Plante, Jacques

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Portrait of Jacques Plante (click to view image source)
Jacques Plante
Name
Plante, Jacques Gender: M
born on 17 January 1929 at 02:35 (= 02:35 AM )
Place Mont Carmel, Canada, 47n26, 69w52
Timezone EST h5w (is standard time)
Data source
From memory
Rodden Rating A
Collector: Rodden
Astrology data s_su.18.gif s_capcol.18.gif 26°44' s_mo.18.gif s_aricol.18.gif 10°13 Asc.s_scocol.18.gif 21°36'



Biography

Canadian hockey player. An NHL goalie for 19 seasons, 1952-1973, with the Montreal Canadians 1952-1963 with five consecutive Stanley Cup Championships. He is the originator of the goalie mask that is now standard equipment for all goalie's. Plante earned the Vezina trophy six times and was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame, as well as The Canada Sports Hall of Fame.

A brilliant goal-keeper, called "Jake the Snake," he died of cancer in March 1986, Geneva, Switzerland.

Link to Wikipedia biography

Events

Source Notes

Brian Clark quotes him 1981

Categories

  • Vocation : Sports : Hockey (Goalie)
  • Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Cancer (Terminal)
  • Notable : Awards : Hall of Fame (Canada Sports)
  • Personal : Misc. : Changed name (Nickname "Jake the Snake")
  • Notable : Awards : Vocational award (Vezina trophy six times)
  • Notable : Famous : Founder/ originator (Originator of the goalie mask)

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