Johnny Bower had a secret. Just how old was he when he was the backbone for the great Toronto Maple Leafs dynasty of the 1960s?
He wasn't telling and no one really seemed to know. He looked like your grandfather, but he moved like a teenager -- light on his feet, quick with his hands and especially adept at thrusting his stick out to poke the puck from a charging attacker.
For more of Johnny Bower's 100 Greatest Players bio, please click here.
Johnny Bower had a secret. Just how old was he when he was the backbone for the great Toronto Maple Leafs dynasty of the 1960s?
He wasn't telling and no one really seemed to know. He looked like your grandfather, but he moved like a teenager -- light on his feet, quick with his hands and especially adept at thrusting his stick out to poke the puck from a charging attacker.
For more of Johnny Bower's 100 Greatest Players bio, please click here.
NOTES & TRANSACTIONS
- AHL Second All-Star Team (1951)
- AHL First All-Star Team (1952, 1953, 1956, 1957 1958)
- Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award (fewest goals against -- AHL) (1952, 1957, 1958)
- Outstanding Goaltender Award (fewest goals against -- WHL) (1955)
- Les Cunningham Award (MVP -- AHL) (1956, 1957, 1958)
- NHL First All-Star Team (1961)
- Played in NHL All-Star Game (1961, 1962, 1963, 1964)
- Traded to NY Rangers by Cleveland (AHL) with Eldred Kobussen for Emile Francis, Neil Strain and cash, July 20, 1953.
- Traded to Cleveland (AHL) by NY Rangers for Ed MacQueen and cash, July 31, 1957.
- Claimed by Toronto from Cleveland (AHL) in Inter-League Draft, June 3, 1958.
