Leo Lamoureux
Leo Lamoureux | |||
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![]() Leo Lamoureux and Émile Bouchard in 1945. | |||
Born |
Espanola, Ontario, Canada | October 1, 1916||
Died |
January 11, 1961 Indianopolis, Indiana, USA | (aged 44)||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
Weight | 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb) | ||
Position | Defence | ||
Shot | Left | ||
Played for | Montreal Canadiens | ||
Playing career | 1938–1960 |
Leo Peter Lamoureux (October 1, 1916 – January 11, 1961) was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman. Lamoureux played his entire National Hockey League career with the Montreal Canadiens.
Lamoureux was named a QSHL First team All-Star in 1940.[1] Montreal called him up for the 1941–42 season. He would retire after the 1947 season. He won two Stanley Cups with Montreal in 1944 and 1946. After leaving the NHL, Lamoureux became a player/coach with the Indianapolis Chiefs. During the 1960-61 season, Lamoureux became ill and entered an Indianapolis hospital where he was diagnosed with acute hepatitis, from which he died January 11, 1961.
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- 1916 births
- 1961 deaths
- Canadian ice hockey defencemen
- Detroit Hettche players
- Earls Court Rangers players
- Franco-Ontarian people
- Ice hockey people from Ontario
- Indianapolis Chiefs players
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- People from Espanola, Ontario
- Stanley Cup champions
- Washington Lions players
- Canadian expatriates in the United Kingdom
- Canadian expatriates in the United States
- Canadian ice hockey defenceman, 1910s births stubs