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george armstrong -lrb- ice hockey -rrb-

george edward `` chief '' armstrong -lrb- born july 6 , 1930 -rrb- is a canadian former professional ice hockey centre who played 21 seasons in the national hockey league -lrb- nhl -rrb- for the toronto maple leafs .
he played 1,187 nhl games between 1950 and 1971 , all with toronto and a franchise record , and was the team 's captain for 13 seasons .
armstrong was a member of four stanley cup championship teams and played in seven nhl all-star games .
he scored the final goal of the nhl 's `` original six '' era as toronto won the 1967 stanley cup .
armstrong played both junior and senior hockey in the toronto marlboros organization and was a member of the 1950 allan cup winning team as senior champions of canada .
he returned to the marlboros following his playing career and coached the junior team to two memorial cup championships .
he served as a scout for the quebec nordiques , as an assistant general manager of the maple leafs and for part of the 1988 -- 89 nhl season as toronto 's head coach .
armstrong was inducted into the hockey hall of fame in 1975 and the maple leafs honoured his uniform number 10 in 1998 .
