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2013.55.32 B |
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Video Recording |
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Bobby Hull Interview |
Interview Summary / Résumé d'entrevue |
Bobby Hull, Order of Sport recipient, inducted in 1988, born in Pointe Anne, Ontario, reflects on his 23-year career in ice hockey. Bobby's only regrets are not staying in Chicago for his entire career and not participating in the 1972 Summit Series. Despite these, Bobby states that he would likely do it all over again the same way. Bobby emphasizes his belief in ice hockey as entertainment, expressing a desire to be remembered as an entertainer who never disappointed fans. He recalls playing for the Chicago Blackhawks in front of 22,000 cheering fans. Bobby discusses his relationships with teammates, highlighting enduring friendships with Ron Murphy and Tod Sloan. Bobby describes notable moments in his career and credits the development of the curved blade to a mishap involving Stan Mikita trying to break a stick unsuccessfully. Bobby reminisces about competing with ice hockey greats like Gordie Howe and achieving a 50-goal season. Reflecting on winning the Stanley Cup in 1961, Bobby explains that he fully appreciated the significance of the moment later in life. He also discusses the World Hockey Association's impact on player salaries and the eventual merger with the NHL, expressing a wish for better support for older players facing difficulties. Addressing his brother Dennis, Bobby notes the age difference and limited interaction until Dennis joined Chicago. Bobby expresses fulfillment in realizing his childhood dream of playing professional ice hockey and his joy in watching his son, Brett, follow in his footsteps. Bobby Hull, récipiendaire de l'Ordre du sport, a été intronisé en 1988 et est né à Pointe Anne, en Ontario. Il se penche sur sa carrière de hockey sur glace, d'une durée de 23 ans. Les seuls regrets de Bobby sont de ne pas être resté à Chicago toute sa carrière et de ne pas avoir participé à la Série du siècle de 1972. Malgré cela, Bobby déclare qu'il referait probablement tout de la même manière. Bobby souligne qu'il conçoit vraiment le hockey comme un divertissement, exprimant le désir qu'on se souvienne de lui comme d'un artiste qui n'a jamais déçu les partisans. Il se souvient avoir joué pour les Blackhawks de Chicago devant 22 000 partisans enthousiastes. Bobby parle de ses relations avec ses coéquipiers, soulignant ses amitiés durables avec Ron Murphy et Tod Sloan. Bobby décrit des moments remarquables de sa carrière et il attribue l'avènement de la lame courbée du bâton de hockey à un incident impliquant Stan Mikita, qui avait tenté de casser son bâton en vain. Bobby se remémore avoir compétitionné avec de grands noms du hockey sur glace comme Gordie Howe et avoir réussi à marquer 50 buts en une saison. En réfléchissant à la victoire de la coupe Stanley en 1961, Bobby explique que ce n'est que plus tard dans sa vie qu'il a pleinement apprécié l'importance de ce moment. Il discute également de l'impact de l'Association mondiale de hockey sur les salaires des joueurs et de la fusion ultérieure avec la LNH. Il exprime le souhait qu'un meilleur appui soit disponible pour les joueurs âgés confrontés à des difficultés. Parlant de son frère Dennis, Bobby note leur différence d'âge et remarque que leurs interactions étaient limitées jusqu'à ce que Dennis rejoigne Chicago. Bobby exprime sa sensation d'épanouissement, remarquant qu'il a réalisé son rêve d'enfance de jouer au hockey sur glace professionnel. Il exprime aussi sa joie de voir son fils, Brett, suivre ses traces. |
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Bobby Hull interview, 11 September 2008. Digitized MP4 from Sony 40 Advanced ME DVCAM. Viewing time 00:35:41. 