Les Strongman
Appearance
Les Strongman | |||
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Born |
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | August 24, 1924||
Died |
August 8, 2019 Victoria, British Columbia, Canada | (aged 94)||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||
Weight | 181 lb (82 kg; 12 st 13 lb) | ||
Position | Left wing | ||
Shot | Left | ||
Played for |
Nottingham Panthers Wembley Lions Malmö FF Zurich SC | ||
Playing career | 1946–1967 |
Les Strongman (23 August 1924 – 8 August 2019)[1] was a Canadian ice hockey player. He was born in Winnipeg. Strongman played professional hockey in Europe between 1946 and 1968 with Malmo FF (Sweden), Zurich SC (Switzerland) and British National League teams Nottingham Panthers and Wembley Lions. Strongman was one of the most prolific scorers in European post-war ice hockey, and was elected to the British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 1987.[2]
References
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
Categories:
- 1924 births
- 2019 deaths
- British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame inductees
- Canadian ice hockey left wingers
- Ice hockey people from Manitoba
- Malmö Redhawks players
- Nottingham Panthers players
- Nottingham Panthers coaches
- Sportspeople from Winnipeg
- Wembley Lions players
- ZSC Lions players
- Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in England
- Canadian ice hockey winger, 1920s births stubs