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Bobby Hull is a Canadian ice hockey player who competed in the National Hockey League. He played as a winger, specifically identified as a left wing, for teams including the Chicago Blackhawks, Hartford Whalers, New York Rangers, and Winnipeg Jets. Over his career, he played 1063 matches, recording 610 total goals, 560 assists, and 1170 total points. His statistical record also includes 4577 total shots, 634 penalty minutes, and a career plus-minus rating of 249.
Hull received several awards, including the Hart Memorial Trophy, Art Ross Trophy, and Lady Byng Memorial Trophy. He is recognized in the Hockey Hall of Fame collection and is a member of Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. He is the father of Brett Hull and Bart Hull, and the sibling of Dennis Hull.
Synthesized by Vinony from 27 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, Thesportsdb, Vinony collections. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1939-01-03 ) January 3, 1939, Point Anne , Ontario, Canada
- Died
- January 30, 2023 (2023-01-30) (aged 84), Wheaton, Illinois , U.S.
- Height
- 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
- Weight
- 191 lb (87 kg; 13 st 9 lb)
- Position
- Left wing
- Shot
- Left
- Played for
- Chicago Black Hawks Winnipeg Jets Hartford Whalers
- National team
- Canada
- Playing career
- 1957 – 1980
- Website
- www .bobbyhull .ca
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Ice Hockey
- Position
- Left Wing
- Nationality
- Canada
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Bobby
- Family name
- Hull
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of death
- Wheaton
- Child
- Bart Hull
- Sibling
- Dennis Hull
- Occupation
- ice hockey player
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- professional sport
- Sport
- ice hockey
- Member of team
- Winnipeg Jets
- Position played
- winger
- League
- National Hockey League
- Country for sport
- Canada
- Mass
- 87
- Image
- Bobby Hull.jpg
- Height
- 178
- Work location
- Ontario
Show 15 more facts
- date of birth
- 1939-01-03
- Commons category
- Bobby Hull
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 1063
- total goals in career
- 610
- total shots in career
- 4577
- penalty minutes in career
- 634
- career plus-minus rating
- 249
- total points in career
- 1170
- total assists in career
- 560
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- date of death
- 2023-01-30
- nickname
- Comète blonde
- birth name
- Robert Marvin Hull
- start of work period
- 1957-00-00
- end of work period
- 1980-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Robert Marvin Hull (January 3, 1939 – January 30, 2023) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. His blond hair, skating speed, end-to-end rushes, and ability to shoot the puck at very high velocity all earned him the nickname "the Golden Jet". His talents were such that an opposing player was often assigned just to shadow him.
During his 23-year playing career, from 1957 to 1980, he played in both the National Hockey League (NHL) and World Hockey Association (WHA) with the Chicago Black Hawks, Winnipeg Jets, and Hartford Whalers. He won the Hart Memorial Trophy as the NHL's most valuable player twice and the Art Ross Trophy as the NHL's leading point scorer three times, while helping the Black Hawks win the Stanley Cup in 1961. He also led the WHA's Winnipeg Jets to Avco Cup championships in 1976 and 1978. He led the NHL in goals seven times, the second most of any player in history, and led the WHA in goals one additional time while being the WHA's most valuable player two times; his 77 goals scored in the 1974–75 WHA season was the most in league history.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bobby Hull” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.