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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.

Avainsanat: Sports, Bobby Hull, Blackhawks, Chicago Blackhawks, hockey, Canada Cup, NHL, WHA, Gordie Howe, Bobby Orr, Wayne Gretzky, hockey greats, great hockey players, Sports Illustrated

Tekijä(t)
Julkaisija
John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
Julkaisuvuosi
2011
Kieli
en
Painos
1
Julkaisijan yksikkö
Wiley
Sivumäärä
216 sivua
Kategoria
Urheilu, liikunta
Tiedostomuoto
E-kirja
eISBN (ePUB)
9781118065785
Painetun ISBN
9781118065747

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