It seems improbable that bob costas, who has decades of prominence in sports broadcasting, had never met bobby orr until three weeks ago. Cbs news although bobby orr enjoyed a relatively short career in bigleague hockey, he still looms large in the history of the game. Orr is a former professional hockey player who played in the national hockey league from 1966 to 1978. One of the greatest injustices in sports history is the fact that bobby orr was forced to retire at the age of 30, presumably leaving the. Bobby orr scores the first and last bruins goals and adds a pair of assists.
There will probably never be another blueliner like. Two buildings in his hometown of parry sound are named after orr. Watch john tortorella talk about battling the press on. Bob costas goes oneonone with bobby orr on costas tonight. Every day, well send you an email to your inbox with scores, todays schedule, top performers, new debuts and interesting tidbits. Robert gordon bobby orr, oc born march 20, 1948, in parry sound, ontario is a retired canadian ice hockey defenceman, and is. Nhl rivalry week highlighted by bruinscanadiens on. Orr came to the attention of boston bruin scouts when he was 12, and. Considered one of the greatest players of all time, orr s career was cut short by multiple knee injuries and surgeries. Bobby orr was a demigod to canadian kids back then, a defenceman who changed the game through a combination of his ice sense, caginess in his own end, soft.
Its also available for football, basketball and baseball. Our mo rocca skated up to him for some questions and answers. Glenn ordway is serious about his future role on boston. Bobby orr, byname of robert gordon orr, born march 20, 1948, parry sound, ontario, canada, canadian american professional ice hockey player who was the first defenseman to lead the national hockey league nhl in scoring. Bobby orr played in three playoff series vs the canadians and lost all three twice losing the deciding games on home ice.
The subject of this weeks quotes of the week is the one and only bobby orr, arguably the greatest hockey player of all time he could take his speed to whatever level he had to, to be faster. Whenever possible, consider holding the family reunion in place where you have a strong orr family history, which provides opportunities to share stories and visit cemeteries or old home sites. Join facebook to connect with bobby orr and others you may know. In the 1974 final vs philadelphia, we were a minute from going up 20 in the series. I became a bobby orr fan about 100 years ago, or so it seems. All bobby orr canvas prints ship within 48 hours, include a 30day moneyback guarantee, and arrive readytohang with preattached hanging. Sometimes there would be 30 of us, chasing after the same puck. But if a mans true greatness can be measured by the deeds he does when no one is looking, then orr has. We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. Greatness of bobby orr and ray bourque compared sports. Costas tonight builds on costas long and storied career as an interviewer from later with bob costas and costas coasttocoast to his acclaimed hbo programs, on the record and costasnow. This biography of bobby orr provides detailed information about his. He played in the national hockey league nhl for 12 seasons, starting with 10 with the boston bruins followed by two.
My story by bobby orr meet your next favorite book. Unfollow bobby orr book to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. In 1995, bobby orr was inducted into the ontario sports hall of fame. My story here are a dozen things i learned from reading orr. In my opinion bobby orr was and still is the greatest person to ever play in the nhl. Bruins face canadiens on wednesday night rivalry at 7. Buy bobby orr canvas prints designed by millions of independent artists from all over the world. My story is a 20 autobiography written by bobby orr. Bobby orr is 65 now and still widely considered the greatest hockey player who ever lived.
November 14, 20 widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of hockey, twotime stanley cup champion and legendary nhl defenseman bobby orr sits down with 25time emmy awardwinner bob costas for the newest edition of costas tonight, to debut on tuesday, november 19, at 11 p. Bobby orr gives his seal of approval on fighting in hockey. Bobby orr, born in parry sound, ontario, in 1948, played for the boston bruins from 1966 through 1976, and helped lead the bruins to the stanley cup championship in 1970 and 1972, and to the finals in 1974. Hockey great bobby orr talks about his childhood home wsj. Mooney, a dog groomer who met spence at work, introduced spence and silva to bobby and janet orr. Bobby orr is a former ice hockey player credited to have revolutionized the game.
Bob costas books list of books by author bob costas. With the opening of free agency on july 1, its worth noting that one player more than any other was the first to cause a storm of interest, and angst. See all books authored by bob costas, including fair ball. The game was considered a great way to develop stickhandling.
My story and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. Considered one of the greatest players of all time, orrs career was cut short by multiple knee injuries and surgeries. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. He was considered one of the sports greatest players. At 65, bobby orr is focused on doing good quietly the. Bobby orr is a canadian former professional ice hockey player, widely acknowledged as one of the greatest of all time. Nbcs costas tonight, espns sports center, centerstage with michael kay.
Watch john tortorella talk about battling the press on costas tonight. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of hockey, twotime stanley cup champion and legendary nhl defenseman bobby orr sits down with 25time emmy awardwinner bob costas. Bobby orrs sister, nancy mooney, lived with bobby and janet until shortly before the murder. A treasured tome first read in 1975, when i began playing organized hockey, and then endlessly retraversed across the latter half of that grungy decade of ugly leather jackets, lemon us automobiles, and bowl cuts. Bobby orr with the puckhockey great scores with longawaited memoir. The first is the bobby orr hall of fame, where his order of canada medal is on display along with other exhibits.
Bobby recalls playing shinny, most of the time we would be on the ice from early morning until darkness. Costas tonight originates from studio 8g at 30 rockefeller plaza. Nhl legend bobby orr tells his story from his ontario childhood to his years with the bruins and blackhawks, to today in this new york times bestseller. Bostons savior bobby orr commands respect, high price at 18 espo and orr had a knack for finishing 12 in the art ross standings. Bobby orr played for the boston bruins from 1966 to 1976, and then two more years for the chicago blackhawks. Bobby orr, 65, played hockey for the boston bruins from 1966 to 1976 and was inducted into the hockey hall of fame at age 31 in 1979. Organized hockey started for bobby at the age of five. Bobby paticipated in 17 playoff contests vs montreal and lost 12 of the 17. Costas tonight nbc sports pressbox nbc sports pressbox.
Costas decided to ask orr his thoughts on fighting in hockey. Conversations with bob costas reveal for the first time how the broadcasting icon went from fronting americas most popular sport to being excised from last years super bowl and, ultimately. Orr used his ice skating speed, scoring, playmaking abilities to revolutionize the position of defenceman. Lindsey deluce and kelsey mcewen, your morning delivers a fresh perspective on todays headlines. Unlike print books, digital books are subject to vat. Of course im aware that bobby orr played hockey for the boston bruins but this is. But bobby orr did sit down for a recent talk about his upcoming book, his lingering injuries and alan eagleson. As the geico commercials might say, its what you did. Now, the single season record for assists by an nhl player at any position belongs exclusively to mr.
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