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Wayne Gretzky Biography

Wayne Gretzky is one of the most popular and richest Hockey Player who was born on January 26, 1961 in Brantford, Ontario, Canada. The four-time Stanley Cup Champion during his time with the Edmonton Oilers who tallied over 200 points over four distinct seasons. He also broke many records during his 20-year career. He is widely recognized as the greatest player in hockey ever to have played with the nickname “The Great One.”

While at Edmonton He was a key player on one of the most dominant team of NHL history, working alongside players like While with Edmonton, he spearheaded some of the most dominant teams in NHL history, playing alongside the likes of Mark Messier, Grant Fuhr, Glenn Anderson, Jari Kurri, and Paul Coffey., Grant Fuhr, Glenn Anderson, Jari Kurri as well as Paul Coffey.

Wayne Douglas Gretzky CC (/ˈ ɡ r ɛ t s k i / ; born January 26, 1961) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and former head coach. He played 20 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for four teams from 1979 to 1999. Nicknamed “The Great One”, he has been called “the greatest hockey player ever” by many sportswriters, players, and the NHL itself. Gretzky is the leading scorer in NHL history, with more goals and assists than any other player. He garnered more assists than any other player scored total points, and is the only NHL player to total over 200 points in one season – a feat he accomplished four times. In addition, Gretzky tallied over 100 points in 16 professional seasons, 14 of them consecutive. At the time of his retirement in 1999, he held 61 NHL records: 40 regular season records, 15 playoff records, and 6 All-Star records.

By age 10, Gretzky had scored an astonishing 378 goals and 139 assists in just one season with the Brantford Nadrofsky Steelers. His play attracted media attention beyond his hometown of Brantford, including a profile by John Iaboni in the Toronto Telegram in October 1971. In the 1974 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament, Gretzky scored 26 points playing for Brantford. By age 13, he had scored over 1,000 goals. His play attracted considerable negative attention from other players’ parents, including those of his teammates, and he was often booed. According to Walter, the “capper” was being booed on “Brantford Day” at Toronto’s Maple Leaf Gardens in February 1975.

He got married to the actress He married actress Janet Jones in 1988. His oldest daughter Paulina became a model and he also has a daughter named Emma and three sons named Tristan, Trevor and Ty. in 1988. His youngest child Paulina was a model. He also has one daughter named Emma as well as three boys with the names of Tristan, Trevor and Ty.

NameWayne Gretzky
First NameWayne
Last NameGretzky
OccupationHockey Player
BirthdayJanuary 26
Birth Year1961
Place of BirthBrantford
Home TownOntario
Birth CountryCanada
Birth SignCapricorn
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FatherNot Available
MotherNot Available
SiblingsBrent Gretzky, Kim Gretzky, Keith Gretzky, Glen Gretzky
SpouseJanet Jones
Children(s)Paulina Gretzky, Emma Gretzky, Ty Gretzky, Tristan Gretzky, Trevor Gretzky

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In this, Gretzky added his considerable influence as the preeminent NHL star of his day to that of the Soviets, who had also developed a more team-style of play, and had successfully used it against the best NHL teams, beginning in the 1972 Summit Series. “The Soviets and Gretzky changed the NHL game”, says Dryden. “Gretzky, the kid from Brantford with the Belarusian name, was the acceptable face of Soviet hockey. No Canadian kid wanted to play like Makarov or Larionov. They all wanted to play like Gretzky.”

Wayne Gretzky Net Worth

Wayne Gretzky is one of the richest Hockey Player from Canada. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Wayne Gretzky's net worth $250 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

The skate park in his backyard, where he practiced his skills on, was dubbed”the Wally Coliseum.

He took home the Lady Byng Trophy five times and breaking the record for six All-Star Records, as well as gazed down at fighting on the hockey rink.

Wayne Gretzky was born on January 26, 1961, in Brantford, Ontario, the son of Phyllis Leone (Hockin) and Walter Gretzky. The couple had married in 1960, and lived in an apartment in Brantford, where Walter worked for Bell Telephone Canada. The family moved into a house on Varadi Avenue in Brantford seven months after Wayne was born, chosen partly because its yard was flat enough to make an ice rink on every winter. Wayne was joined by a sister, Kim (born 1963), and brothers Keith, Glen and Brent. The family would regularly visit the farm of Wayne’s grandparents, Tony and Mary, and watch Hockey Night in Canada together. By age two, Wayne was trying to score goals against Mary using a souvenir stick. The farm was where Wayne skated on ice for the first time, aged two years, 10 months.

Net Worth$250 Million
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Source of IncomeHockey Player
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HouseLiving in own house.

When Gretzky was 14, his family arranged for him to move to and play hockey in Toronto, partly to further his career, and partly to remove him from the uncomfortable pressure he faced in his hometown. The Gretzkys had to legally challenge the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association to win Wayne the right to play in a different area, which was disallowed at the time. The Gretzkys won, and Wayne played Junior B hockey with the Toronto Nationals, in a league that included 20-year-olds. He earned Rookie of the Year honours in the Metro Junior B Hockey League in 1975–76, with 60 points in 28 games. The following year, as a 15–16-year-old, he had 72 points in 32 games with the same team, renamed the Seneca Nationals.

