Bobby Orr, a staple of the hockey GOAT conversation, the best player on the best and most colorful Bruins team ever, the phenom from small town Ontario who fully reached the potential suggested by his eye-catching play as a 9-year-old.
In this wide-ranging investigation, we combine contemporaneous and historical sources with nostalgia, to get a full picture of Orr’s career and life.
Special thanks to Joe Bertagna, G-Force, and the Swamp Thunder Gun.
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Bobby Orr and the Big Bad Bruins, by Stan Fischler (1969)
Orr On Ice, by Bobby Orr and Dick Grace (1970)
The Two Sides of Bobby Orr, interview by Don Earle (1970)
Dynamite On Ice: The Bobby Orr Story, by Don Bock (1972)
The Game, by Ken Dryden (1983)
Orr: My Story, by Bobby Orr (2014)
Searching for Bobby Orr, by Stephen Brunt (2016)
Bobby: My Story in Pictures, by Bobby Orr (2018)
Late in the Third, by Joe Bertagna (2021)
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