Hockey Memorabilia Auction - Spring 2008
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/10/2008
A great addition to any Bobby Hull collection, here are three UPI wire service photographs marking milestones – including his 600th NHL goal - from his great Hall of Fame career with the Chicago Black Hawks. A beaming Golden Jet holds the “600” puck up to the camera in a great 10” x 8” image taken in the Black Hawks’ dressing room at the Boston Gardens on March 25, 1972. The UPI (United Press International) photo caption notes that Hull was second overall in NHL goals to Gordie Howe, who retired prior to the beginning of the season. Both players would continue their careers in the WHA and became teammates with the Hartford Whalers when the team joined the NHL in 1979-80. An original 8” x 10” UPI photo has the caption sticker attached showing
Hull celebrating a playoff hat trick on April 9, 1972 that capped a sweep in Pittsburgh. The lot also includes a 7” x 9” photo of Hull celebrating his 50th goal of the 1968-69 season against New York’s Eddie Giacomin at Chicago Stadium on March 5, 1969.
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