Larry Kwong
Canadian ice hockey player (1923-2018) · Canada · On the map · Athletes · Died at 94
Lawrence Kwong was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who was the first player of Chinese descent in the National Hockey League (NHL), playing one shift late in the third period of a 1948 game.
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He was the NHL's first player who was neither white nor Indigenous North American, debuting ten years before Willie O'Ree. Although denied much playing time in the NHL, Kwong was a top player in senior hockey leagues outside the NHL throughout his entire career and battled the likes of Jean Béliveau for the scoring race in Quebec.
