height_ft played_for halloffame death_date shoots weight_lb birth_place death_place career_end position height_in birth_date image article_title career_start
5 montreal new york americans canadiens renfrew creamery kings vancouver millionaires saskatoon sheiks 1950 21 november 1970 right 168 cornwall , on , can montreal , qc , can 1927 centre 9 31 october 1887 newsy lalonde.jpg newsy lalonde
 1904
newsy lalonde

Édouard cyrille `` newsy '' lalonde -lrb- october 31 , 1887 -- november 21 , 1970 -rrb- was a canadian professional ice hockey forward in the national hockey league -lrb- nhl -rrb- and a professional lacrosse player , regarded as one of hockey 's and lacrosse 's greatest players of the first half of the 20th century and one of sport 's most colourful characters .
he played for the montreal canadiens - considered to be the original `` flying frenchman '' - in the national hockey association and the nhl .
he also played for the wchl 's saskatoon sheiks .
before playing professional ice hockey , he worked in a newspaper plant , where he acquired the `` newsy '' moniker .
