Al Arbour

Full Name: Alger Joseph Arbour
Profession: Ice Hockey Player and Coach

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Biography: Al Arbour was a Canadian ice hockey player, but he is best known as a coach. He guided the New York Islanders to four consecutive victories in the Stanley Cup in the period of 1980 to 1983.

Arbour holds the record as coach for third-most games coached and within this amount, the fifth-most games won. The only coaches with more wins are Scotty Bowman, Joel Quenneville, Ken Hitchcock and Barry Trotz.

As a player, Arbour started out with the Detroit Red Wings in 1953. He was then transferred to the Chicago Black Hawks in 1958, with whom he won a championship in 1961.

After this, Arbour played with the Toronto Maple Leafs for five years and won another championship in 1961. His final six seasons as a player were with the St. Louis Blues.

Born: November 1, 1932
Birthplace: Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

Generation: Silent Generation
Chinese Zodiac: Monkey
Star Sign: Scorpio

Died: August 28, 2015 (aged 82)
Cause of Death: Parkinson's disease and dementia