R.I.P. Bobby Hull: A Legendary S.O.B.! The legendary Bobby Hull, Hall of Fame player for the Chicago Blackhawks and an NHL legend, passed away at age 84. My thoughts on the man and the legend, good and bad.
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When I started watching hockey, in '69 or 70, he was the NHL's best ever left wing. I'd argue he still is.
120 mph slap shot with a wooden twig and almost 30 mph skating speed. No wonder he became bald.🤯💪
Bobby Hull a Legend on the Ice & TRUE BELLEVILLE, Ont. BOY (along with Brett)
one of the greatest to play the game...RIP and condolences to his family. his curve on his stick was ridiculous and the speed of his shot was out of this world....
Well he famously beat his wife constantly and was an abusive father. Brett even said he was never acknowledged until he made the NHL, and Bobby was very open about beating his wife in interviews and books- he thought it was okay because she was his wife. Good hockey player, bad human.
@@drewsmith395 yes his life outside hockey was a disaster and he was an awful human being...
@@drewsmith395 Wives
On his "Comment". I guess if you do some bad things - every thing you do gets branded as bad. Well then - I guess that makes EVERY one of us bad too.
I'm bad too!
I was In Chicago at the time he played Lloyd Pettit calling his goals on WGN TV, RIP
RIP Golden Jet
3:17, what a beast. Bret looked a lot like Bobby. This video was well done man, I enjoyed it. Awesome job Rick.
He really did. Thanks Junkie!
To all the " Perfect People " he wasn't , but one of the greatest hockey player's of all time .
class act till we see him again top 5 greatest ever
Class act? Are you serious? Great hockey player; absolutely classless human being. Who care how many autographs you sign when you go home and treat your family like he did?
i remember watching Bobby Hull winding up fora slap shot at Gump Worsley and i would cringe as goalies didnt wear a mask back then.
Rest in peace
One of the best decades in hokey history
2 of them 60s and 70s
He had some charities and fundraisers for The Children's Hospital in Winnipeg. I can not confirm but I believe he did that same in Chicago? Perhaps there is someone from Chicago that can verify that?
Bobby Hull was my boyhood idol. He was Ovechkin before Ovechkin!
Mario!!!
Just wanted to add that when he was asked about Hitler he was referencing the Autobahn when he said that Hitler had done some good things. He did say Hitler went to far. Too bad he didn't sue cause that interview had to be a set up cause what the heck does Hilter have to to do with hockey. What a strange question.
Don't blame him for taking the million dollar contract but sad the ownership of the Black Hawks were so cheap
I never said I blamed him for that, where did you get that from? watch to the end and you'll know why I called him an s.o.b.
@@TalkingHabs I never meant to blame you for anything, probably should have chosen my words better, I apologise. I was more blaming the NHL owners for being cheap and losing such great players like Hull. Hull said he wanted to stay in Chicago but had to think of his family. "You're giving me a Million off the top?" How do you turn that down? Bobby Orr said the Bruins would have won more Cups if they didn't lose players to the WHA (Sanderson was able to blow his Million in one year., that takes talent) ☺
@@111oooo The Bruins were hit hard by the WHA after 71/72 just like the California Golden Seals were
You want to talk cheap? Charlie Finley when he owned the California Golden Seals he nearly lost an entire team to the WHA
@@111oooo Sanderson only played 8 games for the Philadelphia Blazers, they let him go and he came back to the Bruins
My word Tyrus Cobb was almost the devil incarnate. Segregation the rule, spiked and injured many players. I believe he made an effort to change.
I've seen him play many times as a kid. My brother-in-law to be was a ticket scalper. He bought 2nd balcony center ice tickets. I went to a lot of games including game 7 of the heartbreaking Stanley Cup playoff game against the Canadians in (I think) 72. I still have the program from the game autographed by Dan Maloney and Bruce Campbell. My first game was the last game of the season for the 6 team league. Next year was the 12 team league. Bobby, his brother Denis, Stan Mikita, Pat Stapleton, Tony Espisito, Keith Magnuson etc.. What great teams and what a great time to experience NHL hockey.
