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A star at an early age, he won the Quebec Senior Hockey League scoring championship with the Quebec Aces in 1953 then joined the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League. Three years later, in 1956, Béliveau won both the Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the league's scoring champion and the Hart Memorial Trophy as its most valuable player. During his 18 year career in Montreal, he played on 10 Stanley Cup winning teams and was team captain for five of them. A powerful skater, he had a polished air of composed confidence that made him a natural leader both on and off the ice. Admired and respected by fans, teammates and his opponents, he was the first player to win the Conn Smythe Trophy for his performance in the 1965 Stanley Cup playoffs.
Jean Béliveau retired at the end of the 1970-71 season as his teams all-time leading scorer and the NHL's all-time leading playoff scorer. He scored 507 goals and had 712 assists for 1,219 points in 1,125 NHL regular-season games plus 70 goals and 97 assists for 176 points in 162 playoff games. In 1972, he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.
After his playing days were over, Béliveau remained with the Canadiens team as an executive and goodwill ambassador while doing charitable work through the "Jean Béliveau Foundation" established in 1971. In 1993 he transferred the foundation to the "Society for Disabled Children."
Jean Béliveau has been given many awards including several honorary doctorates from Canadian universities, plus the Loyola Medal in 19951995 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). It has a Golden number of 1, and was the first year of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous People (1995- 2005): http://www. org/culture/indigenous . Events January events Ja. He was made a member of "L'Ordre National Du Québec" and is a Companion of the Order of CanadaThe Order of Canada is Canada's highest civilian honour, awarded to those who adhere to the Order's motto Desiderantes meliorem patriam meaning "they desire a better country. The Order was created on July 1, 1967, on the country's 100th anniversary, to re, his country's highest civilian award. In 1994 he was offered the position of Governor General of CanadaThe Governor General and Commander-in-Chief in and over Canada normally simply known as the Governor General of Canada in French, Gouverneur(e) general(e is the Canadian representative of the monarch (presently Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II). Unlike in s but declined to be with his daughter who was dying of cancer. In 20012001 is a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar), and also: The International Year of the Volunteer The United Nations Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations Events January January 1 A black monolith measuring approximately nine feet tall ap his name was added to Canada's Walk of FameCanada's Walk of Fame consists of a series of stars out front of Roy Thompson Hall (and by other theaters across King Street) in Toronto, Ontario. Created in 1998, it includes athletes, coaches and other sports figures; actors, directors, writer and produ, the same year he was honored with his portrait on a Canadian postage stampThis is a list of people on stamps of Canada . John Abbott ( 1952) Emma Albani ( 1980) Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha ( 1851) Alexandra of Denmark ( 1908) Syl Apps ( 2001) Pitseolak Ashoona ( 1993) Robert Baldwin ( 1927) Frederick Banting ( 1991) Jean Belive.
In November 2004, Jean Béliveau made a declaration where he agreed and supported the NHL's point of view in the National Hockey League labor dispute (2004)The current National Hockey League labor dispute has been predicted by many hockey analysts for the past few years. The NHL and the National Hockey League Players Association have been conducting negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement whic, mentioning that the player's demands will do harm or destroy the sport and the league. His words were almost instaneously reported in most major Canadian newspapers, as his mythic status gave him much credibility in the eyes of the canadian public.
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