A look back at the epic career of Detroit Red Wings great Ted Lindsay, who died Monday at age 93. Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press
Ted Lindsay’s nicknames were “Terrible Ted” and “Old Scarface” because Lindsay played tough and sometimes dirty.
That hell-bent style was reflected in the tiny ridges, bumps, wrinkles and puffy marks on his cheeks and chin that gave his face a hang-dog look.
Lindsay, one of the greatest Detroit Red Wings of all time, received some 600 stitches during his hall-of-fame career, most of them in his face.
One day, an acquaintance, holding the hand of his 2-year-old daughter, ran into Lindsay on the street.