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Jean Beliveau in a Montreal diner, by Yale Joel, 1952

Beliveau drinks a glass of milk while he reads the paper
aug 31, 2025, 3:06 pm • 1 0

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Dean Frey @dean.bsky.social

Jean Beliveau knocks a puck past goaltender Gump Worsley, in a Habs-Rangers game from the late 50s. Gump was later traded to Montreal*, where he won four Stanley Cups along with Le Gros Bill. A great shot by Robert Riger. * apparently for trying to start a players' union in NY

Beliveau, standing alone in front of the net, puts the puck over a sprawled Worsley
aug 31, 2025, 3:07 pm • 1 0 • view
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Dean Frey @dean.bsky.social

Jean Béliveau by Yale Joel for Life Magazine, 1952

Beliveau goes for a ride in a horse-drawn carriage.
aug 31, 2025, 3:08 pm • 2 0 • view
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Dean Frey @dean.bsky.social

Here's Yale Joel's 1952 photo of a Jean Beliveau billboard in Montreal. Note that Beliveau was famous enough that they don't even use his name in the ad, and this was before he was in the Big League. He wouldn't play for Les Canadiens until the 1953-54 season.

Beliveau's smiling face on a poster for Chatelaine Laval.
aug 31, 2025, 3:10 pm • 3 0 • view