RIP Bobby Hull

[cyclingwriter2]

One of the all-time greats. Helped give the WHA legitimacy, which ultimately made for a better brand of hockey.

 

[jr/shotglass]

The patriarch of one of hockey's first families. RIP.

 

[Jake from State Farm]

Met him when Brett was on the Red Wings
One of the true greats

 

[Starman]

His slap shot was the NHL equivalent of Nolan Ryan.

 

[mateen]

Great player. Also, a legitimately awful person who repeatedly beat the daylights out of his wives.

 

[JC]

Great player. Also, a legitimately awful person who repeatedly beat the daylights out of his wives.

He sure did.

 

[Tighthead]

Great player. Also, a legitimately awful person who repeatedly beat the daylights out of his wives.

Also a "Hitler had some good ideas, he took them too far" guy.

 

[Smallpotatoes]

Also a "Hitler had some good ideas, he took them too far" guy.

I remember him getting The Daily Show's Bud Light MVP of the Week for that one.

 

[maumann]

Wore No. 9 to honor Gordie Howe.

Along with Butkis and Banks, on the Mount Rushmore of that era of Chicago sports legends. Who would you add from the Bulls and White Sox?

 

[da man]

Wore No. 9 to honor Gordie Howe.

Along with Butkis and Banks, on the Mount Rushmore of that era of Chicago sports legends. Who would you add from the Bulls and White Sox?

You have to ask about the Bulls?

 

[The Big Ragu]

Also a "Hitler had some good ideas, he took them too far" guy.

He denied he ever said that. It was reported by a Russian newspaper. The other half of it, FWIW, was him allegedly saying that the black population in the U.S. was growing too quickly.

I have no memory of Bobby Hull as a player, sadly. He was still active when I was a kid, but the WHA wasn't on my radar screen at all, even after I was really getting into hockey.

 

[The Big Ragu]

There's a lot I didn't know. I just pulled up Hull's stats. I had no idea he was a part of that Hartford Whalers 79-80 team with Gordie Howe and his sons. It was only 9 games, apparently.