Dave Dryden

David Murray Dryden was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender, who created and first used the modern goaltending mask, consisting of fibreglass and a cage. From 1962 to 1980, he played nine seasons in the National Hockey League for the New York Rangers, Chicago Black Hawks, Buffalo Sabres, and Edmonton Oilers, and in the World Hockey Association between 1974 and 1979 with the Chicago Cougars and Edmonton Oilers, as well as for other smaller teams in other minor leagues.

5 September 1941

Born on the same birth day (5 September): Carice van Houten • Cecilia Seghizzi • Claudette Colvin • Dweezil Zappa • Edmund Kennedy • Eduardo Mata • George O'Callaghan • Jean-Étienne Montucla • Kristian Alfonso • Lance Stephenson • Michael Keaton • Milinko Pantić • Nazr Mohammed • Pablo Reyes • Rosevelt Colvin • Salvatore Mastronunzio • Shane Sewell • Stacey Dales • Sunnyland Slim • Tommaso Campanella • Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb

Born in the same month (September 1941): Bob Matsui • Dale Chihuly • David Lewis (philosopher) • George Jackson (activist) • Kamalesh Sharma • Linda McCartney • Norma Winstone • Syed Abid Ali • Umberto Bossi