IN MEMORY OF
Per-Erik "Pelle" Lindbergh


 

May 24, 1959 - November 12, 1985

Per-Erik Lindbergh, known as "Pelle" was from Stockholm, Sweden.  He came to the United States to play hockey and was goaltender for the Philadelphia Flyers from 1981 until his death in 1985. He was 5'9", 160 pounds, and in the few years he had to play hockey he proved to be an incredible goalie.


 

Pelle Lindbergh died November 13, 1985 after driving his Porshe at a high rate of speed into a wall.  He was driving under the influence of alcohol.   Pelle's body was returned to Sweden where they buried their hero with a 1000 white roses.  Drunk Driving is among the #1 killers today... but, people still continue to drink and drive.  PLEASE in memory of Pelle Lindbergh... enjoy your hockey games... but DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE!!!


News Article sent to me by a friend of Pelle's
 


 

Pelle's Accomplishments:

IN 5 NHL SEASONS HE...


Played 157 games
9,151 minutes 
GAA 3.30
Save % .883
7 Shut Outs

He won the Vezina Trophy in 1985


Here Bernie Parent is presenting Pelle with the Vezina Trophy
 

Pelle accomplished a lot in his short 5 years in the NHL... just think what he could've accomplished had he not made a wrong decision... Don't make the same mistake that Pelle did... Don't Drink and Drive and Don't let your Friends Drink and Drive!

In 1997 I had a hard time finding any information on Pelle and what I did find on the internet was on "The Goaltender Homepage" by Doug Norris.

Since then, a number of Pelle pages are coming up on the internet... Pelle deserves to be remembered, and instead of taking stuff from each page, I am going to list the sites here and I hope you will visit each of them and remember him if you knew him.... and get to know him if you didn't ever have that chance.   If you have any more information, pictures, or a page on Pelle Lindbergh, please email me at [email protected]
 

Other Pelle Pages -

Kenneth Sjölén Pelle - Page has Lots of Pictures and Links
NHL Goaltenders Page - nice page, has a picture of his "cheater" glove
Vezina Trophey Winners - has him listed and is linked to a picture of him
 

 Visit my Other pages -
Peggy's Stop DUI Page - In Memory of my husband and 3 children that were killed by a drunk driver
Peggy's Penguin Page - dedicated in Memory of Pelle
 

 
 

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