Claude Chagnon (born March 21, 1948) was a
Canadian
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professional
ice hockey
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centre
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who was selected by the
Montreal Canadiens
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in the first round (sixth overall) of the
1964 NHL Amateur Draft
Events January
* January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved.
* January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...
. Chagnon never played a game in the
NHL
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.
Chagnon was born in
St. Pierre,
Quebec
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, Canada.
Career statistics
See also
*
List of Montreal Canadiens players
References
External links
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1948 births
Canadian ice hockey centres
Living people
Montreal Canadiens draft picks
Sportspeople from Quebec
National Hockey League first-round draft picks
Ice hockey people from Quebec