What is Howie Meeker?
{{Infobox ice hockey player | image = Howie Meeker Calder.jpg | caption = Howie Meeker with the [[Calder Memorial Trophy]] as the NHL's top rookie in 1947 | image_size = 230px | position = [[Winger (ice hockey)|Right Wing]] | shoots = Right | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 9 | weight_lb = 165 | league = [[National Hockey League|NHL]] | played_for = [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1923|11|4}} | birth_place = [[Kitchener, Ontario|Kitchener]], [[Ontario]], Canada | death_date = {{death date and age|2020|11|8|1923|11|4}} | death_place = [[Nanaimo, British Columbia|Nanaimo]], [[British Columbia]], Canada | career_start = 1946 | career_end = 1955 | halloffame = 1998 }} '''Howard William Meeker''', [[Order of Canada|C.M.]] (4 November 1923 – 8 November 2020) was a Canadian [[Winger (ice hockey)|right winger]] in the [[National Hockey League]]. He was also a television [[Announcer|sports announcer]] as well as a [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]] [[Canadian Parliament|Member of Parliament]] from 1951 to 1953. Meeker was the last surviving member of the Maple Leafs 1947 Stanley Cup team, the Maple Leafs 1949 Stanley Cup team, the Maple Leafs 1951 Stanley Cup team, and the [[1st National Hockey League All-Star Game|inaugural NHL All-Star Game]]. Meeker died on November 8, 2020 in hospital in [[Nanaimo, British Columbia]] at the age of 97.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.pqbnews.com/news/canadian-hockey-and-broadcasting-legend-howie-meeker-dies-at-age-97/|title=Canadian hockey and broadcasting legend Howie Meeker dies at age 97|date=November 8, 2020|publisher=Parksville Qualicum Beach News|access-date=November 8, 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *{{icehockeystats}} {{sports-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mekker, Howie}} [[Category:1923 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Canadian ice hockey right wingers]] [[Category:Canadian television presenters]] [[Category:Ice hockey people from Ontario]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Kitchener, Ontari