“Forget about style; worry about results,” was one of Robert Gordon Orr’s famous and favourite sayings. Robert Gordon Orr, also known as Bobby Orr was born on March 20th, 1948 in Parry Sound, Ontario. Orr was a hockey player who played in the National Hockey League for the Boston Bruins from 1966-1976. Bobby Orr was married to Margaret Louis Wood, and was the son of Robert and Arva Orr. He also has a sister named Pat and a brother named Ron. Bobby Orr was the third and youngest child in his family, but who would’ve known that this child would turn out to be #4 Bobby Orr, a Boston Bruins legend. Bobby Orr began to skate at the age of four, and would always practice at Seguin River. He fell in love with the sport of hockey and began to play …show more content…
organized hockey when he was five years old. He would always spend an extra hour every night practicing his shots in their garage. Bobby Orr would play Shinny to practice his stick-handling, and because he was the best one, Orr was nicknamed the “King of Shinny”. When Bobby Orr started to play Pee Wee and Bantam hockey, his coach Bucko McDonald introduced him to the position of defense, which is what he played for the rest of his hockey career. In 1960, all of the Original 6 NHL teams sent scouts to a tournament that Bobby Orr was playing in. The scouts were focusing on two players, named Eaton and Higgins, not Bobby Orr. When the Boston Bruins scout were watching a game, they noticed a player that was doing absolutely amazing. He played 58 out of 60 minutes, and the other two minutes that he wasn’t playing , he was sitting in the penalty box. That player was Bobby Orr. The scouts approached Bobby Orr, and he signed a Junior A contract with Boston to play with the Oshawa Generals. All of this only happened when he was 13 years old. In 1966, Bobby Orr signed a contract with the Boston Bruins, in which he would be given $50,000 for two years, plus and additional $25,000 as a signing bonus.
In current days, that would be equivalent to $423,000 which is plenty of money to earn. He first entered an NHL camp in London, Ontario and got a chance to practice with some of the veteran Boston Bruins players. Boston’s style of playing hockey was quite physical and rough, but because Orr didn’t complain once about their aggressive playing-style, his teammates accepted him much faster. Bobby Orr was very anxious to play in his first NHL game, which was against the Detroit Red Wings. Although he did not score a goal,he played extremely well and was pleased by his performance. Bobby’s first goal was against Boston’s rivals, the Montreal Canadiens. There was a huge scramble in front of the net, and then the puck slid out to Orr. He fired a shot from the point right past Gump Worsley, the Habs goaltender. Then, in 1969, Bobby Orr was selected to be the captain for the Boston Bruins after Ted Green got injured. In that same season, Bobby Orr lead the Boston Bruins to the Stanley Cup Finals against the St. Louis Blues. The Bruins lead the series 3-0 and headed into overtime in game four. He scored the Stanley Cup winning goal on May 10th. “The Goal”, was the nickname given to Bobby Orr’s Stanley Cup winning goal, as he flew through the air while the puck slid into the …show more content…
net. In the 1976-1977 NHL season, Orr’s agent did not inform him about Boston’s new contract for him, so he was released and then signed a contract with the Chicago Blackhawks. Bobby Orr got a knee injury in the 1969 season (before the playoffs started), and knew he wasn’t fit enough as he had too many knee problems after that. He decided to retire and did so on November 8th, 1978 at the age of 30. Since he was born in Canada, Orr got the chance to play for his country in 1972 and 1976. In 1972, Bobby Orr played in the Canada Summit and defeated the Soviet Union with the help of Paul Henderson, who got the game winning goal. Then in 1976, Bobby Orr played for team Canada in the Canada Cup. Canada won the cup, and Bobby Orr was named the MVP of the tournament. Orr played great with team Canada and had a terrific NHL career, especially when he was part of the Boston Bruins. Bobby Orr has won many awards and achievements from the NHL.
