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Gordie Howe

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Gordie Howe

Sport: Hockey
Career: Six-time Hart Memorial Trophy winner; recipient of first NHL Lifetime Achievement Award
Age at Unretirement: 45

After retiring after the 1970-1971 season with a wrist problem, Howe accepted a management job with the Red Wings, but returned to hockey for the 1973 season in the former World Hockey Assn. In 1997, he signed a one-game contract with the Detroit Vipers to play hockey at almost 70 years of age.