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The Birth of Bobby Orr
Bobby was born in Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada on March 20th 1948. -
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Bobby Orr's Childhood
Bobby Orr's childhood from when he was a baby till 17 years of age. -
Boston Bruins Scouts pursuing the 12 year old Bobby Orr
Boston Bruins Scouts were scouting other two players that didn't include Bobby Orr. Once they laid eyes on Bobby they forgot about the other two players. -
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Payed for the Oshawa Generals when he was 14 years old
The Boston Bruins wanted him to play for the Oshawa Generals Junior A Team. -
Signed the Contract for the Boston Bruins
He was the highest payed rookie ever. -
Bobby Orr's First NHL Game and Point
Bobby Orr's first NHL game vs Gordie Howe and the Detroit Red Wings. Also his first NHL point. -
First Goal in the NHL
First Goal versus the Montreal Canadiens. -
Completed his First NHL Season
He had 13 goals, 28 assists, 41 points and 102 penalty minutes. He also won the Calder Memorial Trophy as the NHL's most outstanding rookie. -
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Awards
Won the Conn Smythe Trophy and the Hart Memorial Trophy three straight seasons. He also won the Norris Memorial Trophy eight straight seasons -
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All-Star games played
Set a record for eight straight All-Star games. -
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Knee Ingruy's
Left knee ingury versus Toronto Maple Leafs. Under went 5 more surgery's on his left and right knee later on in his life. -
The Goal
Over Time in the Stanley Cup Playoffs versus the St. Louis Blues. With 40 secondes remaining Bobby Orr scores off a give and pass and goes flying in the air after he scores. It was so important because the Boston Bruins haven't won the Stanley Cup in 40 years. 4-3 Boston over St. Louis. -
Sportsman of the Year.
Sportsman of the Year by Sports Illustated -
Stanley Cup Game Winning Goal
Scored the game winning goal at 11:18 in the 1st period versus the NY Rangers. 3-0 for Boston. -
Married
Married his girl friend Peggy Wood, high school teacher from Detroit and former speech therapist. The wedding took place in Parry Sound. -
First son Darren
Later on he had another son named Brent. -
Contract Negotiation
Boston Buins Jeremy Jacobs offered $295,000 a year for 5 years with Orr also to receive, on June 1st 1980, either a $925,000 payment or an 18.5% ownership in the Bruins Club. Chicago offered $3 million over 6 years, $1.5 million of which was guaranteed even if Orr could not play out his contract. Because Orr was unable to play, he had volunteered to take a cut in his salary. Instead of earning $500,000 a year as the $3 million contract had called for, he accepted a $200,000 interest-free loan fr -
Signed to the Chicago Black Hawks
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Canada Cup series
Final game Canada beat Czechoslovakia in overtime to win a best of three final 2-0. In seven games, Orr scored 2 goals and had 7 assists for 9 points. Named the most valuable player of the tournament. -
First game as a Black Hawk
First game as a Black Hawk he scored a goal and an assist versus St. Louis. -
Announced his retirement
In his whole career he finishs with a total of 657 games, 270 goals, 645 assists, 915 points and 953 penalty minutes. -
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Retirement
After his retirement, he became a player agent, with partners Paul Krepelka and Rick Curran.The Orr Hockey Group was incorporated in 2002 and represents 33 active NHL players (fourth most of any agency) that includes Jason Spezza, Eric Staal, Cam Ward, and Jeff Carter. Orr also spends his time tending to a wide variety of business investments, charitable endeavor s and being a grand-father, maybe in the futur he will do more incredible things. -
Induction
At 31 he is the youngest inductee to be inducted in the Hockey Hall of Fame.
