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The number 2 worn by Orr was retired by the Oshawa Generals in November 2008. Orr was born in the town of Parry Sound on the shores of Georgian Bay in Ontario, Canada.His grandfather, Robert Orr, was a top-tier soccer pro player who emigrated from Ballymena, Northern Ireland [7] to Parry Sound early in the 20th century. [8]
Parry Sound is the birthplace of hockey legend Bobby Orr, the namesake of the local community centre and the town's own Bobby Orr Hall of Fame. In Orr's best-selling autobiography, Orr: My Story, he speaks highly of Parry Sound, the friends and family who resided there and the happy childhood he had living in that part of Canada. [11] [12] [13]
Orr: My Story. Orr: My Story is a 2013 autobiography written by former professional hockey player Bobby Orr, [1] who played for the Boston Bruins and the Chicago Blackhawks in the National Hockey League from 1966 to 1978. Orr had multiple knee surgeries and injuries that ended his career. Orr was enshrined in the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1979 at ...
It includes a 480-seat music hall with acoustics by Artec Consultants [3] and the Bobby Orr Hall of Fame, celebrating the Parry Sound native and ice hockey legend Bobby Orr. [2] The centre was designed to look and feel like a Georgian Bay cottage; wood is used extensively for structural and decorative purposes.
Adams signed a defenseman from Parry Sound, Ontario, named Bobby Orr, who entered the league in 1966 and became, in the eyes of many, the greatest player of all time. He was announced that season's winner of the Calder Memorial Trophy for Rookie of the Year and named to the second NHL All-Star team.
William Thomas Beagan [1] was born on December 1, 1937, in Parry Sound, Ontario, as the second youngest in a family of twelve children. [2] He learned to skate on a frozen pond at age six, by wearing multiple pairs of socks in a second-hand pair of ice skates that were five sizes too big. [3] He attended Parry Sound High School until tenth ...
Bobby Orr pictured in 2010. The greatest player ever to wear an Oshawa Generals uniform, Bobby Orr, became a legend in the NHL and to be inducted in the Hockey Hall of Fame. [citation needed] Orr was discovered by Wren Blair as a 14-year-old while playing a game in Gananoque, Ontario. He was quickly signed to a contract and invited to training ...
Pages in category "Sportspeople from Parry Sound, Ontario" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. ... Bobby Orr; R. Graham Ritchie; S.