Gaston Reginald Gingras is a retired professional ice hockey defenceman who played ten seasons in the National Hockey League. Gingras did not start playing hockey until the age of seven, when he convinced his mother that if his best buddy could play then he would play too and she got the necessary equipment for both boys. In 1974, he played for the North Bay Trappers of the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League and then with the Kitchener Rangers of the Ontario Hockey League, followed by the Hamilton Fincups also of the OHL. He then joined the World Hockey Association for the 1978/79 season with the Birmingham Bulls. Gingras spent one season in Birmingham, joining Michel Goulet, Rick Vaive, Craig Hartsburg, Rob Ramage, Pat Riggin and Keith Crowder. After the 1978-79 season, the WHA merged with the NHL. Included in the merger were New England, Quebec, Winnipeg,and Edmonton. Birmingham and Cincinnati were not brought under the auspices of the NHL and subsequently disbanded. In the 1979 NHL Entry Draft, Gingras was drafted by the Montreal Canadiens. [More at Wikipedia]

February 13th, 1959 in Témiscamingue Regional County Municipality (Age 65)