Tony Esposito

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Hall of Fame athlete National Hockey League player goaltender ice hockey player

Tony Esposito was a Hall of Fame Canadian-American goaltender renowned as one of the NHL’s greatest netminders, best known for his stellar career with the Chicago Blackhawks in the 1970s.

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Tony Esposito canonical 5
Anthony James Esposito 2

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hall of Fame athlete ⓘ
National Hockey League player ⓘ
goaltender ⓘ
ice hockey player ⓘ
awardReceived Calder Memorial Trophy ⓘ
Vezina Trophy ⓘ
brother Phil Esposito ⓘ
CalderTrophySeason 1969–70 NHL season ⓘ
causeOfDeath pancreatic cancer ⓘ
college Michigan Technological University ⓘ
collegeTeam Michigan Tech Huskies men's ice hockey ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Canada ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1943-04-23 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2021-08-10 ⓘ
eraOfProminence 1970s ⓘ
familyName Esposito ⓘ
fullName Tony Esposito self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Anthony James Esposito
givenName Anthony ⓘ
hallOfFameInduction Hockey Hall of Fame ⓘ
hallOfFameInductionYear 1988 ⓘ
honor One of the NHL’s 100 Greatest Players ⓘ
jerseyNumber 35 ⓘ
jerseyRetiredNumber 35 ⓘ
league National Hockey League ⓘ
memberOf 1972 Summit Series ⓘ
surface form: Team Canada 1972 Summit Series
NHLDebutSeason 1968–69 NHL season ⓘ
nickname Tony O ⓘ
notableFor franchise-record performances with the Chicago Blackhawks ⓘ
innovative butterfly goaltending style ⓘ
numberOfNHLShutouts 76 ⓘ
numberOfNHLWins 423 ⓘ
placeOfBirth Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada ⓘ
placeOfDeath Tampa, Florida ⓘ
surface form: Tampa, Florida, United States of America
playedFor Chicago Blackhawks ⓘ
Montreal Canadiens ⓘ
positionPlayed goaltender ⓘ
primaryTeamTenure Chicago Blackhawks ⓘ
primaryTeamTenureEnd 1984 ⓘ
primaryTeamTenureStart 1969 ⓘ
representedNationalTeam Canada men's national ice hockey team ⓘ
shootsCatches left ⓘ
sport ice hockey ⓘ
styleOfPlay butterfly goaltender ⓘ
teamJerseyRetiredBy Chicago Blackhawks ⓘ
VezinaTrophyWins 3 ⓘ

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Chicago Blackhawks → notableFormerPlayer → Tony Esposito ⓘ
Phil Esposito → sibling → Tony Esposito ⓘ
Tony Esposito → fullName → Tony Esposito self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anthony James Esposito
Esposito → hasNotableBearer → Tony Esposito ⓘ
1972 Summit Series → goaltenderForCanada → Tony Esposito ⓘ
Michigan Tech Huskies men's ice hockey → notableAlumnus → Tony Esposito ⓘ
Tony O → fullName → Tony Esposito ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anthony James Esposito