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Terry Sawchuk

1929 - 1970

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Terrance Gordon Sawchuk (December 28, 1929 – May 31, 1970) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played 21 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Detroit Red Wings, Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Los Angeles Kings, and New York Rangers between 1950 and 1970. He won the Calder Trophy, earned the Vezina Trophy four times, was a four-time Stanley Cup champion, and was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame the year after his final season, one of 10 players for whom the three-year waiting period was waived. At the time of his death, Sawchuk was the all-time leader among NHL goaltenders with 447 wins and with 103 shutouts. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Terry Sawchuk has received more than 1,276,394 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Terry Sawchuk is the 13,282nd most popular politician (down from 9,539th in 2019), the 287th most popular biography from Canada (down from 158th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Canadian Politician.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Terry Sawchuk ranks 13,282 out of 19,576. Before him are Konstantin Muraviev, Zia ol Din Tabatabaee, George Sabra, Bodo Ramelow, Len Blavatnik, and Augustus Louis, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen. After him are Puzur-Ashur III, Princess Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Philippsthal, Stefano Franscini, Song Renqiong, Aufidius Bassus, and Margaret Taylor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Terry Sawchuk ranks 297. Before him are Hans Clarin, Ernesto Grillo, James Shigeta, Hubert Dreyfus, Fazlur Rahman Khan, and Dominique Fernandez. After him are Karl-Erik Palmér, Bob Brookmeyer, Nicolas Bouvier, Viguen, Nusrat Bhutto, and József Tóth. Among people deceased in 1970, Terry Sawchuk ranks 167. Before him are Iuliu Hossu, William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, Pierre Veyron, Alfred Sturtevant, Anna Louise Strong, and Jérôme Carcopino. After him are Adhemar Pimenta, Conrad Nagel, Rube Goldberg, James B. Donovan, Vince Lombardi, and Abdelaziz Ben Tifour.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Terry Sawchuk ranks 287 out of 1,622. Before him are Patricia Churchland (1943), Bobby Orr (1948), André Bessette (1845), Joe Clark (1939), Yannick Bisson (1969), and Édouard Gagnon (1918). After him are Bill Brack (1935), John Diefenbaker (1895), Natasha Henstridge (1974), George Hodgson (1893), Sunny Leone (1981), and Terry Jacks (1944).

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Among POLITICIANS In Canada

Among politicians born in Canada, Terry Sawchuk ranks 21. Before him are Jean Béliveau (1931), John T. Dunlap (1957), Kim Campbell (1947), Louis St. Laurent (1882), David Johnston (1941), and Joe Clark (1939). After him are John Diefenbaker (1895), Robert Borden (1854), Michael Ignatieff (1947), John Abbott (1821), Arthur Meighen (1874), and Tommy Burns (1881).

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