Swedish ice hockey player and manager

Peter Forsberg

Peter Mattias Forsberg is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player and former assistant general manager of Modo Hockey. Nicknamed "Peter the Great" and "Foppa", Forsberg was known for his on-ice vision and physical play, and is considered one of the greatest players of all time. Although his career was shortened by persistent injuries, as of 2024, he stands ninth all-time in career points-per-game and fifth all-time in career assists-per-game in the NHL, behind only Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux, Bobby Orr, and Connor McDavid. In 2017 Forsberg was named one of the '100 Greatest NHL Players' in history.

Born

1973

July 20

Died

Living

Era

1970s

Country

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Peter, in brief

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Key dates

1973 Born

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911 Rollo lays siege to Chartres.
1189 Richard I of England officially invested as Duke of Normandy.

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The world in 1973

When Peter arrived

april 1 Project Tiger, a tiger conservation project, is launched in the Jim Corbett National Park, India.
april 10 Invicta International Airlines Flight 435 crashes in a snowstorm on approach to Basel, Switzerland, killing 108 people.
april 19 The Portuguese Socialist Party is founded in the German town of Bad Münstereifel.
april 28 The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd, recorded in Abbey Road Studios goes to number one on the US Billboard chart, beginning a record-breaking 741-week chart run.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on July 20

Alberto Santos-Dumont 1873– Brazilian pilot (died 1932) Ben Simmons 1996– Australian basketball player Chris Cornell 1964–2017 American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2017) David Tonkin 1929–2000 Australian politician, 38th Premier of South Australia (died 2000) Elliot Richardson 1920–1999 American lawyer and politician, 69th United States Attorney General (born 1920) Gregor Mendel 1822–1884 Czech geneticist and botanist (born 1822) Heather Chasen 1927– English actress (died 2020) Heinie Manush 1901–1971 American baseball player and manager (died 1971) Ida Mett 1901–1973 Belarusian Jewish anarchist (died 1973)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1973

Abbath Doom Occulta 1973– Norwegian musician Alexander Vinokourov 1973– Kazakh cyclist and manager Alexei Yashin 1973– Russian ice hockey player and manager Andrew Brunette 1973– Canadian ice hockey player and coach Bartolo Colón 1973– Dominican-American baseball player Chan Ho Park 1973– South Korean baseball player Crispian Mills 1973– English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and director Damon Stoudamire 1973– American basketball player and coach Derrick Brooks 1973– American football player

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