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Also known as Anders Börje Salming, Borje Salming

Swedish ice hockey player (1951–2022)

Person · Open Library

Works
2

Top works

  • Blood Sweat and Hockey
  • Grilling with salming

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Sweden
Active from
1920-03-14
Active to
1982-03-26

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
3
Total plays
46

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/B%C3%B6rje+Salming">Read more on Last.fm</a>

via Last.fm · Börje Salming

Quotes

  • Börje joined the Maple Leafs 50 years ago and will forever be part of our hockey family. We extend our deepest condolences to his wife, Pia, his children Theresa, Anders, Rasmus, Bianca, Lisa and Sara and brother Stieg.

via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA

Key facts

Born
( 1951-04-17 ) 17 April 1951, Salmi , Sweden
Died
24 November 2022 (2022-11-24) (aged 71), Nacka , Sweden
Height
6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight
209 lb (95 kg; 14 st 13 lb)
Position
Defence
Shot
Left
Played for
Brynäs IF , Toronto Maple Leafs , Detroit Red Wings , AIK Hockey
National team
Sweden
Nhl draft
Undrafted
Playing career
1967 – 1993

via Wikipedia infobox

Sports profile

Sport
Ice Hockey
Team
_Deceased Ice Hockey
Nationality
Sweden

via TheSportsDB

~13 min read

Encyclopedic overview

Anders Börje Salming ( Swedish: [ˈbœ̂rjɛ ˈsâlːmɪŋ] ; 17 April 1951 – 24 November 2022) was a Swedish Sámi ice hockey player. He was a defenceman who played professionally for 23 seasons, for the clubs Brynäs IF, Toronto Maple Leafs, Detroit Red Wings, and AIK. He spent 16 seasons with the Maple Leafs, who retired his number 21 in 2016. Salming holds several Maple Leafs records, including the most assists.

Salming was one of the first European players to make an impact in the National Hockey League (NHL), for which he is often considered a trailblazer, being named to six consecutive NHL All-Star Teams, winning the NHL All-Star Games of 1976, 1977 and 1978, alongside being named a finalist for the James Norris Memorial Trophy on several occasions. In 1996, his first year of eligibility, Salming became the first European born and trained player inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. In 2017, the NHL named Salming one of the 100 Greatest Players in the first century of the league.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Börje Salming” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.