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Jean Arthur Beliveau
NHL, the National Hockey League is a premier professional North American Sports League played in indoor stadiums. It is divided into two conferences, each comprising of three divisions of ice hockey teams. Jean Arthur Beliveau was born on 31 August 1931 in Trois-Rivières, Quebec. He had played in 20 NHL seasons from 1950 to 1971. He was nicknamed as Le Gros Bill.
He was one of the all-time classiest players in the NHL, both on the ice and off. He made his career as a strong skater and was hard if not impossible to slow down. He first played organized hockey in Victoriaville, Quebec. He played in junior hockey as a member of the Quebec City Citadelles and senior hockey for the Quebec Aces. He made the All-Star Team ten times, was the leading scorer of all time for Montreal and the all-time leading scorer in Stanley Cup history as well. After playing a total of five regular season games from 1950 to 1951 and from 1952 to 1953, he played another 18 seasons with Montreal, and in ten of those he led the team as their captain.
He served as a team executive for the Canadiens and official spokesperson for the club. Some observers noted that he had been filling that latter position unofficially for years anyway. He was also president of Jean Beliveau, Incorporation and a thriving business with varied interests in restaurants, real estate and other concerns. He worked for the Canadiens in public relations until 1993 as senior vice-president of corporate affairs but he maintained ambassadorial prestige with the team even to this day. In 1994 he became the only NHL player to be offered the position of Governor General of Canada, but Beliveau turned it down because the job would have taken too much time away from his family.
He also received an honorary degree in physical education from the University of Moncton, New Brunswick. In 1981, Beliveau was named to the selection committee of the Hockey Hall of Fame. He was player who had perfection and dedication in his play.
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