Gretzky made his first international appearance as a member of the Canadian national junior team at the 1978 World Junior Championships in Montreal, Quebec. The Canadian coach, Punch McLean, was originally skeptical of Gretzky’s ability as he was the youngest player to compete in the tournament at the age of 16. He went on to lead the tournament in scoring with 17 points to earn All-Star Team and Best Forward honours. His 17 points remain the most scored by a 16-year-old in the World Junior Championships. Canada finished with the bronze medal.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Gretzky learned much about hockey from his father on a backyard rink at his home. Walter Gretzky had been an outstanding Junior B hockey player. He cultivated a love of hockey in his sons and provided them with a backyard rink and drills to enhance their skills. On the backyard rink, nicknamed the “Wally Coliseum”, winter was total hockey immersion with Walter as mentor-teacher as well as teammate. Walter’s drills were his own invention, and were ahead of their time in Canada. Gretzky would later remark that the Soviet National Team’s practice drills, which impressed Canada in 1972, had nothing new to offer him: “I’d been doing these drills since I was three. My Dad was very smart.”

When he entered the league in 1979, critics opined that Gretzky was “too small, too wiry, and too slow to be a force in the [NHL].” His weight was 160 pounds (73 kg), compared to the NHL average of 189 pounds (86 kg) at that time. But that year, Gretzky tied for first place in scoring, and won the Hart Trophy for the league’s most valuable player. In his second year in the league, weighing just 165 pounds, he broke the previous single-season scoring record, racking up 164 points. The next year (1981–82), at 170 pounds—still “a wisp compared to the average NHL player”—he set the all-time goal-scoring record, putting 92 pucks in the net. He weighed “about 170 pounds” for the better part of his career. He consistently scored last in strength tests among the Edmonton Oilers, bench pressing only 140 pounds (64 kg).

Who is Wayne Gretzky Dating?

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In 1978, the World Hockey Association (WHA) league was in competition with the established NHL. The NHL did not allow the signing of players under age 20, but the WHA had no rules regarding such signings. Several WHA teams courted Gretzky, notably the Indianapolis Racers and the Birmingham Bulls. Birmingham Bulls owner John F. Bassett wanted to confront the NHL by signing as many young and promising superstars as possible and saw Gretzky as the most promising young prospect. However, it was Racers owner Nelson Skalbania who, on June 12, 1978, signed 17-year-old Gretzky to a seven-year personal services contract worth US$1.75 million. Gretzky scored his first professional goal against Dave Dryden of the Edmonton Oilers in his fifth game, and his second goal four seconds later. Skalbania opted to have Gretzky sign a personal-services contract rather than a standard player contract in part because he knew a deal to take some WHA teams into the NHL was in the works. He also knew that the Racers could not hope to be included among those teams, and hoped to keep the Racers alive long enough to collect compensation from the surviving teams when the WHA dissolved, as well as any funds earned from selling the young star.

Facts & Trivia

Wayne Ranked on the list of most popular Hockey Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Canada. Wayne Gretzky celebrates birthday on January 26 of every year.

In his first NHL season, 1979–80, Gretzky was awarded the Hart Memorial Trophy as the NHL’s Most Valuable Player (the first of eight in a row) and tied for the scoring lead with Marcel Dionne with 137 points. Although Gretzky played 79 games to Dionne’s 80, Dionne was awarded the Art Ross Trophy because he had scored more goals (53 to 51). The season still stands as the highest point total by a first-year player in NHL history. Gretzky became the youngest player to score 50 goals, but was not eligible for the Calder Memorial Trophy, given to the top NHL rookie, because of his previous year of WHA experience. The Calder was instead awarded to Boston Bruins defenceman Ray Bourque.

Why did Wayne Gretzky get removed from the Hall of Fame?

Wayne Gretzky CC
NHL DraftUndrafted
Playing career1978–1999
WebsiteOfficial website

Who is the greatest hockey player of all time?

Wayne Gretzky shattered long-standing records, notably scoring an unprecedented 894 goals. He also earned four Stanley Cups with the Edmonton Oilers (1984–85, 1987–88) and was named the NHL’s MVP nine (!) times (1980–87, 1989).

How many Stanley Cups did Gretzky win?

As centre and team captain, Gretzky led the Oilers to four Stanley Cup victories (in the 1983–84, 1984–85, 1986–87, and 1987–88 seasons). Following the 1987–88 season, he was traded to the Los Angeles Kings. Wayne Gretzky.

How was Gretzky so good?

He was grace under pressure, sneaky fast and dazzling on skates. He saw the entire ice the way a modern-day defenseman does. If Bobby Orr and Howe revolutionized the game, Gretzky took what became before him and molded the metaphorical clay into the perfect threat, perfect player and perfect athlete.

What is the Gretzky rule?

The Gretzky rule Gretzky held a press conference one day after being awarded the Hart Memorial Trophy, criticizing the NHL for punishing teams and players who previously benefited. The rule change became known as the “Gretzky rule.” The rule was reversed for the 1992–93 season.

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