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Joe Klukay

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Height
  
6 ft 0 in (183 cm)

Positions
  
Winger

Name
  
Joe Klukay

Playing career
  
1942–1962

Shot
  
Left


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Born
  
November 6, 1922 Sault Ste. Marie, ON, CAN (
1922-11-06
)

Weight
  
182 lb (83 kg; 13 st 0 lb)

Died
  
February 3, 2006, Sault Ste. Marie, Canada

Played for
  
National Hockey League, Toronto Maple Leafs

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Joseph Francis Klukay a.k.a. "The Duke of Padocah" (November 6, 1922 – February 3, 2006) was a professional Canadian ice hockey forward. He was born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.

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Klukay began his National Hockey League career with the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1943. He also played for the Boston Bruins. He left the NHL following the 1956 season and played several more years in the Ontario Senior Hockey League with the Windsor Bulldogs before retiring from hockey altogether in 1964. In his career, he won 4 Stanley Cups and 1 Allan Cup. Klukay was the first Sault Ste. Marie native to play in the NHL All Star Game, doing so with the Maple Leafs during the first three official installments from 1947-1949.

Awards and achievements

  • 1947 Stanley Cup Championship (Toronto)
  • 1948 Stanley Cup Championship (Toronto)
  • 1949 Stanley Cup Championship (Toronto)
  • 1951 Stanley Cup Championship (Toronto)
  • 1963 Allan Cup Championship (Windsor)

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