HAPPY BIRTHDAY! HAPPY 75th BIRTHDAY ROBERT GORDON ORR
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Happy birthday Bobby Orr.
When Bobby played it was more than a hockey game. It was entertainment at it's best.
When Bobby played it was more than a hockey game. It was entertainment at it's best.
DominicT
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I've told this story before but after the Cup win in 1970 we were in church (good young catholic boy I was) and I will never forget what the priest said in his sermon:
"But just like Bobby Orr is a superstar, Jesus Christ is a superstar." (I found out later he was not a Bruins fan)
Like Wally and Fenway, I've been lucky to see many of the greats in the game. Howe (it was actually because of him that I fell in love with the game), Gretzky, Lemieux, Crosby....
The closest player to Orr when it comes to dominating his era, and I say this with all due respect to the other players is McDavid.
Happiest Birthday Blessings #4!!!
When I think of what happiness is I think of the photo of him hugging the Cup.....
When I think of what happiness is I think of the photo of him hugging the Cup.....
I was aHabs fan at 6 until I saw Orr play against the leafs one Saturday night. We here only saw the Bruins on Saturday night if they where playing the Leafs. I saw this kid skate circles around everyone. Ask Mr older brother who that was and he said. Best player ever
I like to say peak Orr was absolutely the Michael Jordan of his era.
Two things stand out beyond The Goal. On my 12 B-Day, I saw 18 year old Orr drop the gloves and drop Habs tough guy twice in a pure boxing match.
The backhand goal from literally the corner picking the top of the net. Was greatest goal I have seen to this day. I know its on video because I saw it several years ago.
Can't remember if it was against Rangers or Habs.
I got this for Christmas one year and loved it to death.
I thought these pictures were so cool.
I thought these pictures were so cool.
He scored this backhander skating on one knee in the Canada Cup. Every game watching Bobby was like your Birthday. Happy Birthday Bobby Orr!
I can’t believe the jersey I ordered back in January arrived today of all days!!!
I LOVE IT!
I have that book as well.I got this for Christmas one year and loved it to death. View attachment 672947
I thought these pictures were so cool.
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Happy Birthday Bobby Orr, the GOAT. The reason I became a Bruins fan at the age of 3! Also later the reason I became a RedSox, Celtics and Patriots fan and pro Boston, all because of #4.
Even Finnegan knows how awesome Orr was. And he’s only 2!
I have that book too. Showed it to my 11 y.o. grandson who plays D. I have so many books from throughout the years, I just hope that he appreciates them when I'm gone.I got this for Christmas one year and loved it to death. View attachment 672947
I thought these pictures were so cool.
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Unfortunately it was the peak of Bobby Orr and The Big Bad Bruins. When he left at the end of 1976, he was 28 and pretty much done.
Have you got advice for our young viewers "yeah, don't smoke, terrible habit!"Happy BirthDay To The Best Ever, Bobby Orr!
It's why I'm a Bruins fan for all these years! Saw him in the 70's when my dad got tickets right behind Bruins bench in Vancouver. The Bruins were like the Beatles of hockey visiting. Met him once at a radio talk show in a pub. Such a nice fellow!
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BostonBob
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Like a lot of others here I can say that Bobby Orr was the player that made me a hockey fan and a lifelong Bruins fan too. But unlike those that grew up in or around Boston my story is probably a bit different. I grew up in a small town about an hour outside of Montreal so everybody I knew cheered for the Habs. I think I was around 7 when my Dad started the process of making me a hockey fan and a ( shudder ) Montreal Canadiens fan. The first couple of games I watched on TV were Montreal blowouts as they always seemed to play crappy teams on Thursday nights ( local French telecasts ) and on Saturday nights ( HNIC ). I didn't really understand the rules or strategy of the game but I did like the speed that it was played in. Then one weekend afternoon I turned the TV over to WPTZ ( NBC affiliate out of Burlington, Vermont ) and they were airing an afternoon game between Boston and ( I think ) Detroit. That's when I first saw this #4 guy in black just flying all over the ice and even without fully understanding the game at that point I just knew that this guy was so much better than anybody else out there. The announcers ( Tim Ryan and Ted Lindsay ) were trying to make the game sound competitive while still gushing over Orr. That was the day I knew that I had found my team. That night I told my Dad that I was now a Bruins fan which did not go over very well - this was way before the Nordiques were around and the Leafs were pretty much irrelevant so there was not a more hated team than the Bruins for Montreal fans. I think my Dad would have been less upset if I had told him that I was having relations with the family dog. Even though I had some tough years along the way ( High School was the worst with the Bruins seemingly losing to Montreal in the Playoffs every freaking season ) I'm still glad that watching Bobby Orr on a cold winter day back in the early 70's made me a Bruins fan for life. Happy Birthday Bobby !!!!!
30 years ago BayBank had a grand opening for their new office in Harvard Square and bought print ads that Bobby Orr would be there.
TEN THOUSAND PEOPLE SHOWED UP
I wish the entire video existed but one night in Oakland back in the early 70s the Bruins were called for a penalty and on the faceoff, Orr wound up with the puck and for 1 minute and 50 seconds never lost control of it and then scored a shorthanded goal.
He routinely played 35-40 minutes a game in that era.
He was the best I have ever seen.
TEN THOUSAND PEOPLE SHOWED UP
I wish the entire video existed but one night in Oakland back in the early 70s the Bruins were called for a penalty and on the faceoff, Orr wound up with the puck and for 1 minute and 50 seconds never lost control of it and then scored a shorthanded goal.
He routinely played 35-40 minutes a game in that era.
He was the best I have ever seen.
DominicT
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Grapes often spoke of when a rookie was in the lineup for someone (can't recall who) and Orr was ragging the puck and this rookie chasing him. Orr pointed and told him where to go stand and the rookie listened and then Orr fed him the puck and then quickly went and took it away,
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