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Line 1: '''Robert Marvin Hull''', born [[January 3]], [[1939]] in [[Pointe Anne]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]], is regarded as one of the greatest hockey players to ever play the game. Nicknamed, "''The Golden Jet''", Bobby Hull led the [[Chicago Blackhawks]] to their first, and only [[Stanley Cup]] ~~(and only one since)~~, in ~~years~~1961. Bobby Hull was famous for the speed and accuracy of his 120 mph slap "shot," that many others would soon try to imitate. In [[1966]], he became the first [[NHL]] player to score more than 50 goals in one season, earning a 7-minute standing ovation for his 51st goal. He played 23 professional seasons in hockey from 1957 to 1980, scoring 672 goals. Line 14: Bobby Hull won higher salaries for his fellow players, and gave credibility to a new rival league up against the entrenched NHL, when he jumped to the fledgling [[World Hockey Association]]'s (WHA) [[Phoenix Coyotes\|Winnipeg Jets]] for an unheard of $1,000,000 a year contract in 1972. Though the league folded in 1979, it was reborn in 2003 and named Bobby Hull as its commissioner. In [[1998 in sports\|1998]], Hull got involved in a contrversy by the [[Russian]] media, when he allegedly made pro-[[Nazi]] comments. He later claimed the interviewer misunderstood him in the translation. His son, [[Brett Hull]], plays in the National Hockey League. Line 19 ⟶ 21: === External Links === * [http://espn.go.com/sportscentury/features/00014266.html Career Overview and Biography] - by ESPN * [http://www.juneauempire.com/Archive/August98/082698/stories/082698/hull.html - Elder Hull makes racist remarks]

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