Orr: My Story [SIGNED]

Orr, Bobby

Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 2013

About this Item

New condition dark gray boards, textured white spine and gold front cover and spine lettering contained in a new condition non price-clipped photographic dust jacket. Includes Praise for Orr: My Story; Author Dedication; Foreword by Royce Tennant; Introduction; Epilogue; Appendices: Some Awards and Recognitions: A Personal Perspective, Contracts, Career Statistics and Records; Afterword; Acknowledgments; Sources; Photo Credits; and Index. Illustrated with three sections of both black-and-white and color photographic plates plus photographic front and rear endpapers. Signed by the author with blue pen at the lower section of the full title page. "One of the greatest sports figures of all time breaks his silence in a memoir as unique as the man himself. Bobby Orr is often referred to as the greatest ever to play the game of hockey. From his rookie year in 1966 through the mid-1970s, he could change a game just by stepping on the ice. No defenseman had ever played the way he did, received so many trophies, or set so many records, several of which still stand today. "Too bad they don't have another league for him to go to. He's too good for the NHL," said one of his opponents. "I don't know that there has ever been anybody that so completely dominated a team sport," said another. "There's stars, superstars, and then there's Bobby Orr." But all the brilliant achievements and accolades leave unsaid as much as they reveal. They don't tell what inspired Orr, who taught him, 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 at the same time his battered knee left him unable to play the game he himself had redefined. They don't tel what he thinks of the state of the game of hockey today: training, fundamentals, coaches, agents, money, or - most important - passion. He is speaking out now because "I am a parent and a grandparent, and I believe that I have lessons worth passing on." Orr: My Story is more than a book about hockey - it is about the making of a man." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps. Seller Inventory # 007465

Bibliographic Details

Title: Orr: My Story [SIGNED]

Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York

Publication Date: 2013

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

Dust Jacket Condition: New