Bobby Orr

I was thrilled to meet Bobby Orr, and have him sign his autobiography. How many athletes forever changed the position they played? No question: Bobby did. He is extremely modest, downplaying his exceptional skill, chronicling his life from a young boy in Parry Sound, Ontario to becoming the most highly paid and arguably successful hockey player of his era, winning two Stanley Cups. Bobby also intertwines his philosophy of youth and professional sports, and with only one exception, if full of praise for everyone, except felon Alan Eagleson. Great guy.… (plus d'informations)

More of a coffee table item than a biography. It is full of photos from Bobby's childhood to the present and tells a very concise story of his life as a child, junior hockey player, professional player and then his post retirement life. While the photos were in the main interesting, I did find it frustrating to have a number of them with no names of the people in the photo or information about the location of the photo attached to them. Who are these people and why were they significant enough to him to insert them but not identify them?

This is a light weight effort.… (plus d'informations)