The James Norris Trophy is given to the best defender at the end of the season, and he won this award eight years in a row from 1968-1976. Bobby Orr was also rewarded with the Hart Memorial Trophy three times, which is for the MVP of the NHL season. He also won the Conn Smythe Trophy twice because he was the MVP of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Since he had the most points at the end of one of his NHL seasons, Bobby Orr was given the Art Ross Trophy twice, and he won the Calder Memorial Trophy which is given to the most skilled player in their first NHL season. One trophy that all hockey players dream of holding is the Stanley Cup, and Bobby Orr carried it twice. One of his major achievements was getting inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in
1979. Bobby Orr finished his hockey career with 657 games played, 270 goals, 645 assists, 915 points and 953 penalty in minutes, not including playoffs. He finished his playoff career with 74 games played, 26 goals, 66 assists, 92 points and 107 penalty in minutes. In the 1974-1975 NHL season, Bobby Orr reached a career high of 46 goals scored with the Boston Bruins. For a defenceman, Bobby Orr scored a lot of goals. His highest point season was in 1970-1971, when he got 139 points while playing with the Bruins. Orr’s lowest point season was in 1978-1979(last NHL season), when he scored four points. That is because he only played six games. Bobby Orr managed to score a lot of points in his hockey career, which is a huge achievement for a defenceman. On January 9th, 1979, Bobby Orr Night was held by the Boston Bruins in honour of their retired star defenceman. The Boston Garden crowd cheered for eleven minutes straight, in which Bobby Orr couldn’t speak. Bobby Orr was also a great inspiration to the Boston Celtics legend, Larry Bird. He would attend every Boston home game, and during the national anthems, he would look up at Bobby Orr’s banner for inspiration. #4 Bobby Orr is a Boston Bruins legend who carried his team to the hoist the Stanley Cup twice, along with getting many individual awards as well.
Not long after Gretzky arrived, the franchise closed its doors and sold its young asset to the NHL's Edmonton Oilers. “In the fall of 1979, Gretzky embarked on his first full NHL season As he had at every other level, he quickly started to dominate the competition, racking up an astonishing 51 goals and 86 assists, on his way to winning the league's Hart Memorial Trophy, an award recognizing its most valuable player,” (“Wayne Gretzky Biography”). It was the first time in history a first-year player had ever been honored with the award. Gretzky went on to win the Hart Memorial Trophy nine more times over the span of his career. To this day, he still holds the record for the most times that specific award has been given to an individual (Getz).
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After his rookie year with the Edmonton Oilers, Wayne had already held a record; "Most assists by a player in his first NHL season", and more and more followed as he played out his career. Gretzky holds the most goals in regular seasons at 89... ... middle of paper ... ... ing his many years in the NHL he played for Team Canadaat the Canadian Cup Championships, winning in 1984, 1987, and in 1991. Just reviewing all the achievements, accomplishments and awards Waynehas received, you can truly understand why Gretzky has received the name "The Great One", and why he is the greatest Canadian hockey player to play the game.
In 1993, the Harold C. Case Scholarship for outstanding academic achievement was awarded to fourteen students in the Boston University junior class. I was one of two students in the College of Communication and one of two students in the School of Management to receive the award. I view this award as recognition of the difficult journey I undertook to become the first person in the history of Boston University to combine a broadcast journalism degree with a business degree. Although the university allowed students to pursue dual degrees, it was highly discouraged for someone to attempt to dual major in two professional schools. Some people believed that I was stubborn when I would not accept this. By carefully planning my courses from the start to satisfy the requirements of both degrees and by enlisting the support of key advisors, I succeeded in four years.
Patrick Kane is a hockey player for the Chicago Blackhawks and he “became the first American-born player to win the Art Ross Trophy, awarded to the NHL point leader at the end of the regular season” (“Patrick Kane”). His goal on ice may be to score a goal or to clinch a Stanley Cup victory, but off the ice he wants to be a role model to kids and to anyone else for that matter. He may have had a couple hiccups in the start of his career, but that does not stop the millionaire athlete from becoming one of the most well looked up to and respected hockey players in the NHL (“Patrick Kane Bio”). Patrick Kane is able to influence kids and others with his performance on and off the ice with the Chicago Blackhawks.
