Murray Balagus (October 15, 1929 – January 21, 2021) was a Canadian
ice hockey
Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Tw ...
centreman who played on six Manitoba Senior Hockey Championship teams. Balagus was born in
Winnipeg
Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Manitoba. It is centred on the confluence of the Red River of the North, Red and Assiniboine River, Assiniboine rivers. , Winnipeg h ...
,
Manitoba
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on October 15, 1929, and died in Winnipeg on January 21, 2021, at the age of 91.
Awards and achievements
*“Honoured Member” of the
Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame
The Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame and Museum is a hall of fame and museum for ice hockey in Manitoba, located on the main level of the Canada Life Centre in downtown Winnipeg.
It was established in 1985, when the first honoured members were named ...
References
External links
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Murray Balagus's biography at Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame
1929 births
2021 deaths
Canadian ice hockey centres
Ice hockey people from Winnipeg
20th-century Canadian sportsmen
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