Raimo Kilpiö

Kilpiö made his SM-sarja debut with Ilves during the 1953–54 season. Kilpiö was one of the best forward stars of his time. Among other things, he was chosen four times as the best forward in the SM-sarja. Kilpiö won the Finnish championship six times, the first four of which came with Ilves, one in RU-38 and one in Ässät. In SM-sarja and SM-liiga, Kilpiö scored 492 points in 459 matches. In football, Kilpiö won the silver medal in the national championship with TaPa in 1962. In the same year, he also played one B national match. In 1956, Kilpiö won the A-junior district championship in TaPa's team, which also featured footballer Matti Mäkelä and Kilpiö's teammate from Ilves, Räshid Hakimsan. Today, the SM-liiga annually awards the Raimo Kilpiö trophy, which is given to the league's gentleman player of the year. Ässät have retired Kilpiö's number 11. The jersey has been raised to the rafters of the Isomäki Areena in the colors of RU-38.