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Searching for Bobby Orr

Triumph Books

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The legend of Bobby Orr is one of the most enduring in all of sports. Even those who have never played the game of hockey know the mystique and tradition surrounding Boston's immortal defenseman. In the glory years of the Original Six, he and Gordy Howe were the Ted Williams and Joe DiMaggio of their sport with equally as rabid a following. In Searching for Bobby Orr, Canada's premier sportswriter gives us a compelling and graceful look at the life and time of Bobby Orr that is also a revealing portarit of the game and a county in transition.
The Bobby Orr story (Pro hockey library)

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A biography of the Boston Bruins' star defensive player considered by many to be one of the best all-round hockey players of all time.
Bobby Orr: my game,

Little, Brown

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Number Four, Bobby Orr! (Hockey Heroes Series)

Raincoast Books

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Joey and his dad are big hockey fans, and their favorite player is Bobby Orr, the Boston Bruins’s amazing defenseman. One day while playing hockey, Joey breaks his leg. From his hospital bed, he follows the Bruins’s thrilling Stanley Cup run and watches as his hero scores goal after goal. Then — miraculously! — Mr. Orr visits Joey in the hospital. He tells Joey about his bad knees and all the operations he’s had. Joey can hardly wait to tell his friends about the visit. But will he ever play hockey again? And will the Bruins win the Cup? This inspirational story is based on a real incident in Bobby Orr’s life.

The Devil and Bobby Hull: How Hockey's Original Million-Dollar Man Became the Game's Lost Legend

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An award-winning writer sets the record straight on hockey's forgotten golden boy—Bobby Hull

In his prime, few could dispute Bobby Hull's athletic brilliance—the first to have five 50-goal seasons, the highest scorer on the 1976 Canada Cup team, the first to use the slapshot as a scoring weapon, and the first hockey player to sign a million-dollar contract. With his body-builder torso, and his 100 mph volleys across a rink, the world of hockey glory was his to lose. And he did. With his publicized marital troubles and his defection from the NHL to the WHA, Hull's star began to fall, leaving him broke and in exile from the game. In The Devil and Bobby Hull, this once great hockey player and pioneer is finally given his due.

Not only are Hull's remarkable on-ice achievements finally put in perspective, so, too, are his achievements off the rink—including endorsements for a wide array of products (rare for an NHL player) and his appearance on the cover of Sports Illustrated a record four times. And the book details how Hull's battle with the owners of the Chicago Blackhawks—challenging the reserve clause in his contract, a move that enabled him to move to the WHA—helped other players follow him.

  • The author places Hull squarely in the pantheon of other hockey greats, including Gordie Howe, Bobby Orr, and Wayne Gretzky—and makes the case that he is the game's most influential and important player
  • This is the full, unauthorized story of Hull's life—that doesn't sidestep the controversies (including the domestic violence tainting his private life)
  • Details Hull's recent reconciliation with the Chicago Blackhawks

A candid look at one of hockey's most gifted and controversial figures, The Devil and Bobby Hull tells the story of his extraordinary career and life—and why this remarkable man has not faded into oblivion.


The Goal: Bobby Orr and the Most Famous Goal in Stanley Cup History

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Youngster's brave fight inspires - Buffalo News
Youngster's brave fight inspiresBobby Orr!” Deaglan shouted with delight as his little brother, Finnin, 2, giggled nearby. Just by looking at him, you'd never know that there was anything different about Deaglan, save for his curious fascination with a hockey star who last played

Playing with Bobby Orr quite a rush - Globe and Mail
Playing with Bobby Orr quite a rush - Globe and Mail Globe and MailPlaying with Bobby Orr quite a rush'Okay, let's see who shows up,” Bobby Orr says on the first tee of the par-five opening hole at the Jupiter Hills club. “I never know.” Orr smashes a drive well down the fairway at the challenging Hills, one of the club's two courses.

Chiarelli has some operating to do - Boston Globe
Chiarelli has some operating to do even the mighty, mighty Red Wings, but the scope and severity of Boston's injuries bordered on the catastrophic, even for a franchise with a rich and disappointing history of crucial physical setbacks, including the likes of Mssrs. Bobby Orr,

Beer and Hockey
Beer and Hockey I have hockey cards in my collection that date back to the Bobby Orr/Phil Esposito-era of the champion Pittsburgh Penguins. Since then Mario Lemieux and Jaromir Jagr drank champagne from the Cup of Lord Stanley. When in Pittsburgh you can drink with

The Morning Skate: Geno's Trick, Pavel's Pain, jr's Mouth and a ... - New York Times
The Morning Skate: Geno's Trick, Pavel's Pain, jr's Mouth and a ”I've seen that same thing happen to Bobby Orr and Paul Coffey, great offensive defensemen like Campbell.” After the game, Campbell said he'd make the same play again if the situation arose and another Hawk Hall of Famer, Stan Mikita, had no problem