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Also known as The Golden Jet

Canadian ice hockey player (1939–2023)

Person · Open Library

Born
1939
Works
5

Top works

  • Bobby Hull's hockey made easy
  • The Golden Jet
  • Bobby Hull's hockey made easy
  • Hockey is my game
  • The Golden Jet

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
JP

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
1
Total plays
1

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Bobby+Hull">Read more on Last.fm</a>

via Last.fm · Bobby Hull

Quotes

  • I think for kids it's the most important part of the game. You have to be able to skate forward and backward, stop and start, go from side to side. Those are the basics of the game.
  • The Christmas just before I turned four, my parents bought me a pair of little black skates and the Bay of Quinte was frozen and my two sisters took me out there and held my hands and taught me to skate. Now I don't know if this is true—although it sounds good!—but rumour has it by the end of the day they couldn't keep up with me.

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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
Team
_Deceased Ice Hockey
Position
Left Wing
Nationality
Canada

via TheSportsDB

Wikidata facts

Mass
87
Image
Bobby Hull.jpg
Height
178
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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
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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Article

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.

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