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the start
gorden howe also know as gordie howe was born on march 31 1928 Floral, Saskatchewan -
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what he was called
"the most complete player of all time"
Mr.hockey
"the best player of all time "- Wayne Gretzky -
Draft
Gorden Howe was invited at the age of 15 to the 1943 when he was invited to the new York rangers camp and he preformed so well that they signed him to a "C" contract -
1st game
gordie howe first NHL game was played on October 16 1946 with the Detroit red wings wearing number 17 -
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All-Star
Gordie Howe was a 23 time all-star from 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1958,
1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963,
1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969,
1970, 1971, 1980 -
awards
Gordie Howe had obtained a tone of awards during the duration of his career
with 4 Stanley cups- 1950, 1952, 1954, 1955
art Ross trophies in - 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1963
goal scoring leader -1951, 1952, 1953, 1957, 1963
hard memorial trophies- 1952, 1953, 1957, 1958, 1960 -
jersey
Gordie Howe wore #9 but as a rookie he wore #17 until another player was trades and he switched to #9 and on march 12 1972 the Detroit red wings retired #9 -
retierment
gordie howe retierd first in 1971 for the first time then came back for one season in 1979-80 and finally retierd at the age of 52 -
died
gordie how died june 10 2016 -
stats
height -6ft
weight- 205lb
salary- 45,000 in Detroit and 100,000 from the whalers
shot - Ambidextrous
