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Syd Howe

Syd Howe, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1976)

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Born
September 18, 1911
Died
May 20, 1976
Zodiac sign
Virgo
Birth year
1911

About Syd Howe

Sydney Harris Howe was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. Howe played 17 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Ottawa Senators, Philadelphia Quakers, Toronto Maple Leafs, St. Louis Eagles and Detroit Red Wings. He and his Gunners teammates became the first Ottawa club to reach the Memorial Cup finals when they took on the Regina Monarchs in 1928, losing the best-of-three final by two games to one. He also set the modern-day NHL record by scoring six goals in a game on February 3, 1944, versus the New York Rangers, a record which has since been twice equaled but never bettered in over fifty years of play. He won the Stanley Cup with Detroit Red Wings in 1936, 1937 and 1943. In his NHL career, he scored 237 goals and 291 assists for 528 points in 691 games.

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Syd Howe timeline

  1. He and his Gunners teammates became the first Ottawa club to reach the Memorial Cup finals when they took on the Regina Monarchs in 1928, losing the best-of-three final by two games to one.
  2. He won the Stanley Cup with Detroit Red Wings in 1936, 1937 and 1943.
  3. He also set the modern-day NHL record by scoring six goals in a game on February 3, 1944, versus the New York Rangers, a record which has since been twice equaled but never bettered in over fifty years of play.

The world when Syd Howe was born

Syd Howe was born in 1911. 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 1911

  • Best-selling book"The Broad Highway" – Jeffery Farnol

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst Indianapolis 500 race
  • Top headlineTriangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 workers
  • Technology milestoneFirst transcontinental airplane flight (49 days)
  • World population~1.71B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWilliam Howard Taft
  • U.S. population93.4M

1911 versus 2026

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

Measure19112026
Population93.4M341 million

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