 7 30 37 23 — — — — — EPHL totals 189 59 84 143 152 11 1 7 8 6 WHL totals 184 44 61 105 193 16 6 6 12 31 NHL totals 42 0 2 2 19 3 0 0 0 0
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