Veijo Kalevi Numminen (born 31 January 1940 in Tampere, Finland) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He played for Tappara. He was inducted into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame in 1986, and inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2011.

Numminen has also coached the national team of Finland in 1973-1974 and then again 1977-1982.

Kalevi Numminen

Kalevi's two sons, Teemu Numminen and Teppo Numminen are professional ice hockey players, with Teppo playing over 1,000 career games in the National Hockey League.

Kalevi Numminen

References

External links

Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame bio

1940 births

Living people

Ice hockey people from Tampere

Finnish ice hockey players

Tappara players

Ice hockey players with retired numbers

Olympic ice hockey players for Finland

Ice hockey players at the 1960 Winter Olympics

Ice hockey players at the 1964 Winter Olympics

IIHF Hall of Fame inductees

Finland men's national ice hockey team coaches

Kalevi Numminen