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George Hainsworth

George Hainsworth, Canadian ice hockey player and politician (died 1950)

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Born
June 26, 1895
Died
October 9, 1950
Zodiac sign
Cancer
Birth year
1895

About George Hainsworth

George Henry Hainsworth was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played for the Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs in the National Hockey League, and the Saskatoon Crescents in the Western Canada Hockey League. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. In 1928–29, he set an all-time record with 22 shutouts and a 0.92 goals against average while playing all 44 games. Hainsworth won the Allan Cup, as senior amateur champions of Canada, with the Kitchener Greenshirts in 1918. In 1936, Turk Broda won the goaltender job for Toronto, and Leaf manager Conn Smythe gave Hainsworth his outright release on November 25, 1936.

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George Hainsworth timeline

  1. Hainsworth won the Allan Cup, as senior amateur champions of Canada, with the Kitchener Greenshirts in 1918.
  2. In 1928–29, he set an all-time record with 22 shutouts and a 0.92 goals against average while playing all 44 games.
  3. In 1936, Turk Broda won the goaltender job for Toronto, and Leaf manager Conn Smythe gave Hainsworth his outright release on November 25, 1936.

The world when George Hainsworth was born

George Hainsworth was born in 1895. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1895

  • Top movieWorkers Leaving the Lumière Factory (first public film)

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineCuban War of Independence begins
  • Technology milestoneLumière brothers hold first public film screening
  • World population~1.55B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderGrover Cleveland
  • U.S. population68.0M

1895 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in George Hainsworth's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18952026
Population68.0M341 million

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