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Jari Kurri

1960 - Today

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Jari Pekka Kurri (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈjɑri ˈpekːɑ ˈkurːi]; born 18 May 1960) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey player. Beginning in 1980, he played right wing for five National Hockey League (NHL) teams: the Edmonton Oilers, the Los Angeles Kings, the New York Rangers, the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, and the Colorado Avalanche. Kurri played 17 seasons in the NHL and was the first Finnish player to be enshrined into the Hockey Hall of Fame, in 2001. He was a member of a Stanley Cup-winning team five times, all with the Oilers. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jari Kurri is the 19th most popular hockey player (up from 21st in 2019), the 190th most popular biography from Finland (up from 240th in 2019) and the most popular Finnish Hockey Player.

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Jari Kurri ranks 19 out of 676. Before him are Lal Bokhari, Jiří Holík, Bobby Hull, Ray Bourque, Viacheslav Fetisov, and Henri Richard. After him are Alexander Ovechkin, Bobby Orr, Karel Hartmann, Valentin Loos, Jacques Plante, and René Fasel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Jari Kurri ranks 186. Before him are Temuera Morrison, Oliver Platt, Elizabeth Perkins, José Peseiro, Roger Marshall, and Maryam d'Abo. After him are Ismail Sabri Yaakob, Oksana Zabuzhko, Bako Sahakyan, Doug Jones, Uwe Bein, and Daniel Baldwin.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Jari Kurri ranks 190 out of 751. Before him are Klaus Fleming (1535), Sigrid Fick (1887), Esko Aho (1954), Toivo Loukola (1902), Johan Wilhelm Rangell (1894), and Julius Skutnabb (1889). After him are Woldemar Hägglund (1893), Olli Rehn (1962), V. J. Sukselainen (1906), Vilho Tuulos (1895), Hugo Lahtinen (1891), and Paavo Haavikko (1931).

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Finland

Among hockey players born in Finland, Jari Kurri ranks 1. After him are Teemu Selänne (1970), Saku Koivu (1974), Esa Tikkanen (1965), Raimo Helminen (1964), Petteri Nummelin (1972), Olli Jokinen (1978), Tomas Sandström (1964), Jere Lehtinen (1973), Ville Peltonen (1973), Teppo Numminen (1968), and Sami Kapanen (1973).

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