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RARE Forty-tude
David Sabino
February 17, 2003
These five stars have played long enough to leave lasting legacies but stayed strong enough, as they faced the Big Four-O, to perform at a level that still approaches their top form
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February 17, 2003

Rare Forty-tude

These five stars have played long enough to leave lasting legacies but stayed strong enough, as they faced the Big Four-O, to perform at a level that still approaches their top form

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RON FRANCIS

DATE OF BIRTH: March 1, 1963
ROOKIE SEASON: 1981-82
TEAMMATES AS A ROOKIE: Mark Howe, Dave Keon, Pierre Larouche, Blaine Stoughton
RIVALS AS A ROOKIE: Bobby Carpenter, Bobby Clarke, Marcel Dionne, Bernie Federko, Wayne Gretzky, Gilbert Perrault, Darryl Sittler

CAREER STATS 1,625 games; 533 goals; 1,206 assists; 1,739 points; 180 power play goals*

*Through Sunday's games

JOHN STOCKTON

DATE OF BIRTH: March 26, 1962
ROOKIE SEASON: 1984-85
TEAMMATES AS A ROOKIE: Adrian Dantley, John Drew, Rickey Green, Darrell Griffith
RIVALS AS A ROOKIE: Dennis Johnson, Magic Johnson, Fat Lever, John Lucas, Norm Nixon, Micheal Ray Richardson, Gus Williams

CAREER STATS 1,471 games; 19,373 points; 15,556 assists; 3,212 steals; 51.5 FG%*

*Through the All-Star break

[This article contains a table. Please see hardcopy of magazine or PDF.]

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