Some player's wish of winning a NBA Title but 'Larry Legend' won 3. Being the 5th overall pick in the 1978 NBA Draft Larry Bird played 13 seasons as a Boston Celtic, winning 3 NBA Championships in 1981, '84, and '86. He was Finals MVP twice in 1984, and '86, NBA MVP 3 straight years in 1984, ?85, and ?86, NBA All- Star for 9 straight years 1980- '89, elected to the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame in 1998, Nine- time All NBA 1st Team 1980- '88, and Olympic Gold Medalist in 1992 with the 'Dream Team'.
Gretzky was born on January 26, 1961 in Brantford, Ontario, Canada (Biography.com). He began skating at age two and started playing the game around age six, at this age he was playing hockey with older boys (Biography.com). Gretzky’s dad taught him how to skate in their backyard on a rink Wayne had built (Gretzky). He spent countless hours practicing how to skate, leading up to his shooting and stickhandling style which helped him in his professional career (Gretzky). Gretzky’s first year playing in a league he only scored one goal the whole season, however as time went on he got better (Gretzky). He finished his minor league career by scoring 378 goals in his final season (Gretzky). As a tennager Gretzky finished his one and only season with the OHA second in scoring, after he was first in the 1978 World Junior Championships (Gretzky). As a child Gretzky always wore the number ‘9’, which was inspired by Gordie Howe, after a teammate took the number he started wearing his classic number ‘99’
Did you know that Joe Montana grew up in a town where many other great quarterbacks grew up for example Dan Darino and become one of the best to ever play. Joe had a amazing life he won many awards and become very famous over the years. He has a beautiful wife and two kids. Joe montana is one of the greatest football players to ever play.
first time at bat in little league. When he grew he joined the wrestling team
Walter Payton was born in July 25, 1954. Son of Peter and Alyne Payton, Walter Payton was born in Colombia, Missouri. Walter’s father wasn’t really into football as much as people thought, Peter Payton was a semi-pro baseball player. Walter was had one older brother Eddie, who was born 3 years before Walter but in the near future wasn’t the one to be a football star. Eddie learned a lot about football from his dad, but when Walter was born, he knew he would have competition. At a very young age Walter and Eddie would have pickup games in the backyard. When Walter was 5 he started to play in a little league. Coaches were shocked to see Walter play football, almost every time he touched the football, touchdown. Not only his parents, but the players, and the coaches noticed that the harder Walter works he could go far.
“I’m not concerned with your liking or disliking me, All I ask is that you respect me as a human being”(JackieRobinson.com).This was once said by a man named Jackie Robinson, Jackie was a very great and multi-talented man that changed baseball history forever.
For much of the 20th century, African-American citizens had been disenfranchised throughout the South and the entire United States, they were regarded as inferior second-class citizens. Despite efforts to integrate society, the political and economic systems were meant to continue the cycle of oppression against African-Americans, throughout the south and indirectly yet ever present in the north. These laws of segregation, otherwise knows as Jim Crow laws, applied to almost every aspect of southern American society, including sports. During this time period, African-American athletes had to resort to second class organizational leagues to play in, this included the famous baseball player Jackie Robinson. Much of this institutionalized racism
Jackie Robinson was a black man that played a white man only sport. Jackie Robinson’s life was outstanding regardless of the obstacles that were thrown in his way in order for him to make it to the top. Jackie Robinson overcame the pain people put him through with the support of his family, friends, and his God given talent, which was playing baseball. Jackie Robinson overcame the negativity of white people during the Civil Rights Movement. For this reason, Jackie Robinson never gave up on his dream and proved people wrong. Jackie Robinson became a vocal champion for the African-American athletes around the world (“Robinson, Jackie - Black History”).
Jackie Robinson once said that “"A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives." (Brainy Quotes). Jackie Robinson faced more abuse than any other baseball player. Jackie Robinson had his mind set on breaking the color barrier for African Americans. Jackie Robinson had the muscle strength and talent to inspire and change the color barrier in Major League baseball. Jackie Robinson was one of the most significant baseball players that America has ever known for Jackie Robinson’s bravery to stop the color barrier for, his inspiration he gave to people all around the world and for his accomplishments during baseball and outside of baseball this made him one of the most valuable players in the National League.
He played every game during this period. After injuring his knee twice in the ruck, he moved to play on the wing and went on to win two Brownlow Medals.