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Bobby Orr

Published on Nov 20, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

ORR: MY STORY

BOBBY ORR'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY
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SUMMARY

  • Autobiography
  • From childhood to end of career
  • Shows highs and lows of life
  • Although, he is a Boston sports' icon
  • He is still human (life wasn't perfect)
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WORK ETHIC

  • Played pond hockey all the time, sometimes 10v10
  • Shot home-made pucks through the doorway of his house
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HUMILITY

  • He didn't like individual awards
  • He believed that it didn't give credit where credit was due
  • He never played for the fame or the money
  • The individual awards "missed the point"
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PERSERVERENCE

  • Was 125 lbs. at first camp
  • Was laughed at for how small he was
  • "But i was where i wanted to be,
  • at the rink playing hockey"
  • Effect: Changed lives
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ALAN EAGLESON

  • Agent
  • Was "cheated" and received much less money
  • than he was promised

"The Goal"

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