| Position | Centre |
|---|---|
| Shoots | Left |
| Height | 5 ft |
| Height in | 11 |
| Weight lb | 170 |
| Played for | Detroit Red Wings Boston Bruins Chicago Black Hawks |
| Birth date | April 12, 1915 |
| Birth place | Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada |
| Death date | May 14, 1985 (aged 70) |
| Death place | Detroit, MI, USA |
| Career start | 1938 |
| Career end | 1949 |
Donald Joseph Grosso (April 12, 1915 – May 14, 1985) was a Canadian ice hockey forward. He was born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.
Grosso started his National Hockey League career with the Detroit Red Wings. He also played with the Boston Bruins and Chicago Black Hawks in a career that lasted from 1938 to 1947. Grosso won one Stanley Cup in his career in 1943 with Detroit.
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1933–34 | Detroit Mundus | MOHL | 10 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | ||
| 1934–35 | Sudbury Cub Wolves | NBHL | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 1935–36 | Falconbridge Falcons | NBHL | 10 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 1935–36 | Falconbridge Falcons | Al-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 18 | ||
| 1936–37 | Sudbury Frood Miners | NBHL | 14 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1936–37 | Sudbury Frood Miners | Al-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 14 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 4 | ||
| 1937–38 | Falconbridge Falcons | NBHL | 13 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 1937–38 | Falconbridge Falcons | Al-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 15 | ||
| 1938–39 | Kirkland Lake Blue Devils | NBHL | 7 | 17 | 12 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 1938–39 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | ||
| 1938–39 | Kirkland Lake Blue Devils | Al-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 2 | ||
| 1939–40 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 29 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1940–41 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 45 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 1941–42 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 48 | 23 | 30 | 53 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 29 | ||
| 1942–43 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 50 | 15 | 17 | 32 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | ||
| 1943–44 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 42 | 16 | 31 | 47 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1944–45 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 20 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1944–45 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 21 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1945–46 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 47 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | ||
| 1946–47 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 33 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1946–47 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 25 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | ||
| 1947–48 | St. Louis Flyers | AHL | 65 | 34 | 47 | 81 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1948–49 | St. Louis Flyers | AHL | 63 | 10 | 45 | 55 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 1949–50 | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds | NOHA | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | 5 | 6 | 11 | — | ||
| 1950–51 | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds | NOHA | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | ||
| 1951–52 | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds | NOHA | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | ||
| NBHL totals | 51 | 51 | 31 | 82 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 14 | ||||
| Al-Cup totals | — | — | — | — | — | 43 | 40 | 20 | 60 | 39 | ||||
| NHL totals | 336 | 87 | 117 | 204 | 90 | 48 | 15 | 14 | 29 | 63 | ||||