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- Gordie Howe was a giant
- in professional hockey for
- more than three decades.
- In fact, he played more
- seasons as a professional
- athlete (32) than any athlete in any team sport.
- Gordie was known as "Mr. Hockey" for good
- reason. He retired holding nearly every NHL
- scoring record: most goals (801), most
- assists (1,049), most points scored (1,850),
- and most games played (1,767). His records
- seemed untouchable ... that is, until Wayne
- Gretzky came along.
-
- Gordie was born on March 31, 1928, in Floral,
- a city in central Canada. He started playing
- ice hockey when he was just 6 years old.
- As a kid, he would practice as often as
- he could, even at night under a
-