OT - I've had a lot of cool coins pass through my hands, but none of them ever has been, is or ever

coindeuce

I had a personal conversation with "Mr. Hockey" the first time I met him, in 2003, when he devoted nearly a year of his personal life to fund raising for charity. At 75 years of age, he was still able to lace up the skates and glide over the ice like he was still in the game. This lithograph will always be with me as a constant reminder of what a perfectly humble man he was regardless of his monumental success.

Justacommeman

Mr Hockey......I saw him play at the Olympia vs Bobby Orr in 1967. It was my very first hockey game as a 6 year old. The last time I saw him play was with his two sons on the same line. It was the first year Joe Louis opened in 1979-80. He almost scored. He was 52 at the time. The roof would have blown off if he had scored even though he was on the visiting team.



He walked on water in Detroit. Even up to the last couple years or so he visited youth hockey locker rooms to encourage kids after the games. I saw this countless times. He is already being missed.



The Gordie Howe Hat Trick is still something any kid growing up in Detroit aspired to accomplish. A goal, an assist and a fight in the same game. My Dad swore Gordie used to file his elbows to a point before a game ; )



On Friday, upon learning of Howe's death, Gretzky called his old friend, "the greatest hockey player ever … but, more importantly, the nicest man I have ever met."



His son Mark said he wa the nastiest person he ever saw on a pair of skates



He was a mans man



RIP Mr Hockey



mark

AUandAG

Don't have much ice here in Nevada so never saw him play....hear he was GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD.



bob

SaorAlba

Even though I grew up in Boston, I was a fan of his. I last saw him back in 2011 at an OHL exposition game where he was there with some of the other very famous 'Wings - even then he wasn't doing well.

sparky64

Great litho and memories.

What a career. What a life!

3keepSECRETif2rDEAD

RIP Mr. Hockey!

joeykoins

First "Mr. Boxing", now "Mr. Hockey"!

Walkerguy21D

Great litho and great post!

Walkerfan

How sad to lose such a great legend.



I would treasure that signed litho, always.

CaptHenway

Somewhere back in the aughts I was at a coin show in Rosemont, IL and there was a sports show in the other hall. My dealer badge got me and my wife in the sports show for free, so we went for a walkabout. There was Gordie signing autographs. The fee was $30 and the line was quite long. I didn't feel like waiting, but as we stood on the outside of the velvet rope line separating the payees from the crowd I loudly said to my wife "Those are the sharpest elbows in hockey!" He didn't look up, but he reached over with one hand and felt the other elbow. I then said "I used to watch you at Olympia" and he looked up and smiled. I nodded and left.