Met one of the greatest today
zep33
Posts: 6,897 ✭✭✭
I stopped at CVS on the way to a golf tournament I was playing in today and picked up a pack of index cards and a new sharpie in case I ran into someone of interest. Sure am glad I did. Was thinking maybe one or 2 of the Red Sox players may show up since it was an off day for them and this tournament was on a premier course locally. Wasn't expecting this guy to be playing in it though...
0
Comments
<< <i>Bobby Orr I believe!! >>
Me too!
nice autograph.
j
RIP GURU
<< <i>Oh yeah! He was one of the greatest tennis players I ever saw. >>
Are you sure? I think he is the guy that was the world chess champion, then went freako.
Boston was one of the best teams in the day and one night we got an idea of just how good, and how much respect Orr commanded from other players. Bruins got a penalty and as usual with all teams against the Seals Boston just played keep away. However on one particular sequence, Orr skated the puck (shorthanded mind you) into the Seals zone and around the net, and not finding a pass simply kept going back down to the Bruins zone and back behind the Bruins net. They Bruins broke the puck out as if on a power play, the puck came back to Orr in the neutral zone where got checked by a Seal but still held the puck. However the check knocked off one of Orr's gloves.
I'm sure this only lasted a few seconds but it seemed longer...Orr had the puck on his stick, his glove on the ice about 2 feet away and the Seals player giving him a little room and not challenging. I think the Seals player was afraid if he challenged Orr for the puck he'd just skate away with it. Orr sensed that and made a move to reach for the glove, the Sealls player moved towards him, so Orr backed of, then the Seal backed off. This happened at least two more times, until Orr grabbed the glove, moved the puck around the player and play went on.
Damndest thing I ever saw in a hockey game but that's how good Bobby Orr was and everyone in the league knew it. Gretzky was great and deserves the moniker of the "Great One" but Orr was a better skater and all around player not to mention the best defenseman maybe ever...and he could more than hold his own in a scrap.
Bobby Orr has always been a classy guy on and off the ice. He lives local here and has alway been involved in charity work.
Last night at the auction, he helped raise a lot of money by signing a couple jersey's that sold for $2000 each and a couple of large photos signed by himself and Derek Sanderson that went for I think $600 each. He didn't ask for a thing in return. You don't see that much, if at all, anymore.
Derek was there too last night (those two are good friends). Spent a few minutes talking to him as well - another nice guy from the past
<< <i>Cool story Moose
Bobby Orr has always been a classy guy on and off the ice. He lives local here and has alway been involved in charity work.
Last night at the auction, he helped raise a lot of money by signing a couple jersey's that sold for $2000 each and a couple of large photos signed by himself and Derek Sanderson that went for I think $600 each. He didn't ask for a thing in return. You don't see that much, if at all, anymore.
Derek was there too last night (those two are good friends). Spent a few minutes talking to him as well - another nice guy from the past >>
seems that guys from the past are usually more friendly than current stars...I remember a show in Ohio where Otto Graham, Lou Groza and Dante Lavelli were signing autos. They took time to talk with folks and even pose for pictures. Granted the autos cost but they didn't have hissy fits about pictures or charge extra.
In more recent period, I can say from first hand experience that if you had met Jeremy Roenick or Joe Thornton say at a family gathering, you would have no clue that they were NHL superstars. Both guys are so amazingly grounded it's unreal in today's "superstar society".
I got my in person auto from Orr way back in 77... so long ago, hmmm??? And I also just picked up a mint 73 Sanderson the other day, lol.
MooseDog, EPIC story, that was good reading thanks. Which player turned you down?
I personally think Orr was the greatest NHLer of all time. Lemieux comes in second in my books. Gretzky is smart, and he was great, but he was protected by the league... So when I see Crosby get his face slammed into the boards, it kind of reminds me of what Lemieux and Orr went through, and "GREATZKY" didn't.
I'm not a huge fan of fighting, but Crosby seems to be able to take care of himself. He dropped the gloves last season against Andrew Ference, no lightweight, and more than held his own. Made some points in my book to go with his amazing offensive talent.
<< <i>That's awsome, really cool zep, congrats. I'm almost afraid to ask... did you get a Sanderson auto?
I got my in person auto from Orr way back in 77... so long ago, hmmm??? And I also just picked up a mint 73 Sanderson the other day, lol.
MooseDog, EPIC story, that was good reading thanks. Which player turned you down?
I personally think Orr was the greatest NHLer of all time. Lemieux comes in second in my books. Gretzky is smart, and he was great, but he was protected by the league... So when I see Crosby get his face slammed into the boards, it kind of reminds me of what Lemieux and Orr went through, and "GREATZKY" didn't. >>
I was talking to Derek for a little bit about his bad experiences with the Caddy dealer that we purchased. He hated the owner of the dealership and said he'd never go back. He still has one and after talking to him, I'm pretty confident he'll be in to see us at some point. I decided to wait for the next opportunity to get his autograph.
<< <i>Found both in the 1970s and more especially today that hockey players in general, and Canadian hockey players in particular are very fan/community friendly. They were always my favorite when chasing down autographs in the 1970s and as I relayed in past posts, I think I was only flatly turned down once by any hockey player.
In more recent period, I can say from first hand experience that if you had met Jeremy Roenick or Joe Thornton say at a family gathering, you would have no clue that they were NHL superstars. Both guys are so amazingly grounded it's unreal in today's "superstar society". >>
I've met Roenick a couple times over the years. Once was back when he played for Chicago and was very friendly then but was being swamped. The 2nd time was at the dealership I worked at in Arizona. He acted more concerned with knowing who I was and what my name was then buying the Escalade he was there to pick up. Very cool indeed.
Bobby is one of the most gracious people you can ever meet.