Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction - March 2007
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/27/2007
Another intriguing story here to go along with another exceptional piece from Alan Eagleson’s personal collection. Friends with Lester Pearson, Eagleson and colleagues wanted to honor the former Canadian Prime Minister, with the Lester B. Pearson Award the result. Donated by the NHL’s Players’ Association and first presented following the 1970-71 season, the award goes annually to the NHL’s outstanding player as selected by the league’s players, making its winners feel all the more honored, having been chosen by their peers. Involved in deciding the design of the award, Eagleson received this copy of the original from the makers and relates that it is only one of two such examples, other than the awards produced and given to the recipient each year. The extremely heavy Lucite affair features a golden hockey player in motion and is just a tad over seven inches square with a three-quarter inch marble-like white section at the bottom, giving the effect of ice for the player to skate on. Boston’s Phil Esposito was the first winner of the award in 1971 (he also won in ’73-74) and other players to have won the award more than once in their careers are Lafleur (3), Dionne, Gretzky (5), Lemieux (4), Messier, Hasek and Jagr. In excellent condition with just some light surface scratches to mention, this thought-provoking piece will be accompanied by a LOA signed by Alan Eagleson.
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