It was 1971.
It's Canadiens, true hockey fans only know how that the team name is spelled
@@michaelleroy9281 That's what you get for beating us.
Perhaps if the old Wirtz family werent so frugal- he would have resigned a new contract- and he would have challenged even Gretzky for goals. Because even if you chop off a quarter of his AHL -stats he still comes within Gretzky’s range. And I also think it’s unfair to reduce sports celebrities to their private life is importance to a sports fan as what he did on the ice not off it- no matter what the sportswriters write.
You sound like the kind of person that applauds the Hells Angels for handing out teddy bears to kids at Christmas. Who cares if they are criminals?
@@roymcgaw7431 Wtf are you talking about?
@@presty0525 You seem to think it’s unfair to reduce sports celebrities to their private lives, and I suggest that you don’t get to separate sports achievements from reprehensible behaviour. Many seem to think the Hells Angels are wonderful human beings because they give away toys at Christmas, but they don’t consider the crime they are regularly involved in. You don’t get to be a part time hero or a part time bastard, it all goes into the mix when final judgement is passed.
He wore #16 in 1960-1, few other inaccuracies. I was a teenager when he played, I doubt you saw him play in 1962, at Maple Leaf Garden.
I was born in 63
I was born in the 50s. My favourite player as a kid, was lucky enough to meet him.
He also wore # 7 he switched to # 9 because of Gordie Howe
@@mckessa17 Hull would also stay & autograph EVERYONE in line. The bus would have to wait hours. He never forgot Gordie Howe signing his autograph. He truly understood the Entertainment value of hockey!
Would've had 200 more goals if he never jumped to the WHL. Lost 5 productive seasons. . And ended 1 or 2 in total goals on his retirement
Today's generation have no idea how great a player that Hull was. They know of Gretzky and Lemieux, of Orr and Howe but not all. The media has done it's best to ignore his accomplishments and keep him at arm's length in the wake of his personal life.
Appropriately so. Nobody talks about the positive attributes of a terrible human being.
I'm only referring to his accomplishments on the ice. We're all aware of his shortcomings. I thought I made that clear.
@@todd4317 You appear to be trashing the media for telling the whole story, or for ignoring the life of a prick that had a good slap shot.
OJ Simpson, despite himself was still one of the greatest running backs of all time.
@@todd4317 Yes, he was a great football player. When he dies he will receive treatment similar to Bobby Hull. Infamous trumps famous, and shitty trumps talented. Both these guys should be relegated to the scrap heap of life.
I will always remember Bobby Hull raising his stick, calling for the puck. Stan Mikita saw Bobby wide open at the blue line. He passed the puck to Bobby who swiftly blasted the puck toward the net. Denis DeJordy, a former teammate, and now tending goal for the Los Angeles Kings, seemed to duck as the black blur of a puck hit the back of the twine. DeJordy was not wearing a mask. Here it is 52 years later and I am still awed by the Bobby's fearsome snapshot. Thanks, Golden Jet.
I grew up in Chicago during the 1960s and can attest that Bobby Hull was bigger than life. It was no secret that he spent a lot of time in taverns with Women who were not his Wife and the abuse allegations too. His death made the front page of both Chicago daily newspapers... over fifty years after his last game with the Blackhawks. Simply put, he was a Hell of a hockey player and put some people through Hell as a person.
Good summation. He was indeed the Ty Cobb of hockey.
You don’t bring out the dark side of any player in any sport when in one breath paying tribute to a guy , shame on this reporter pure shameful, if your going to pay tribute to anyone then do just that , we know Bobby has a legacy, I wonder if you would bring out the dark side of Gretzky ,Bourque, or McDavid ? Rest in peace Bobby
I'm not a reporter and you are wrong. You don't sweep the bad under the rug!
