Swedish hockey great Börje Salming died on November 24, 2022.

An NHL All-Star, Toronto Maple Leaf legend and Swedish men’s national ice hockey team anchor. 

Börje Salming
Part of Sweden’s WC Ice-hockey series
Issued 2013
Designer: Eva Wilsson

Best Defenseman at EJC-A (1969) 
WEC-A All-Star Team (1973)
NHL Second All-Star Team (1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980)
Canada Cup All-Star Team (1976)
NHL First All-Star Team (1977)
Swedish World All-Star Team (1989)
Played in NHL All-Star Game (1976, 1977, 1978)

Salming’s number 21 hangs in the rafters at Scotiabank Arena, after it was retired in 2016 alongside other Leafs greats like Dave Keon, Johnny Bower and Doug Gilmour. He was also the fourth former Maple Leaf to be immortalized with a statue in the team’s Legends Row in Maple Leafs Square, alongside icons like Bower, Darryl Sittler and Ted Kennedy. 
Iconic Maple Leafs defenceman Börje Salming dies at 71 | CBC News