Jean Béliveau, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian ice hockey player
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Place of Birth: Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada
About Jean Béliveau
- Joseph Jean Arthur Béliveau, (August 31, 1931 – December 2, 2014) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played parts of 20 seasons with the National Hockey League's (NHL) Montreal Canadiens from 1950 to 1971.
- Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1972, "Le Gros Bill" Béliveau is widely regarded as one of the Ten Greatest NHL players of all time.
- Born in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Béliveau first played professionally in the Quebec Major Hockey League (QMHL).
- He made his NHL debut with the Canadiens in 1950, but chose to remain in the QMHL full-time until 1953. By his second season in the NHL, Béliveau was among the top three scorers.
- He was the fourth player to score 500 goals and the second to score 1,000 points.
- Béliveau won two Hart Memorial Trophies as league MVP (1956, 1964) and one Art Ross Trophy as top scorer (1956), as well as the inaugural Conn Smythe Trophy as play-off MVP (1965).
- He has 17 Stanley Cup championships, the most by any individual to date.
- All championships have been with the Montreal Canadiens: 10 as a player and 7 as an executive.
- In 2017, Beliveau was named one of the '100 Greatest NHL Players' in history.
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