Jean Béliveau was a Canadian centre from Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, who played parts of twenty seasons for the Montreal Canadiens between 1950 and 1971 and is widely counted among the ten greatest players in NHL history. Known as Le Gros Bill, he won two Hart Trophies as most valuable player, the Art Ross Trophy as top scorer in 1956 and the first Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP in 1965. His name is on the Stanley Cup seventeen times, ten as a player and seven as an executive, the most of any individual. He entered the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1972.
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was a Canadian professional ice hockey player
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won a combined total of 17 Stanley Cup Championships, 10 as a player
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was a Canadian professional ice hockey player
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played parts of 20 seasons with the National Hockey League
Competed In: Stanley Cup, Career and international play
won a combined total of 17 Stanley Cup Championships, 10 as a player
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Montreal Canadiens from 1950 to 1971
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