caption height_ft played_for death_date shoots weight_lb birth_place death_place career_end position height_in birth_date image article_title career_start
stanowski with the maple leafs 5 toronto maple leafs new york rangers 28 june 2015 left 180 winnipeg , mb , can toronto , on , can 1951 defence 11 28 april 1919 wally stanowski leafs.jpg wally stanowski
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wally stanowski

walter peter stanowski -lrb- april 28 , 1919 -- june 28 , 2015 -rrb- was a canadian ice hockey defenceman .
he was born in winnipeg , manitoba .
stanowski started his national hockey league career with the toronto maple leafs in 1939 .
in 1941 , he was a member of the nhl all-star team .
he won four stanley cups with the maple leafs .
stanowski was traded to the new york rangers after the 1947-48 season .
he retired after the 1951 season .
stanowski was the last surviving member of maple leafs 1942 and 1945 stanley cup team .
as of 2015 , stanowski lived in a retirement home near toronto .
he died on june 28 , 2015 .
at the time of his death , stanowski was the oldest surviving maple leaf .
