Henri Richard was born on February 29, 1936 in Montreal, Quebec. The Pocket Rocket passed away on March 6, 2020 just after he turned 84. Interestingly, 2020 was also a leap year. Henri would have celebrated his 21st birthday.
All the other three wrong answers were born on February 28. Joe Malone was born in 1890 in Quebec City. Mark Pavelich was born in 1958 in Eveleth, Minnesota. Eric Lindros was born in 1973 in London, Ontario.
Richard played 1,258 regular season and 180 playoff games in the National Hockey League between 1955-56 and 1974-75, all with the Montreal Canadiens. His eleven Stanley Cup championships are more than any other player in NHL history. Henri was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1979.
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