“Don’t embarrass yourself.TORONTO - Imagine the thrill of being able to take your 7-year-old, hockey-playing son or daughter to the Hockey Hall of Fame here and having them sit less than 10 feet from one of the greatest players in the history of the game, Bobby Hull, and have him share with them recollections of his career and his advice and opinions on how to play the game. The following day, Hull’s son Brett played in the All-Star Game and created a stir when he played without a helmet, explaining it wasn’t necessary in a game without hitting.Īfter the game, Brett was surrounded by corporate types when an inebriated Bobby barged into the locker room. “You don’t want them to see you in this condition,” said fellow legend Gordie Howe, who advised Hull to go back to his hotel.
“I’m going to play, people have come to see me,” Hull said. The once-ripped Hull looked flabby and his face was florid. He spent the afternoon drinking at the Bar-B-Barn and, by the time he arrived at the rink, he was well over the limit for driving - and skating. Hull was supposed to play in a legends game the night before the main event. My last images of Hull are from the 1993 NHL All-Star Game at the Montreal Forum. 8, 2008, at the Bell Centre in Montreal prior to the game between the Canadiens and Blackhawks. Stan Mikita, from left, Bobby Hull and Henri Richard stand at centre ice as former greats of the Chicago Blackhawks were honoured by the Montreal Canadiens on Jan. The second shows a well-muscled Hull pitching hay on his cattle farm outside Belleville. The first shows a toothless grin as he holds up a puck commemorating one of the many milestones in his career. She later refused to testify against him, but he pleaded guilty to assaulting a police officer who responded to a call of domestic abuse. Hull’s third wife, Deborah, accused him of battery in 1986. “I thought this was the end,” she said as he dangled her over a hotel balcony during a trip to Hawaii. Hull won the Lady Byng Trophy as the most gentlemanly player in the NHL and regularly decried fighting and violence in the game.īut his ex-wife, Joanne McKay, said in a 2002 ESPN documentary he assaulted her on multiple occasions during their 20-year marriage. He was a deeply flawed human whose abuse of alcohol led to abuse of women. Article contentĪs successful as he was on the ice, Hull was not a role model. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.
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