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Hockey legend Gordie Howe dies at 88
WDIV TV ^ | 6/10/16 | see web link, otherwise Dave Bartowiak, Jr.

Posted on 06/10/2016 7:02:16 AM PDT by taildragger

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To: Buckeye McFrog
That's exactly the way Gordie is being remembered today on WTIC 1080 radio here in the Hartford, CT area. One of the dirtiest players, yet a good guy and wonderful citizen off the ice.

He was one of the greats... RIP, Gordie.

61 posted on 06/10/2016 9:43:39 AM PDT by nutmeg (Hillary's Lies Matter)
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To: taildragger

I remember when I was a kid watching Gordie Howe at a Rangers game against the Red Wings at the old Madison Sq Garden.


62 posted on 06/10/2016 9:46:09 AM PDT by Impala64ssa (You call me an islamophobe like it's a bad thing.)
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To: taildragger

Gordie was a far, far better man than the Mohammedan boxer, Ali.


63 posted on 06/10/2016 9:48:54 AM PDT by HomerBohn (Liberals and Slinkys: Good for nothing but make you smile as you shove them down the stairs.)
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To: taildragger
Everybody under the age of 50 is going "Gordie who?"

I'm old enough to actually have seen Gordie play. Amazingly he played until 1980 when he was 52 years old.

64 posted on 06/10/2016 9:51:38 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (Delegates So Far: Trump (1,536); Cruz (559); Rubio (165); Kasich (161)
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To: taildragger
Everybody under the age of 50 is going "Gordie who?"

I'm old enough to actually have seen Gordie play. Amazingly he played until 1980 when he was 52 years old.

65 posted on 06/10/2016 9:53:15 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (Delegates So Far: Trump (1,536); Cruz (559); Rubio (165); Kasich (161)
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To: nutmeg

I was too young to have seen him during his Red Wing days, and the WHA never got any coverage in Pittsburgh. But I knew the legend and was eager to see him in person.

I was surprised by how very chippy his play was. I suppose that’s how you survive as a 52 year old playing on a bad expansion team. (52 seemed REAL OLD to me at the time....not so now that I’ve gotten there!)

But he was a true gentleman and a great ambassador of the game. His wife was from just up the road from where I lived in Michigan.


66 posted on 06/10/2016 10:29:26 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: longfellow

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67 posted on 06/10/2016 10:32:41 AM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: Vigilanteman
Howe was to hockey what Muhammad Ali was to boxing. Let's see which one gets more attention now.

They might be having a beer (or Tim Horton's coffee) and reminiscing right now.


68 posted on 06/10/2016 10:40:53 AM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Larry Lucido
Really cool find. When? What was the occasion?

I recognize Ali and Howe, of course. But who are the guys standing to their left?

69 posted on 06/10/2016 10:56:05 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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To: nutmeg

Hartford, CT will never forget him!


70 posted on 06/10/2016 10:59:51 AM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: taildragger
Greatest hockey player of all time. This guy was a big star before my parents were born, and was still playing well in the NHL/WHA during my own lifetime. I don't think we'll ever see that type of longevity again. Retiring at 52?

Chris Chelios came closest at 48. Jaromir Jagr is 44.

71 posted on 06/10/2016 11:00:56 AM PDT by Darren McCarty (Past performance is the best prediction of future results)
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To: raccoonradio

I will watch Sunday’s game and go from there. If it goes to a game 7, it will be a new record for the NHL.


72 posted on 06/10/2016 11:01:23 AM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: lee martell
Gordie was never known for being terribly controversial or disturbing

He would be in today's game with Gary Bettman.

73 posted on 06/10/2016 11:05:43 AM PDT by Darren McCarty (Past performance is the best prediction of future results)
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To: Vigilanteman

I’ll go look for the link. One of them is Jim Brown.


74 posted on 06/10/2016 11:06:17 AM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Vigilanteman

1st Annual All Star Professional Sports Awards

http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/muhammad-ali-jim-brown-rod-laver-and-gordie-howe-news-photo/117942151

The fourth guy was Rod Laver.


75 posted on 06/10/2016 11:11:46 AM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Larry Lucido

Jim Brown looked very familiar. I had to look up Rod Laver. Thanks!


76 posted on 06/10/2016 11:20:55 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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To: shove_it; Hat-Trick; SZonian; retrokitten; hollywood; Alberta's Child; Betis70; ColoCdn; k2afe; ...

Hockey Ping....

Rest In Peace Mr. Hockey - Gordie Howe

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(let me know if you want on or off the ping list)

77 posted on 06/10/2016 11:51:16 AM PDT by airborne (I don't always scream at the TV but when I do it's hockey playoffs season!)
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To: taildragger

RIP. I am tearing up. Never saw him play but I used to read hockey bios as bedtime stories to my hockey son.

Right time of the year to die, for a hockey legend. Right in the middle of the Stanley Cup finals. That’s when I’d want to go. Plus at some point the cup will be hoisted with a toast to Gordie, no matter who wins it.


78 posted on 06/10/2016 11:57:19 AM PDT by Yaelle (Make America free again)
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To: Biggirl

I am rooting for San Jose at this point but admitting we were damn lucky to get a game 6. And lucky is spelled J O N E S.


79 posted on 06/10/2016 12:01:08 PM PDT by Yaelle (Make America free again)
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To: airborne
Rest in peace Mr. Hockey


80 posted on 06/10/2016 12:03:43 PM PDT by Varda (Let's Go Pens! 15 down 1 to go!)
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