Bobby Hull during the NHL Tour in Nottingham, April 2006. Tags: Bobby Hull View |
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Robert Marvin "Bobby" Hull, OC (Order of Canada) (born January 3, 1939) is a retired Canadian (Canada) ice hockey player. He is regarded as one of the greatest ice hockey players of all time and perhaps the greatest left winger (Winger (ice hockey)) to ever play the game. Hull was famous for his blonde hair, blinding skating speed, and having the fastest shot, earning him the nickname "the Golden Jet". He possessed the most feared slapshot of his day. In his 23 years in the National Hockey League and World Hockey Association, he played for the Chicago Black Hawks (Chicago Blackhawks), Winnipeg Jets and Hartford Whalers.
Hull was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1983.
Position: Left wing (Winger (ice hockey))
Played For: ''NHL (National Hockey League)'', Chicago Black Hawks (Chicago Blackhawks), Winnipeg Jets, Hartford Whalers,''WHA (World Hockey Association)'', Winnipeg Jets
Shot: Left
Height: 5ft 10in
Weight Lb: 208
Date of birth: 1939-01-03
Birth Location: Belleville, Ontario, Pointe Anne, Ontario, ON, Canada, CAN
Career Start: 1957
Career End: 1980
Halloffame: 1983