Gordie Howe

Ice hockey, Detroit Red Wings, Houston Aeros and Hartford Whalers. Howe won six scoring titles and four Stanley Cups with Detroit and retired in 1971, then returned two years later in the rival WHA to play on a line with his sons Mark and Marty, winning that league's MVP award in his mid-forties. He played every game of a final NHL season in 1979–80 at the age of 51 and 52, scoring 15 goals.