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268:West Island
80:Position(s)
888:Categories
850:Lewis Cook
845:Bob Storey
830:Sonny Wade
820:Al Phaneuf
795:Tom Pullen
680:Ted Alflen
619:Richardson
274:References
193:Al Phaneuf
108:US college
33:1944-02-04
22:Al Phaneuf
840:Merl Code
790:Ed George
603:Corrigall
571:Wadsworth
483:Mularchyk
451:Bitkowski
124:As player
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563:Evanshen
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113:Kentucky
74:National
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