Sigurdur Franklin Fredrickson (Sigurður Franklín Friðriksson; June 3, 1895 – May 28, 1979)[2] was an Icelandic-Canadian ice hockey player and aviator.

As a player and coach, he was significant to both the amateur and professional ice hockey as it evolved in North America in the early 20th century.

[3] Fredrickson's career was interrupted by military service during the First World War and prematurely ended by a knee injury in 1931.

On both occasions he was a teammate of fellow Icelandic-Canadian ice hockey star Haldor Halderson, making them the first players to win an Olympic gold medal and a Stanley Cup.

[10] Fredrickson attended Kelvin Technical Institute and Central Collegiate before enrolling at the University of Manitoba law school, where he captained the hockey team.

[11] Prior to leaving for Europe he played for the battalion's hockey team in the Winnipeg Amateur Patriotic league, scoring 17 goals in 6 games.

[16] Following the Olympics he moved to Iceland to work for Flugfélag Íslands, the first airliner in the country, in introducing airplanes to the local population.

Fredrickson signed a professional contract with the Victoria Aristocrats of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) in 1920, being offered C$2,500 for the season.

However he initially hesitated, and missed the first 3 games of the regular season before joining the team; he made his debut on January 1, 1921.

When Fredrickson made his long-awaited professional debut in the PCHA with the Victoria Aristocrats against the Vancouver Millionaires on New Year's Day 1921 he was already 25 years old and an Allan Cup and Olympic champion, and the anticipations among the home fans in Victoria were sky high, although there were also some doubters who wondered if he could star in the PCHA circuit.