What is Pete Backor?
{{Infobox ice hockey player | image = | image_size = | position = [[Defenceman (ice hockey)|Defence]] | shoots = Left | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 0 | weight_lb = 190 | played_for = [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1919|4|29|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Fort William, Ontario|Fort William]], [[Ontario|ON]], [[Canada|CAN]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1988|6|30|1919|4|29|mf=y}} | death_place = | draft = | draft_year = | draft_team = | career_start = 1944 | career_end = 1956 }} '''Peter Backor''' (April 29, 1919 in [[Fort William, Ontario|Fort William]], [[Ontario]] – June 30, 1988) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] professional [[ice hockey]] [[Defenceman (ice hockey)|defenceman]]. He played for the [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] in the [[National Hockey League|NHL]]. ==Career== He played only one season in the NHL. Backor made it count as he helped the [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] win the [[Stanley Cup]] in [[1944–45 NHL season|1945]]. After that season he spent the next 11 years playing in the minor leagues for the [[Pittsburgh Hornets]] of the [[American Hockey League|AHL]] with whom he won the [[Calder Cup]] in [[1951–52 AHL season|1952]], the [[Hollywood Wolves]] of the [[Pacific Coast Hockey League|PCHL]] and the [[Sault Ste. Marie Indians]] of the NOHL. Backor [[Retirement|retired]] from hockey in 1956. He was one of the few players of [[Slovaks|Slovak]] descent in the NHL's younger years if not the first one ever. ==Personal life== He was brother-in-law to another NHL legend of Slovak descent [[Rudy Migay]] who played for [[Toronto Maple Leafs]]. ==Achievements== *AHL First All-Star Team (1946, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951) *Stanley Cup Champions 1945 (with Toronto) ==Other websites== *{{hockeydb|13144}} *{{legendsofhockey|11895}} *[http://www.hhof.com/html/exSCJ05_15.shtml Picture of Pete Backor's Name on the 1945 Stanley Cup Plaque] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927200047/http://www.hhof.com/html/exSCJ05_15.shtml |date=2007-09-27 }} *[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cg