Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction June 2015
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/17/2015
Howie Morenz, who was renowned as the Babe Ruth of hockey, died all too young at the age of 34 on March 8, 1937. This nicely-preserved Morenz Memorial program is from the benefit game staged that fall to benefit the fallen star’s family, when a team of NHL All-Stars and a combination of Canadiens and Maroons faced off at the Montreal Forum on November 2. This 56-page program is full of tributes and completely intact with no tears. The team rosters, which have some pencil marks, feature lineups that boast legends such as Shore, Horner, Conacher, Jackson, Day and Shriner pitted against the likes of Joliat, Lepine, Blake, Beveridge, Ward, Gagnon and Siebert, among others. A must-have program!
The cover’s spine is intact except for a small tear from the bottom through the lower staple. The NHL All-Stars defeated the combined Montreal squad 6-5. Young Howie Morenz Jr., who is pictured on the back cover with his famous father, skated in the pre-game warmup and took shots on both goalies.
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