Bobby Hull

Hockey legend Bobby Hull wasted zero time getting acclimated to the NHL.

As just an 18 year old in 1957, Bobby Hull scored 47 points in 70 games when he was a rookie for the Chicago Blackhawks. The feat was outstanding for any player, nevertheless a teenager in his first year in the NHL.

Soon after his successful rookie season, Hull quickly became a hockey star. His incredible slapshot was bested by only his amazing speed. He earned the nickname “The Golden Jet” because of his blazing speed, good looks and blood hair. Hull frightened NHL goalies and defenders alike with his blend of skill and versatility.

In the 1959-60 season, Booby Hull won his first Art Ross trophy for leading the NHL in points. He also set a new league record in 1968-69 after scoring 58 goals and 107 points (a personal best). Hull also came close to 100 points in the 1965-66 season when he complied 97 points after scoring 54 goals and doling out 53 assists in 65 games.

Before he shocked the world of hockey by quitting the NHL and joining the World Hockey Association in 1972, he led the Chicago Blackhawks to a Stanley Cup victory (1961) and also added two Hart Trophies as league MVP.

Hull went on to compile 303 goals, 335 assists and 638 points for the WHA. He played in 411 games for Winnipeg Jets, but then the franchise joined the NHL in 1979. Hull eventually got to end his career by playing alongside Gordie Howe as a Hartford Whaler.

Bobby Hull’s pro career spanned from 1957 to 1980. In 1983, Hull was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.