Bibliograph

Orr, my story, Bobby Orr

Type

Label

Orr, my story, Bobby Orr

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (page 283) and index

resource.biographical

autobiography

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Orr

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

820434267

Responsibility statement

Bobby Orr

Sub title

my story

Summary

The author is often referred to as the greatest ever to play the game of hockey. From 1966 through the mid-seventies, he could change a game just by stepping on the ice. No defenseman had ever played the way he did, or received so many trophies, or set so many records, several of which still stand today. But all the brilliant achievements leave unsaid as much as they reveal. They don't tell what inspired 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. They don't tell what he thinks of the game of hockey today. He is speaking out now because 'I am a parent and a grandparent and I believe that I have lessons worth passing on.'

Table Of Contents

Parry Sound -- Lessons from my parents -- Oshawa -- A rookie in Boston: 1966-1967 -- Toward the cup: 1967-1970 -- Heaven is black and gold: 1970-1975 -- Grapes -- The last years: 1975-1979 -- About Alan Eagleson -- Final act and beyond -- State of the game

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