Orr
Subtitle: my story
By: Bobby Orr
Publisher: Viking
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 290
ISBN-13: 9780670066971
Subjects: Biography; Hockey players
Description: 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 couldn't, 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Parry Sound; title: Lessons from my parents; title: Oshawa; title: A rookie in Boston: 1966-1967; title: Toward the cup: 1967-1970; title: Heaven is black and gold: 1970-1975; title: Grapes; title: The last years: 1975-1979; title: About Alan Eagleson; title: Final act and beyond; title: State of the game; title: Some awards and recognitions: a personal perspective; title: Contracts; title: Career statistics and records.