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Gordie Howe

1928 - 2016

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Gordon Howe (March 31, 1928 – June 10, 2016) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. From 1946 to 1980, he played 26 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) and six seasons in the World Hockey Association (WHA); his first 25 seasons were spent with the Detroit Red Wings. Nicknamed "Mr. Hockey", Howe is often considered the most complete player ever to play the game and one of the greatest of all time. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gordie Howe is the 3rd most popular hockey player (up from 6th in 2019), the 97th most popular biography from Canada (up from 130th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Canadian Hockey Player.

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Gordie Howe ranks 3 out of 676. Before him are Wayne Gretzky, and Maurice Richard. After him are Vladislav Tretiak, Valeri Kharlamov, Václav Nedomanský, Viktor Tikhonov, Jaromír Jágr, Jiří Holeček, Phil Esposito, Stan Mikita, and Mario Lemieux.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Gordie Howe ranks 122. Before him are Georgy Dobrovolsky, Gene Sharp, Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Friedrich Wetter, Federico Bahamontes, and Fumihiko Maki. After him are James Earl Ray, Juan María Bordaberry, Djivan Gasparyan, Helen Frankenthaler, Hayden White, and James Randi. Among people deceased in 2016, Gordie Howe ranks 102. Before him are Rick Parfitt, Lloyd Shapley, Paul Elvstrøm, Thorbjörn Fälldin, Michael Massee, and Franciszek Macharski. After him are Thomas Luckmann, Andrei Karlov, David Hamilton, Loris Francesco Capovilla, Maria Teresa de Filippis, and Anker Jørgensen.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Gordie Howe ranks 97 out of 1,622. Before him are Pat Patterson (1941), Donald O. Hebb (1904), Grimes (1988), Victor Garber (1949), Jacques Villeneuve (1971), and Maurice Richard (1921). After him are Shannon Tweed (1957), Lois Maxwell (1927), James Craig Watson (1838), Mike Myers (1963), Denis Villeneuve (1967), and G. A. Cohen (1941).

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Canada

Among hockey players born in Canada, Gordie Howe ranks 3. Before him are Wayne Gretzky (1961), and Maurice Richard (1921). After him are Phil Esposito (1942), Mario Lemieux (1965), Bobby Hull (1939), Ray Bourque (1960), Henri Richard (1936), Bobby Orr (1948), Jacques Plante (1929), Georges Vézina (1887), and Guy Lafleur (1951).

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