Gordon Howe

(1928- ) lived in Omaha. Professional hockey player, participated in a record 2,186 games during 32 seasons in the National Hockey League and World Hockey League, and held several records broken only recently by Wayne Gretzky; he played for Omaha of the United States Hockey League during 1945-46 season, and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1972; in 1999 he was selected by the Associated Press as the second greatest hockey player in history, and the 22nd greatest athlete of the 20th century. Consult Current Biography (1962) 218-220 and Gordie and Colleen Howe with Tom DeLisle, And Howe! An Authorized Autobiography (Power Play Publications, 1995) and Omaha World Herald, March 20, 2002, p. C-6 and Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives: Sports Figures, Vol 1 (Charles Scribner’s Sons, 2002) 429-431 and Omaha Sunday World Herald, October 2, 2005, pp. C-1, C-2.

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