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Pelle Lindbergh

1959 - 1985

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Göran Per-Eric "Pelle" Lindbergh (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈpɛ̌lːɛ ˈlɪ̌nːdbærj]; 24 May 1959 – 11 November 1985) was a Swedish professional ice hockey goaltender who played five seasons with the Philadelphia Flyers in the National Hockey League (NHL). He was the first European-born goaltender to be drafted in the NHL entry draft and the first to achieve success in North America. Lindbergh died at age 26 in a single-car accident while drunk five months after leading the Flyers to the 1985 Stanley Cup Final and winning the Vezina Trophy as the NHL's top goaltender. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Pelle Lindbergh is the 126th most popular hockey player (up from 127th in 2024), the 1,261st most popular biography from Sweden (up from 1,291st in 2019) and the 13th most popular Swedish Hockey Player.

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Pelle Lindbergh ranks 126 out of 676. Before him are Eddie Shore, Miroslav Šatan, Gennadiy Tsygankov, Yevgeni Zimin, Viktor Yakushev, and Milt Schmidt. After him are Petr Svoboda, Žigmund Pálffy, Stefan Liv, Tiny Thompson, Chris Chelios, and Zdeno Chára.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Pelle Lindbergh ranks 599. Before him are Sandro Veronesi, Andrzej Iwan, Bryan Stevenson, Shohreh, Leonid Yudasin, and José Leandro Ferreira. After him are Maurizio Cheli, Patrizio Oliva, Michel Dussuyer, William R. Moses, Rob Rock, and Sergey Koplyakov. Among people deceased in 1985, Pelle Lindbergh ranks 285. Before him are Dragan Mance, Eddie Shore, Evelyn Ankers, George Chandler, Mary MacLaren, and Frank Faylen. After him are Gabriel Elorde, George K. Arthur, Pauli Murray, John Davis Lodge, William Alwyn, and Marion Martin.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Pelle Lindbergh ranks 1,261 out of 1,879. Before him are Sahlene (1976), Zara Larsson (1997), Hanna Öberg (1995), Annika Sörenstam (1970), Eric Saade (1990), and Stefan Lövgren (1970). After him are Soraya Post (1956), Robyn (1979), Henrik Sundström (1964), Isabella Lövin (1963), Lars Eriksson (1965), and Peter Eriksson (1958).

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Sweden

Among hockey players born in Sweden, Pelle Lindbergh ranks 13. Before him are Lars-Eric Lundvall (1934), Tomas Jonsson (1960), Bengt-Åke Gustafsson (1958), Nils Nilsson (1936), Kent Nilsson (1956), and Tommy Salo (1971). After him are Markus Näslund (1973), Henrik Zetterberg (1980), Nicklas Bäckström (1987), Henrik Sedin (1980), Henrik Lundqvist (1982), and Håkan Algotsson (1966).

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