01:03Talks about his 23 years in hockey; 23 years of professional hockey... They were the best of times, they were the worst of times... greatest times of my life..." The only regrets are not staying in Chicago for the entire career, not that he didn't enjoy Winnipeg, and not playing for Team Canada in the 1972 Summit Series. Although "I have no regrets and would likely do it all over again the same way." He played in Chicago for 15 years and 8 more in Winnipeg 03:03How would you like to be remembered? "I believe after I made a boyhood dream come true to play in the NHL in 1957, it wasn't long into the league that I realized we were in the entertainment business and better we could entertain, the stronger our franchise would be..."; Chicago Blackhawks had a love affair with the fans, talks about 22,000 fans in the arena, cheering all the time - "I hope, first of all I would be remembered as an entertainer... one of those guys that they came to see every night and one of those guys who never let the people down... who gave it all every not", "I came to play every night, every shift and be as good as you could possibly be..." 05:56Teammates: In the beginning in 1957, Ron Murphy, Tod Sloan were his roommates in his second year, became close and still good friends 07:22Stan Mikita, also still good friends, describes him as a "feisty, little, displaced person with a chip on his shoulder" (referring to his Czech background), Stan was raised by aunt and uncle in Canada, they went to school together and played in the Juniors together 09:34Talks about how the curved blade was developed: Stan Mikita did not like the Northland Pro sticks that they were using and would deliberately lean on them and break them, one day in about 1963 the stick was too willowy and would not break, so he rammed it in a door and tried to break it, the top split away and he ended up with a curved blade on the bottom with a straight top, started to snap pucks with it and realized how good the hook was for snapping pucks, they then asked Northland to send them the hooked blades; Stan and Bobby also learned how to create their own hook blades by softening the blades under hot water and jamming them under doors to harden and create a hooked blade. They then later learned how to use a blowtorch to soften the wood 17:50Things that stand out in his career: "Knowing that I could compete with the greatest players in the league (the Howes, the Bathgates, the Richards, Beliveau, the Mahovlichs, Bucyk, Horvath...), the ones who had come before me and had scoring records and every once in a while coming out on top..."; Bobby recalls his 50 goal season; Talks about Gordie Howe 21:33At the end of his career played 6-8 games with Gordie Howe and David Keon in Hartford; Gordie Howe and Bobby Hull retired from the same team at the same time; Howe at age 52 was a force to be reckoned with 22:46Stanley Cup: in 1961 he "was too young to realize how important that Cup was going to be and thought it would be one of many;" feels that the better teams came later, even if they lost the Cup, talks about the teams and the players; now he considers how special winning the Cup is; "not a lot of players now get to play for the Cup" 25:25World Hockey Association: "WHA was started by a group of renegades who decided there was room for another league of professional teams," talks about the cities; talks about increase in salaries; "in 1979-80 NHL saw we were not going to go away and joined forces with the WHA;" (27:28) the formation of the WHA gave the players not only a place to play and to train themselves for future Hall of Fame-ship, but also it gave them a bargaining power, one league against the other."; talks about how he wishes the NHL and players association would help those older players who have fallen on rough times 30:19On his brother Dennis: Dennis was six years younger than Bobby and Bobby left home at 14 to play. He didn't really know Dennis until he joined Chicago, never tried to tell him what to do but was ready to help, never tried to tell him how to play 32:28 If you had to sum up your career, what does it all mean to you? "Hockey has been my life. I can't remember when I never dreamed of becoming a professional hockey player. I made my boyhood dream come true. It was the greatest days of my life, the greatest job in the world, playing with the best, best time in the world. It is the greatest sport in the world, played in front of some of the greatest people in the world, the hockey fans. I can't think of doing anything else in my life but playing hockey and watching my son Brett play after I was finished." |
Date |
2008/11/11 |
People |
Hull, Bobby Howe, Gordie Mikita,Stan Murphy, Ben Sloan, Ted Hull, Dennis |
Search Terms |
Interview Bobby Hull Ice hockey Winnipeg Jets Chicago Blackhawks Hartford Whalers WHL NHL National Hockey League |