@@TalkingHabs no you don’t I agree , what I am saying is you don’t do it in same breath as praising Bobby for what he accomplished, it’s a good news story dude, you do not bring up the dark side in someone’s death Have respect sir !!!
*sorry not Hull*.
Everyone that met him tells of how personable he was. The dark side may have emerged with the help of booze and numerous concussions. As for the Hitler quote, I think that it was taken out of context or he was misquoted. The NHL basically blackballed him for jumping leagues.
Todays NHL players should be thankful to Bobby Hull for expanding the popularity of Hockey in North America. Without him we might still have 6 teams in the NHL.
I miss the original 6 days, everyone played each other 14 times a year
120 mph? I'm going to have to call b.s. on that one
I did my research and that's what he was clocked at
His shot was clocked at something like 118.something.Nobody's beat it.
I watched a game where Bobby Hull hit Gump Worsley in the forehead with a slapshot. I thought the Gumper was dead but they gave him some smelling salts and back in the net he went.
@@mckessa17 And Gump Worsley never wore a goalie mask in his long career
@@michaelleroy9281 I am pretty sure he was the last goalie to play without a mask, although I might be wrong.
the man also left in his wake a legacy of domestic abuse, alcohol abuse, absentee parenting, racism.....no matter his professional accolades, other people can't escape his impact, so why should he?
oh well, everyone has issues. But as a hockey player Hull was the greatest left winger period!
I talk all about that in the video
You have proof of his racism? Or did you just throw that in there, because that's the "new thing to do" these days.
@@ronbonora7872 "oh well, we all have issues." I hope that is the phrase you use if someone assaults you or beats one of your daughters with a shoe. And for goodness sake, I hope that never happens to you or your family, or anyone for that matter. That's why I don't care to validate his on ice skill - if you can't conduct yourself well off-ice, you don't deserve to play the game.
so what! we're talking hockey not public relations.nobody has no regrets in life.we learn on the job through life whatever he did was yesterday.think about it when your last day is here!
Bobby Hull is the greatest Natural Goal Scorer who ever played!
For me it's Mike Bossy
@@TalkingHabs Bossy is 1 of the al time greatest goal scorers. However he could not score goals the way Hull could. Bobby Hull didn't need anybody to set him up. He could rush the puck from his goal line all the way to the other teams goal line. He could score from anywhere on the ice. Hull's could release his shot just as quickly as Bossy. He was just as accurate, and his shot was much faster! No Player, including Bossy, Ovechkin. Lemieux, Gretzky, etc. could score goals the way Hull could.
@@seveglider8406 Fair enough
@@seveglider8406 with respect to Bobby Hull and all the other pure goal scorers you named not one of them could dangle like Ovi and none are even close in terms of skill. They did play in a different era with worse equipment, but Ovi can score from anywhere as well. Ovi is also scoring against way better goalies than anybody else you named played against during their respective careers which is the main thing that makes Ovi greatest goal scorer ever. If Ovi played with his skillset against the same players that you named in their eras, he’d probably score 10-15 goals a game.
@@BobbyBoucher228With respect to Oveckin. He's playing in an era where players can't defend the way they did in Hull's era. In Hulls era, players could get away with more holding, hooking, cross checking, etc. than today. In Hull's era, players could literally mug players, and not be called for penalties. Teams like the Flyers would be allowed to beat the living crap out of Ovechkin, and get away with it. Today's goalies are not better. They benefit from larger, and lighter equipment, and You're either insane or brain dead, if You believe Ovechkin would have scored 10 - 15 goals a game in Hull's era! In Hulls era, Ovechkin would have been checked, legally or illegally, which would have made it much more difficult for him to score. I beliee Ovechkin is 1 of the all time great goal scorers. However, Bobby Hull is the GREATEST goal scorer ever!