Hockey Skates Bobby Orr, Chicago Blackhawks
date: label: Date made
content: 1978
name: label: user
content: Orr, Bobby
label: Associated Name
content: Chicago Blackhawks
label: maker
content: Reebok-CCM
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Bobby Orr wore these skates during his brief stint with the Chicago Blackhawks from 1976 to 1979 when he retired due to an on-going knee injury. Signed at age 14, Orr played in the metro Junior A League until he was 18. Orr played only nine seasons in the National Hockey League but in that time he became the premier defenseman of his time. He was named Rookie of the Year in 1966, won the Norris trophy for best defenseman for eight consecutive seasons and rated First All-Star team honors for those same seasons. Playing most of his career with the Boston Bruins, Orr signed with Chicago in 1976 but sat out the 1977 season due to injury. His early retirement in 1978 saw the end of an era in hockey. Orr was named Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year in 1970 and was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1979.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport
content: Ice Hockey
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: web subject
content: Sports
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bobby Orr
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.0634.01
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0634.01
label: accession number
content: 1979.0634
objectType: label: Object Name
content: hockey skates
label: Object Name
content: Skates, Pair of
label: Object Name
content: skates, ice hockey
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 2 1/4 in x 12 in; x 5.715 cm x 30.48 cm