Keith Arlen Magnuson was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman from Wadena, Saskatchewan who played in the National Hockey League between 1969 and 1979. Magnuson played 589 career NHL games, all with the Chicago Black Hawks, wearing # 3, and scoring 14 goals and 125 assists for 139 points.
In a trial arising out of the death of one of Chicago’s most beloved hockey players, Keith Magnuson, a jury awarded $9.5 million to the family of the former Chicago Blackhawks defenseman and coach. It is the largest jury verdict for a personal injury and/or wrongful death case in St. Louis County, Missouri. On December 15, 2003, Magnuson was in Toronto for the funeral of a fellow retired National Hockey League player who served with Magnuson on the board of the National Hockey League Alumni Association (NHLAA). Rob Ramage, a retired St. Louis Blues player, had rented a car from National Car Rental and was driving Magnuson to the NHLAA offices for a meeting when his car crossed the center line and crashed head-on into another vehicle. Magnuson died instantly from head and chest injuries. Blood alcohol tests revealed that Ramage was legally drunk at the time of the collision. Corboy & Demetrio attorneys along with St. Louis attorney Grant Davis represented the Magnuson family.