Bauer was named to the All-Star team four times and was a three-time winner of the Lady Byng Trophy, awarded for gentlemanly conduct combined with a high calibre of play.
Prior to his NHL career, Bauer won the Memorial Cup with the St. Michael's Majors in 1934 as junior champions of Canada.
He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1942 and won the Allan Cup with the Ottawa RCAF Flyers as senior champions that year.
[1] Edgar was a Knight of the Order of St. Sylvester, Waterloo city councillor and executive in the Bauer family's automotive parts business.
[3] In 1933–34, Bauer recorded 15 points in 13 Memorial Cup playoff games to help the Majors capture the Dominion junior championship.
Owing to their shared German heritage, the trio were initially called the "Sauerkrauts" by Providence coach Albert Leduc, though the name was shortened and they were known as the "Kraut Line" for the majority of their careers.
[10] The Bruins eliminated the New York Rangers, then defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs four games to one to capture Boston's first Stanley Cup championship in ten years.
[13] Bauer was again named a second team All-Star, and with only two penalties in minutes (PIM), won the Lady Byng Trophy for the first time.
A 39-point season in 1940–41 with only two PIM earned Bauer his third consecutive appearance on the All-Star team and a second Lady Byng Trophy.
[10] In the playoffs, the Bruins reached the 1941 Stanley Cup Finals where they defeated the Detroit Red Wings in four straight games.
[15] Following the outbreak of the Second World War, all three members of the Kraut Line enlisted with the Canadian military by signing up for home defence.
[17] In their final game with the Bruins, the Kraut Line recorded eight points in a dominating victory over the Montreal Canadiens.
[14] Bauer, who served as a radio technician, was dispatched to the United Kingdom where he, Schmidt and Dumart were members of a bomber squadron.
The team was celebrating "Milt Schmidt-Woody Dumart appreciation night" and convinced Bauer to come out of retirement to reunite the Kraut Line for one game on March 18, 1952.
Bauer was pleased with the way his team adapted to European rules and the Dutchmen were expected to bring home the gold medal.
The final game of the tournament had been scheduled between Canada and the Soviet Union as it was expected to be the gold medal match-up.
[29] Bauer partnered in a Guelph-based electronics company and resided in Kitchener with his wife Marguerite and sons Bobby Jr., and Bradley.
Upon learning of Bauer's death, former Kraut Line member Woody Dumart told the Canadian Press, "There was no better person than Bobby.