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The NHL legend tells his story from his Ontario childhood to his years with the Bruins and Blackhawks, to today. New York Times Bestseller!
Bobby Orr is often referred to as the greatest defenseman ever to play the game of hockey. But all the brilliant achievements leave unsaid as much as they reveal. They don't tell what inspired Orr, what drove him, what it was like for a shy small-town kid to suddenly land in the full glare of the media. They don't tell what it was like when the agent he regarded as a brother betrayed him and left him in financial ruin. They don't tell what he thinks of the game of hockey today. Now he breaks his silence in a memoir as unique as the man himself... Includes photographs"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
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This is a book more about a man than about a hockey player...Epic and noble. The Atlantic
A must-read for anyone...who fondly remembers the glory years of the Big Bad Bruins. The Sun Chronicle
[Orr] wrote the book as if he were coaching both his sport and society, delivering lessons in honor and responsibility while he examines hockey at its best and worst. The Boston Globe
A gripping personal record: tracing the arc from stunning rookie phenom to defeated hero. The story is moving. It s a book that devotees of sport have to have on their bookshelves. Winnipeg Free Press"
-This is a book more about a man than about a hockey player...Epic and noble.---The Atlantic
-A must-read for anyone...who fondly remembers the glory years of the Big Bad Bruins.---The Sun Chronicle
-[Orr] wrote the book...as if he were coaching both his sport and society, delivering lessons in honor and responsibility while he examines hockey at its best and worst.---The Boston Globe
-A gripping personal record: tracing the arc from stunning rookie phenom to defeated hero. The story is moving. It's a book that devotees of sport have to have on their bookshelves.---Winnipeg Free Press
"This is a book more about a man than about a hockey player...Epic and noble."--The Atlantic
About the Author
Bobby Orr played for the Boston Bruins from 1966 to 1976, and then two more years for the Chicago Blackhawks. Among other records and honors, he remains the only defenseman to win the Art Ross Trophy league scoring title--twice--and he still holds the record for most points and assists at that position. He also won a record eight consecutive Norris Trophies as the NHL's best defenseman, and three consecutive Hart Trophies as the league's MVP, as well as two Conn Smythe Trophies as the Stanley Cup MVP. Orr was the youngest living player to be inducted in the Hockey Hall of Fame, at thirty-one.
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- PublisherPenguin Books Canada
- Publication date2014
- ISBN 10 0143184326
- ISBN 13 9780143184324
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages304
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Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. " One of the greatest sports figures of all time at last breaks his silence in a memoir as unique as the man himself. Number 4. It is just about the most common number in hockey, but invoke that number and you can only be talking about one player -- the man often referred to as the greatest ever to play the game: Bobby Orr. From 1966 through the mid-70s he could change a game just by stepping on the ice. Orr could do things that others simply couldnt, and while teammates and opponents alike scrambled to keep up, at times they could do little more than stop and watch. Many of his records still stand today and he remains the gold standard by which all other players are judged. Mention his name to any hockey fan or to anyone in New England and a look of awe will appear. But skill on the ice is only a part of his story. All of the trophies, records, and press clippings leave unsaid as much about the man as they reveal. They tell us what Orr did, but dont tell us what inspired him, who taught him, or what he learned along the way. They dont tell what it was like for a shy small-town kid to become one of the most celebrated athletes in the history of the game, all the while in the full glare of the media. They dont tell us what it was like when the agent he regarded as his brother betrayed him and left him in financial ruin, at the same time his battered knee left him unable to play the game he himself had redefined only a few seasons earlier. They dont tell about the players and people he learned to most admire along the way. They dont tell what he thinks of the game of hockey today. Orr himself has never put all this into words, until now. After decades of refusing to speak of his past in articles or authorized biographies, he finally tells his story, because he has something to share: I am a parent and a grandparent and I believe that I have lessons worth passing along. In the end, this is not just a book about hockey. The most meaningful biographies and memoirs rise above the careers out of which they grew. Bobby Orrs life goes far deeper than Stanley Cup rings, trophies and recognitions. His story is not only about the game, but also the age in which it was played. Its the story of a small-town kid who came to define its highs and lows, and inevitably it is a story of the lessons he learned along the way. ". Seller Inventory # 015448
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