Gerry Cheevers
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Gerry Cheevers is a Hall of Fame Canadian goaltender best known for backstopping the Boston Bruins to two Stanley Cup championships and for his iconic mask decorated with painted stitches.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gerry Cheevers canonical | 2 |
| Gerald Michael Cheevers | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4629852 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Gerry Cheevers Context triple: [Toronto Marlboros, notableAlumni, Gerry Cheevers]
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A.
Rocky Carroll
Rocky Carroll is an American actor best known for his role as Director Leon Vance on the long-running television series NCIS.
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B.
Rich Gooch
Rich Gooch is a musician best known as a member of the American rock band Quarterflash.
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C.
Tim Meadows
Tim Meadows is an American actor and comedian best known as a longtime cast member on "Saturday Night Live" and for his roles in films and television comedies.
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D.
Terry Grossman
Terry Grossman is a television producer best known for his work on the sitcom "The Golden Palace," a spin-off of "The Golden Girls."
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E.
Turk Farrell
Turk Farrell was an American Major League Baseball pitcher known for his effective relief work and All-Star performances during the 1950s and 1960s.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gerry Cheevers Target entity description: Gerry Cheevers is a Hall of Fame Canadian goaltender best known for backstopping the Boston Bruins to two Stanley Cup championships and for his iconic mask decorated with painted stitches.
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A.
Rocky Carroll
Rocky Carroll is an American actor best known for his role as Director Leon Vance on the long-running television series NCIS.
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B.
Rich Gooch
Rich Gooch is a musician best known as a member of the American rock band Quarterflash.
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C.
Tim Meadows
Tim Meadows is an American actor and comedian best known as a longtime cast member on "Saturday Night Live" and for his roles in films and television comedies.
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D.
Terry Grossman
Terry Grossman is a television producer best known for his work on the sitcom "The Golden Palace," a spin-off of "The Golden Girls."
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E.
Turk Farrell
Turk Farrell was an American Major League Baseball pitcher known for his effective relief work and All-Star performances during the 1950s and 1960s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
National Hockey League player
ⓘ
Stanley Cup champion ⓘ human ⓘ ice hockey goaltender ⓘ ice hockey player ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Stanley Cup ⓘ |
| careerEnd | 1980 ⓘ |
| careerStart | 1961 ⓘ |
| catches | left ⓘ |
| coachedTeam | Boston Bruins ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Canada ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1940-12-07 ⓘ |
| draftStatus | undrafted ⓘ |
| familyName | Cheevers ⓘ |
| fullName |
Gerald Michael Cheevers
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linked to:
Gerry Cheevers
|
| givenName | Gerald ⓘ |
| hallOfFameInduction | Hockey Hall of Fame ⓘ |
| hallOfFameInductionYear | 1985 ⓘ |
| height |
180 cm
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5 ft 11 in ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | idea that each painted stitch represented a puck impact that would have required real stitches ⓘ |
| jerseyNumber | 30 ⓘ |
| jerseyNumberRetiredBy | Boston Bruins ⓘ |
| leaguePlayedIn |
National Hockey League
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World Hockey Association ⓘ |
| maskDesign | white mask with painted black stitches ⓘ |
| nationality | Canadian ⓘ |
| NHLTeamDebut | Toronto Maple Leafs ⓘ |
| notableFor |
goaltending for the Boston Bruins during the early 1970s
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wearing a goalie mask painted with stitches ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
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linked to:
St. Catharines
|
| playedFor |
Boston Bruins
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Cleveland Crusaders ⓘ Oshawa Generals ⓘ Rochester Americans ⓘ |
| playedIn |
1970 Stanley Cup Finals
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1972 Stanley Cup Finals ⓘ |
| positionPlayed | goaltender ⓘ |
| roleAfterRetirement |
head coach
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hockey broadcaster ⓘ hockey scout ⓘ |
| shoots | left ⓘ |
| sport | ice hockey ⓘ |
| StanleyCupWins |
1970
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1972 ⓘ |
| styleOfPlay | aggressive goaltending style ⓘ |
| weight | 180 lb ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Gerry Cheevers Description of subject: Gerry Cheevers is a Hall of Fame Canadian goaltender best known for backstopping the Boston Bruins to two Stanley Cup championships and for his iconic mask decorated with painted stitches.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Gerry Cheevers