Bobby Hull
| Bobby Hull | |||
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| Hockey Hall of Fame, 1983 | |||
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| Born |
January 3, 1939 Pointe Anne, Ontario, Canada |
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| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||
| Weight | 191 lb (87 kg; 13 st 9 lb) | ||
| Position | Left Wing | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
NHL Chicago Black Hawks Winnipeg Jets Hartford Whalers WHA Winnipeg Jets |
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| National team |
 Canada
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| Playing career | 1957–1980 | ||
Robert Marvin Hull, OC (born January 3, 1939) is a Canadian former ice hockey player who is regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. His blonde hair, end to end rushes, incredible skating speed, and ability to shoot the puck at very high velocity, all earned him the nickname "The Golden Jet". His talents were such that often one or two opposing players were assigned just to shadow him — a tribute to his explosiveness.
In his 23 years in the National Hockey League and World Hockey Association, Hull played for the Chicago Black Hawks, Winnipeg Jets, and Hartford Whalers. He won the Hart Memorial Trophy twice and the Art Ross Trophy three times, and he helped the Blackhawks win the Stanley Cup in 1961 as well as leading the WHA's Winnipeg Jets to Avco Cup championships in 1976, 1978, and 1979. He was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1983, and the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 1997. On January 27, 2017, in a ceremony during the All-Star Weekend in Los Angeles, Hull was part of the second group of players to be named one of the '100 Greatest NHL Players' in history.
Hull was born in Pointe Anne (now part of Belleville), Ontario. He played his minor hockey in Belleville, and then Jr. "B" hockey for the Woodstock Warriors in the fall of 1954. Although the Sarnia Legionnaires and the Waterloo Siskins were the Jr. "B" powerhouses of the 1950s, Hull threw a wrench into their domination, leading the Warriors to the 1955 Sutherland Cup as all-Ontario champions. Later, he played for the Galt Black Hawks and the St. Catharines Teepees in the Ontario Hockey Association, before joining the Chicago Black Hawks in 1957 at the age of 18.
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