Picture a smallish pro hockey player -- he's 5-foot-10 -- with a big, wet mop of curly hair atop his choirboy face. A huge smile lights up that face, a smile made even larger by the wide gap where his top front teeth once were. His eyes mischievously twinkle; he might even give you a wink. A trickle of blood streams down the side of his face and splashes onto his distinctive orange and black jersey decorated with a stylized "P" and the number 16. On the left chest of that jersey sits an oversized letter "C."
This can only be Bobby Clarke and, for a sizable portion of fans, he represented not just an overwhelming and fierce desire to win at all costs but the NHL of the 1970s itself.
For more of Bobby Clarke's 100 Greatest Players bio, please click here.
Picture a smallish pro hockey player -- he's 5-foot-10 -- with a big, wet mop of curly hair atop his choirboy face. A huge smile lights up that face, a smile made even larger by the wide gap where his top front teeth once were. His eyes mischievously twinkle; he might even give you a wink. A trickle of blood streams down the side of his face and splashes onto his distinctive orange and black jersey decorated with a stylized "P" and the number 16. On the left chest of that jersey sits an oversized letter "C."
This can only be Bobby Clarke and, for a sizable portion of fans, he represented not just an overwhelming and fierce desire to win at all costs but the NHL of the 1970s itself.
For more of Bobby Clarke's 100 Greatest Players bio, please click here.
NOTES & TRANSACTIONS
- WCJHL First All-Star Team (1968, 1969)
- WCJHL Player of the Year (1969)
- NHL Second All-Star Team (1973, 1974)
- NHL First All-Star Team (1975, 1976)
- Played in NHL All-Star Game (1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978)
