Alex Delvecchio

Alexander Peter "Fats" Delvecchio (December 4, 1931 – July 1, 2025) was a Canadian ice hockey player and member of the Hockey Hall of Fame. He was born in Fort William, Ontario.

Death
Delvecchio died on July 1, 2025 in Rochester, Michigan at the age of 93.

Career statistics
     Regular season   Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1950-51 Oshawa Generals OHA 54 49 72 121 36     1950–51 Detroit Red Wings NHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1951–52 Indianapolis Capitals AHL 6 3 6 9 4      1951–52 Detroit Red Wings NHL 65 15 22 37 22 8 0 3 3 4 1952–53 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 16 43 59 28 6 2 4 6 2 1953–54 Detroit Red Wings NHL 69 11 18 29 34 12 2 7 9 7 1954–55 Detroit Red Wings NHL 69 17 31 48 37 11 7 8 15 2 1955–56 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 25 26 51 24 10 7 3 10 2 1956–57 Detroit Red Wings NHL 48 16 25 41 8 5 3 2 5 2 1957–58 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 21 38 59 22 4 0 1 1 0 1958–59 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 19 35 54 6 — — — — — 1959–60 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 19 28 47 8 6 2 6 8 0 1960–61 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 27 35 62 26 11 4 5 9 0 1961–62 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 26 43 69 18 — — — — — 1962–63 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 20 44 64 8 11 3 6 9 2 1963–64 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 23 30 53 11 14 3 8 11 0 1964–65 Detroit Red Wings NHL 68 25 42 67 16 7 2 3 5 4 1965–66 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 31 38 69 16 12 0 11 11 4 1966–67 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 17 38 55 10 — — — — — 1967–68 Detroit Red Wings NHL 74 22 48 70 14 — — — — — 1968–69 Detroit Red Wings NHL 72 25 58 83 8 — — — — — 1969–70 Detroit Red Wings NHL 73 21 47 68 24 4 0 2 2 0 1970–71 Detroit Red Wings NHL 77 21 34 55 6 — — — — — 1971–72 Detroit Red Wings NHL 75 20 45 65 22 — — — — — 1972–73 Detroit Red Wings NHL 77 18 53 71 13 — — — — — 1973–74 Detroit Red Wings NHL 11 1 4 5 2 — — — — — NHL totals 1549 456 825 1281 383 121 35 69 104 29

Achievements
 Holds NHL records for seasons played and games played in a career spent with only one team; second all-time in games played in a Red Wings uniform (Gordie Howe).
 Won three Stanley Cups with Detroit, in 1952, 1954 and 1955.
 Delvecchio did not learn to skate until he was twelve years old, a remarkably late age for an NHL player.
 Named a Second Team All-Star in 1953 (at centre) and 1959 (at left wing).
 Played in the All-Star Game 13 times (in 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965 and 1967), a total surpassed by only five players.
 Served as team captain for twelve years, a mark surpassed only in Wings' history by Steve Yzerman.
 Remains 8th all-time in NHL history in games played and 27th in points scored.
 Second in Red Wings history in games played; third in points, goals and assists
 In 1998, he was ranked number 82 on The Hockey News' list of the 100 Greatest Hockey Players.
 On November 10, 1991 his jersey, number 10, was retired by the Detroit Red Wings.
 On October 16, 2008, The Red Wings unveiled a commemorative statue commissioned by artist Omri R. Amrany.

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