Colleen Howe
Deceased Person
1933 – 2009
Who was Colleen Howe?
Colleen Joffa Howe was a sports agent who founded Power Play International and Power Play Publications to manage the business interests of her husband, Hall of Fame hockey player Gordie Howe, as well as those of their sons Marty and Mark. She was married to Gordie for 55 years, until her death. As a civic leader, she brought the first Junior A hockey team to the United States, built the first indoor rink for public use in Michigan, and ran for Congress. In 2000, as "Mrs. Hockey", Howe received the Wayne Gretzky Award from the United States Hockey Hall of Fame, along with her husband and their two sons Mark and Marty.
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- Born
- Feb 17, 1933
Sandusky - Spouses
- Gordie Howe
(1953/04/15 - 2009/03/06)
- Gordie Howe
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Lived in
- Sandusky
- Died
- Mar 6, 2009
Bloomfield Hills
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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