Name: Brett Alexander Blake Lindros
Born: December 2nd, 1975 in London, Ontario, Canada
Resides: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Job: Host for the 'Be a Player show' on ESPN2 (US) and TSN (Canada)
Drafted, Junior: 2nd overall, 1992 by Kingston Frontenacs, OHL
High School: St. Michael's College High School
Drafted: 9th overall, 1994 by the New York Islanders
Position: Right Wing
Number: #75
Retired: May 1st 1996
Height: 6 foot 4 inches
Weight: Twohundredandtenish
Shoots: Right
Shoesize: Twelve
Family: Parents - Bonnie & Carl,
older Brother - Eric, younger Sister - Robin

Family background: Brett Lindros has Swedish heritage. His great Grandfather Axel immigrated from Varnamo, Sweden to Canada at the beginning of this century and Brett is the third generation of Lindroses that's been born in Canada.

Family name background: Lindros is a Swedish name and it means rose of Linden. When Sweden started to register it's people a few centuries ago, they had to give them last names. If you were a soldier and you were brave they named you Brave. If you lived on a farm surrounded by linden trees in bloom, then that's what they named you, Lindros. . .