Bobby Hull was born in Point Anne, and he was born to play hockey. The “Golden Jet,” as he was known during his glorious 16-year career — 15 of them with the Chicago Black Hawks, then finishing off with the Winnipeg Jets — was a scoring machine, totalling 610 goals, and five times he scored more than 50 goals in a season. He won the Art Ross Trophy for National Hockey League points leader after the 1960, 1962, and 1966 seasons, and twice won the Hart Trophy as the league’s Most Valuable Player. He was a perennial All-Star and has been called the greatest left wing ever to play the game.

Hull is probably best remembered for two aspects of his game: his shot and his character. Along with Boom Boom Geoffrion, Hull helped to popularize the slapshot; with his Chicago teammate Stan Mikita, Hull first began to use the curved blade which would make his own slapshot — not to mention those of future NHL stars — that much more deadly and elusive. Hull was also known as a tough-as-nails competitor who, though often graceful, would not back away from a fight and who lost most of his teeth during his tenure in the league. At times Hull’s nose was so shattered and battered that he could barely breathe through it.

Hull did not just bring glory to himself, but helped bring a Stanley Cup to Chicago, in 1961, as the Black Hawks beat the Detroit Red Wings four games to two. Hull, in his first Stanley Cup Finals, scored two goals in Game One, including the game-winner. The Black Hawks went to the Finals twice more, losing in 1962 to the Toronto Maple Leafs, and in 1965 to the Montreal Canadiens.

In 1977, Hull sat out one game to protest hockey violence. His connection to the game now lives on in the person of son Brett Hull, an even more prolific scorer than The Golden Jet. The younger Hull, a star for the St. Louis Blues, relies more on craftiness than power, and led the league in scoring in 1990 and 1991. At this rate, he should easily join his father someday in the Hall of Fame.

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