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Bobby Hull
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Robert Marvin "Bobby" Hull OC (January 3, 1939 – January 30, 2023) was a retired Canadian ice hockey player. Hull was famous for his blond hair and great speed, earning him the nickname "the Golden Jet". He possessed the most feared slapshot of his day. In his 23 years in the National Hockey League and World Hockey Association, he played for the Chicago Black Hawks, Winnipeg Jets and Hartford Whalers.
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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.
Quoted in Andrew Podnieks, "One on One with Bobby Hull," Legends of Hockey.net (2001-12-11)
Hull comments on his belief that the most fundamental aspect of ice hockey is skating.
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.
Quoted in Andrew Podnieks, "One on One with Bobby Hull," Legends of Hockey.net (2001-12-11)
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Category:1939 births
Category:2023 deaths
Category:Ice hockey players from Canada
Category:Sportspeople from Ontario
Category:Officers of the Order of Canada
Category:Hockey Hall of Fame inductees