HOCKEY PLAYER

Bobby Hull

1939 - 2023

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Robert Marvin Hull (January 3, 1939 – January 30, 2023) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. His blond hair, skating speed, end-to-end rushes, and ability to shoot the puck at very high velocity all earned him the nickname "the Golden Jet". His talents were such that an opposing player was often assigned just to shadow him. During his 23-year playing career, from 1957 to 1980, he played in both the National Hockey League (NHL) and World Hockey Association (WHA) with the Chicago Black Hawks, Winnipeg Jets, and Hartford Whalers. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bobby Hull is the 15th most popular hockey player (down from 10th in 2019), the 243rd most popular biography from Canada (down from 222nd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Canadian Hockey Player.

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Bobby Hull ranks 15 out of 676. Before him are Jiří Holeček, Phil Esposito, Stan Mikita, Mario Lemieux, Lal Bokhari, and Jiří Holík. After him are Ray Bourque, Viacheslav Fetisov, Henri Richard, Jari Kurri, Alexander Ovechkin, and Bobby Orr.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Bobby Hull ranks 253. Before him are Dean Corll, R. Budd Dwyer, Sandro Salvadore, Lidiya Skoblikova, Pat Crerand, and Valery Rozhdestvensky. After him are Telesphore Toppo, Vladimír Weiss, Valery Voronin, Valery Ryumin, Litokwa Tomeing, and Corin Redgrave. Among people deceased in 2023, Bobby Hull ranks 227. Before him are Yacouba Sawadogo, Jim Brown, Oleg Protopopov, Alma Adamkienė, Kenneth Anger, and Carmen Sevilla. After him are Telesphore Toppo, Joss Ackland, Michel Deville, Princess Marie Gabrielle of Luxembourg, Mikio Sato, and Karl-Josef Rauber.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Bobby Hull ranks 243 out of 1,622. Before him are Elisha Cuthbert (1982), Walter Pidgeon (1897), Harold Russell (1914), René Lévesque (1922), Roger Spottiswoode (1945), and Conrad Black (1944). After him are Jean Béliveau (1931), Northrop Frye (1912), Maud Menten (1879), Neve Campbell (1973), Neil Peart (1952), and Suzanne Morrow Francis (1930).

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Canada

Among hockey players born in Canada, Bobby Hull ranks 6. Before him are Wayne Gretzky (1961), Maurice Richard (1921), Gordie Howe (1928), Phil Esposito (1942), and Mario Lemieux (1965). After him are Ray Bourque (1960), Henri Richard (1936), Bobby Orr (1948), Jacques Plante (1929), Georges Vézina (1887), and Guy Lafleur (1951).

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