Turk Broda
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Walter Edward "Turk" Broda (May 15, 1914 - October 17, 1972) was a former ice hockey goaltender for the Toronto Maple Leafs.
He was born in Brandon, Manitoba on May 15, 1914 to a Ukrainian-Canadian family. He joined the Maple Leafs in 1936.
In 1941 he won the Vezina Trophy and was be selected to be on the All Star Team. The next year Broda had another great season leading Toronto to a Stanley Cup and being selected on the second all- Star team.
From 1943 to 1945 Broda left hockey to serve in the military during the Second World War. When he came back he later led Toronto to three more Stanley Cups and won another Vezina Trophy and to be selected on the 1948 first All star team. In 1951 he won his last Stanley Cup with Toronto and retired in 1952.
He was inducted to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1967 and died on October 17, 1972 after having suffered a heart attack. In 1998, he was ranked number 60 on The Hockey News' list of the 100 Greatest Hockey Players. Turk Broda's parents came from an area that had a mixed Polish and Ukrainian ethnic population and is not in the Ukraine but in the Polish province of Podkarpackie (Southeast Poland). Turk at the very least on his father's side was of Polish ancestry.
| Preceded by David Kerr |
Winner of the Vezina Trophy 1941 |
Succeeded by Frank Brimsek |
| Preceded by Bill Durnan |
Winner of the Vezina Trophy 1948 |
Succeeded by Bill Durnan |
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Categories: 1914 births | 1972 deaths | Toronto St. Michael's Majors alumni | Hockey Hall of Fame | Stanley Cup champions | Vezina Trophy winners | Toronto Maple Leafs players | Detroit Olympics players | London Knights coaches | Canadian ice hockey players | Quebec Aces coaches | Toronto Marlboros coaches | Manitoba sportspeople | Ukrainian Canadians
