RIP Lorne "Gump" Worsley

Tedw9

A HOF'er on the ice, and a HOF'er signing autographs. He will really be missed.


Gump Worsley

Ladder7

Sad, he was a good old goalie. I remember watching him play against the B's on the little B&W portable with the rabbit ears in my room. (My older brother hated hockey and dominated the console TV.) Dang, I'm a fossil.

GDM67

From the classic era of sports nicknames. I saw him first on a Sportscaster card, looking very much like he does in that image above. He always sort of reminded me of Morey Amsterdam, from The Dick Van Dyke Show.

Onlypsahockey

R.I.P. Gumpa!

Truely one of the legendary backstops of the game.

Sadly we'll be losing many great stars of the 50's and 60's
over the next few years.




One of my favorite goalie cards ever made:

Stingray

That 61 is a nice looking card!!

Goodsport40

Love those 57's! Gump was one of the first "old time" players my dad ever told me about. Rest easy, Gump!

Robert

PuertoRicanFogBank

Ah, the Gumper.

Great goalie, better hair.

Remember Gump between the pipes at the old Met.

estang

I never saw him play --- too young. Amazing he never wore a mask. I cannot figure that one out.

Man, those old North Star uniforms were sharp looking. What a frickin' shame we lost that name & colors for what is now pathetic --- Wild

RedHeart54

1953-54 Parkhurst rookie card

PuertoRicanFogBank

What a frickin' shame we lost that name & colors for what is now pathetic --- Wild

Amen, brother.

Nights at the old Met were unreal.

Kind of sad.

HoofHearted

Sad news. I remember the name mostly growing up in southern Minnesota in the '60s...

nightcrawler

R.I.P. Gump.

He was a little before my time, but I saw his show on the biography channel and man he was awsome.