Wayne Gretzky
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Wayne Gretzky -- the greatest player in the history of hockey -- 43, announced his retirement as a player on April 16, 1999 after 20 seasons in which he dominated the National Hockey League unlike any player in history. Gretzky helped win four Stanley Cup Championships and three Canada Cup tournament titles during his illustrious career. He became the NHL's all-time leading goal, assist and point producer for both regular season and playoffs. Gretzky won 10 Art Ross Trophies as the NHL's leading scorer, nine Hart Trophies as the League's MVP and two Conn Smythe Trophies as playoff MVP. He earned five Lady Byng Trophies as the NHL's most gentlemanly player and made 18 consecutive All-Star Game appearances, securing three All-Star MVP Awards. Gretzky is an eight-time First All-Star Team member and seven-time Second All-Star Team member. He holds virtually every offensive record in the NHL and his tireless support of the game has contributed significantly to the popularity it enjoys today. ESPN named Wayne Gretzky the fifth greatest athlete of the 20th century. Wayne Gretzky, the most honored player in a team sport with nine MVP awards and the only player in NHL history to record more than 200 points in a season, was voted No. 5 among North American athletes by SportsCentury's distinguished 48-person panel. Only Michael Jordan, Babe Ruth, Muhammad Ali and Jim Brown preceded him.

Wayne Gretzky received another accolade on June 5, 2000, when the Edmonton icon accepted his honorary University of Alberta doctor of laws degree for contributing to sport and community at the Jubilee Auditorium in Edmonton, Alberta. In January of 2003, Wheaties ("The Breakfast of Champions") honored Gretzky by releasing a special-edition Wheaties box in recognition of his great playing career. In April of 2003, Gretzky was named the first recipient of the International Horatio Alger Award, marking the first time in the history of the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans that a member of the international community was formally bestowed an award by the prestigious organization.

The restaurant in Toronto that bears his name, Wayne Gretzky's, is now in it's 12th year. A two-disc DVD of Wayne's career highlights, Ultimate Gretzky, was released by Warner Brothers in November 2003. The Wayne Gretzky Fantasy Camp has enjoyed two successful years in Scottsdale, Arizona and will move to Los Angeles, California for 2005.

The Wayne Gretzky Foundation is dedicated to helping disadvantaged youngsters throughout North America participate in hockey. The Foundation has held two successful hockey equipment drives in partnership with Ford Canada and raised over $120,000 at its first Golf Classic in April 2004.

For two decades, the ethereal Wayne Gretzky lifted hockey to new and dizzying heights while establishing himself as the greatest player of all time. He transcended hockey and was the most statistically dominant player in the history of North American team sports, an athlete who ranks with basketball's Michael Jordan and soccer's Pele as one of the greatest offensive forces in the history of any sport and a man whose name is mentioned in the same breath as Muhammad Ali as one of the greatest athletes of the 20th century.

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