As per our current Database, Maurice Richard has been died on May 27, 2000 (age 78).
When Maurice Richard die, Maurice Richard was 78 years old.
| Popular As | Maurice Richard |
| Occupation | Hockey Player |
| Age | 78 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Leo |
| Born | August 4, 1921 (Montreal, Canada) |
| Birthday | August 4 |
| Town/City | Montreal, Canada |
| Nationality | Canada |
Maurice Richard’s zodiac sign is Leo. According to astrologers, people born under the sign of Leo are natural born leaders. They are dramatic, creative, self-confident, dominant and extremely difficult to resist, able to achieve anything they want to in any area of life they commit to. There is a specific strength to a Leo and their "king of the jungle" status. Leo often has many friends for they are generous and loyal. Self-confident and attractive, this is a Sun sign capable of uniting different groups of people and leading them as one towards a shared cause, and their healthy sense of humor makes collaboration with other people even easier.
Maurice Richard was born in the Year of the Rooster. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Rooster are practical, resourceful, observant, analytical, straightforward, trusting, honest, perfectionists, neat and conservative. Compatible with Ox or Snake.
One of the NHL's all time greatest, known as Rocket Richard. He set numerous scoring records and retired with 544 career goals, all for the Montreal Canadiens.
Junior hockey injuries kept him out of the army, although he wanted to join desperately enough to apply four times.
He became the first player in NHL history to score 50 goals in a season, and he took only 50 games to do it.
He married Lucille Norchet, whom he met when he was 16 and she was 13. He had a total of seven children.
He gave the puck from his NHL record 325th career goal to Queen Elizabeth II.
