Turk Broda

Infobox Ice Hockey Player
position = Goalie
shot =
height_ft = 5
height_in = 9
weight_lb =
played_for = Toronto Maple Leafs
league = NHL
nationality = Canada
birth_date = birth date|1914|5|15|mf=y
birth_place = Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
death_date = death date and age|1972|10|17|1914|5|15|mf=y
death_place =
career_start = 1935
career_end = 1952


image_size = 200px
halloffame = 1967

Walter Edward "Turk" Broda (May 15, 1914 - October 17, 1972) was a former ice hockey goaltender for the Toronto Maple Leafs.

He was born in Brandon, Manitoba on May 15, 1914 to a Polish-Canadian family. He joined the Maple Leafs in 1936.

In 1941 he won the Vezina Trophy and was be selected to be on the All Star Team. The next year Broda had another great season leading Toronto to a Stanley Cup and being selected on the second all- Star team. From 1943 to 1945 Broda left hockey to serve in the military during the Second World War. When he came back he later led Toronto to three more Stanley Cups and won another Vezina Trophy and to be selected on the 1948 first All star team. In 1951 he won his last Stanley Cup with Toronto and retired in 1952. He was inducted to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1967 and died on October 17, 1972, aged only 58, after having suffered a heart attack. In 1998, he was ranked number 60 on "The Hockey News"' list of the 100 Greatest Hockey Players.

Turk Broda's parents came from the southeastern Polish province of Podkarpackie, an area that had a mixed Polish and Ukrainian ethnic population. There is no doubt as to Turk's Polish ancestry on his father's side, as his father's name was Kazimierz Broda, which was one of the most popular Polish first names at the time. His title was "Turk" because of his strength. Predominantly Roman-Catholic, Poles gave their young males names of Roman-Catholic saints, such as Kazimierz or Stanisław. Ukrainians, who were Greek Orthodox, would never give their boys these two names - they would rather name them after Greek saints, such as Vasyl, which was the most common Ukrainian name.

Awards & Achievements

*Turnbull Cup MJHL Championship (1933)
*Memorial Cup Championship (1933)
*Vezina Trophy (1941 & 1948)
*NHL First All-Star Team Goalie (1941 & 1948)
*Stanley Cup Championships (1942, 1947, 1948, 1949, & 1951)
*NHL Second All-Star Team Goalie (1942)
*Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1978
* In 1998, he was ranked number 60 on "The Hockey News"' list of the 100 Greatest Hockey Players
*“Honoured Member” of the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame
*Inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and Museum in 1983

ee also

*Hockey Hall of Fame
*List of retired NHL players

External links

*Legendsmember|Player|P196701|Turk Broda
*hockeydb|584|Turk Broda
* [http://www.mbhockeyhalloffame.ca/honoured/players.html?category=7&id=3 Turk Broda 's biography] at [http://www.mbhockeyhalloffame.ca/index.html Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame]
* [http://www.halloffame.mb.ca/honoured/1983/wBroda.htm Turk Broda’s biography] at [http://www.halloffame.mb.ca/ Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and Museum]
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=10492 Turk Broda's Memorial on Find-a-grave.com]