Ted Lindsay, a Detroit Red Wings legend and four-time Stanley Cup winner, has died at the age of 93.
Lew LaPaugh, 67, Lindsay’s son-in-law, and the president of the Ted Lindsay Foundation, which donates money to autism research and management, confirmed Lindsay’s death Monday morning.
Lindsay, a native of Renfrew, Ontario, who was born in 1925, played 14 of his 17 NHL seasons with the Red Wings, winning Stanley Cups with Detroit in 1950, 1952, 1954, 1955. The left wing was nicknamed “Terrible Ted” for his toughness on the ice.
“He was a miserable little bastard,” linemate and fellow Hall of Famer Gordie Howe said of Lindsay during an interview in 2009 for the book, "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly," written by Ted Kulfan of The Detroit News.