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Maurice Richard

1921 - 2000

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Joseph Henri Maurice "Rocket" Richard ( rish-ARD, French: [mɔʁis ʁiʃaʁ]; August 4, 1921 – May 27, 2000) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played 18 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Montreal Canadiens. He was the first player in NHL history to score 50 goals in one season, accomplishing the feat in 50 games in 1944–45, and the first to reach 500 career goals. Richard retired in 1960 as the National Hockey League's all-time leader in goals with 544. He won the Hart Trophy as the NHL's most valuable player in 1947, played in 13 All-Star Games and was named to 14 post-season NHL All-Star teams, eight on the first team. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maurice Richard is the 2nd most popular hockey player, the 96th most popular biography from Canada (up from 101st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Canadian Hockey Player.

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Maurice Richard ranks 2 out of 676. Before him are Wayne Gretzky. After him are Gordie Howe, 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 1921, Maurice Richard ranks 103. Before him are Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, Françoise Gilot, Dirk Bogarde, Raymond Goethals, Herta Bothe, and Moacir Barbosa Nascimento. After him are Betty Friedan, Nino Manfredi, Leonardo Sciascia, Mary Douglas, Ben Bradlee, and Jaroslav Drobný. Among people deceased in 2000, Maurice Richard ranks 67. Before him are Claude Sautet, Noboru Takeshita, Keizō Obuchi, Ion Gheorghe Maurer, Moacir Barbosa Nascimento, and David Tomlinson. After him are Hubert Maga, Don Budge, Michael Smith, Jacques Chaban-Delmas, Loretta Young, and Lazar Koliševski.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Maurice Richard ranks 96 out of 1,622. Before him are Marie-Louise Meilleur (1880), Pat Patterson (1941), Donald O. Hebb (1904), Grimes (1988), Victor Garber (1949), and Jacques Villeneuve (1971). After him are Gordie Howe (1928), Shannon Tweed (1957), Lois Maxwell (1927), James Craig Watson (1838), Mike Myers (1963), and Denis Villeneuve (1967).

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Canada

Among hockey players born in Canada, Maurice Richard ranks 2. Before him are Wayne Gretzky (1961). After him are Gordie Howe (1928), 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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