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Boston Bruins defenseman, had started to suspect the history of the small-ish black jersey from the early 1960s, No. 22, that hung in the back of a closet...On Jan. 17 , the sweater finally made its way back to its rightful owner, 60 years after Willie O'Ree made his barrier-shattering debut in the
National Hockey League, as the first black player to play in the League.
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on the North side after him. Around the time of the 60th anniversary of O'Ree's contribution to ice hockey in early 2008, he was once again honoured by the Bruins and the NHL, with a new street hockey rink in Boston named in his honour, one of many accolades with which the Bruins and NHL legend are involved. On
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right here…it's an incredible message to our young people. When I talked to the young people in the front row – everyone knows Jackie
Robinson, everyone knows Barack Obama, everyone in Boston knows Willie O'Ree, but I think his story needs to be told around the country... "It's a great honor to be here, an honor to hear him speak about what he's done."
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American Hockey League. But No. 22 was available when he was called up to the Capitals at the start of this season..."It's pretty special to be in the NHL and playing my first NHL year on the 60th anniversary of Willie O'Ree," Bowey said Thursday. "There's a lot of significance behind that, and obviously he's a very special person."
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organisation, but never played beyond the minor league level. NHL players are now required to enroll in a preseason diversity training seminar, and racially based verbal abuse is punished through suspensions and fines. O'Ree is sometimes referred to as the "Jackie
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While snow banks and trash barrels can make for some fun props, the children of
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butt-ended O'Ree, knocking out his two front teeth and breaking his nose. O'Ree responded by hitting
Nesterenko over the head with his stick, which O'Ree said "almost created a riot". O'Ree remembered that fans called him racist names and that the Blackhawks players were threatening to kill him, and
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Joel Ward has an idea for the
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located in the TD Garden, established a special exhibit on O'Ree's career, comprising many items on loan from his collection. Those in attendance included a busload of friends from O'Ree's hometown of
Fredericton. Two days earlier, the City of Fredericton honoured him by naming a new sports complex
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The sweater had been hanging in the
Grzelcyk house for years, just another jersey from the Boston Bruins, a castoff. It had been found abandoned by a trainer, John Grzelcyk believed, perhaps 35 years ago, long after its useful life, and given to him...At some point, Matt Grzelcyk, John's son and a
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On Wednesday, during a press conference dedicating a new street hockey rink in his honor, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh said O'Ree deserves to be in the same historical category as Robinson and President Barack Obama..."Willie means a great deal to our city," said Walsh. "This is history in the living
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In 2022, US President Joe Biden signed the Willie O'Ree Congressional Gold Medal Act. The bill awarded O'Ree a Congressional Gold Medal, the U.S. Congress' highest honour, for his contributions to "hockey, inclusion and recreational opportunity." O'Ree is the first player in NHL history to receive
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in San Diego, California when the National Hockey League approached him to be the director of youth development for its diversity task force. The NHL/USA Hockey Diversity Task Force is a non-profit program for minority youth that encourages them to learn and play hockey. As of the mid-2000s, O'Ree
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The Hockey Hall of Fame announced today, June 26, that they will induct Bruins legend Willie O'Ree into the Hockey Hall of Fame Class of 2018. O'Ree was selected as part of the "Builder" category, which is defined by "coaching, managerial or executive ability, or ability in another significant
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Madison Bowey always wore No. 22 on the baseball field growing up, but it was taken whenever he joined a hockey team...That was the case as the defenseman turned himself into an NHL prospect and joined the Capitals' system as a second-round pick in 2013. The number was taken again as he proved
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Ward told ESPN Sunday, the media day before his San Jose Sharks face the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final. "It's a no-brainer. Without Willie, it would be tough for me to be sitting here today. I definitely think Willie should be a big part of this."
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Hockey Rink at Smith Playground. O'Ree was joined by Chara, Bergeron, Bruins president Cam Neely, Boston Bruins Foundation Executive Director Bob Sweeney, and NHL Director of Social Impact, Growth, and Fan Development and former Bruin Andrew Ference for the dedication.
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This bill directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the award of a Congressional Gold Medal to Willie O'Ree, in recognition of his contributions and commitment to hockey, inclusion, and recreational
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Starting in the 2017–18 season, the NHL has instituted the annual Willie O'Ree Community Hero Award to recognize "an individual who - through the game of hockey - has positively impacted his or her community, culture or society". It is awarded through public voting.
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off-ice role, sportsmanship, character and contributions to his or her organization or organizations and to the game of hockey in general." He is the seventh member of the Boston Bruins to be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame as part of the "builder" category.
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he stated that he was "lucky to get out of the arena alive". After playing the 43 games for the Bruins during that season, O'Ree was then traded to the Montreal Canadiens. O'Ree described the Canadiens were run by
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rookie of bi-racial ethnicity, had been taught by his Black Canadian father about O'Ree's importance in NHL history, and selected 22 as his number with the Capitals to honour O'Ree's achievement.
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in NHL play by wearing jersey number 42 in NHL play; Robinson's player number 42 has been retired league-wide in pro baseball.
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Spencer, Donna (May 27, 2020). "Impact beyond hockey ushers Willie O'Ree, Sheldon Kennedy into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame".
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into the Breitbard Hall of Fame honouring San Diego's finest athletes both on and off the playing surface.
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of hockey," whom he had the chance to meet when he was younger. In 2018, O'Ree was inducted into the
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3044:"O'Ree a leading man in more ways than one – NHL.com – News"
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rink named in his honour in the Boston neighbourhood of
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Willie O'Ree Place (Fredericton arena, dedicated 2008)
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2895:"The Jackie Robinson of hockey - The Boston Globe"
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4452:2024 Big City Greens Classic
3987:The Internet Hockey Database
2986:. March 14, 1984. p. 24
2824:. Knight-Ridder Newspapers.
625:Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
581:1960–61 Boston Bruins season
571:. A long-time member of the
424:O'Ree was inducted into the
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3136:. National Hockey League
2793:Thompson, Harry (2013).
2772:"O'Ree a hockey pioneer"
2524:"O'Ree a hockey pioneer"
618:Congressional Gold Medal
558:Springfield Thunderbirds
372:, formerly known as the
4447:2023 NHL Winter Classic
4437:2019 NHL Winter Classic
4432:2016 NHL Winter Classic
4427:2010 NHL Winter Classic
3204:"Willie O'Ree bio page"
2569:in Halifax, NS (2007).
2413:Encyclopædia Britannica
523:2016 Stanley Cup Finals
479:. On October 29, 2008,
471:. On February 5, 2008,
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670:Order of New Brunswick
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963:Fredericton Capitals
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547:Major League Baseball
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3782:"Willie Eldon O'Ree"
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2013:New Haven Nighthawks
799:Fredericton Falcons
710:on January 18, 2022.
435:Berkeley, California
358:New Haven Nighthawks
226:Underground Railroad
172:(NHL), playing as a
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4271:Philadelphia Flyers
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2758:Hockey Hall of Fame
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562:Springfield Indians
539:Pittsburgh Penguins
477:Black History Month
398:Washington Capitals
190:Hockey Hall of Fame
141:William Eldon O'Ree
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4405:The Big Bad Bruins
4266:Montreal Canadiens
3979:Eliteprospects.com
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3005:Sports Illustrated
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1534:Los Angeles Blades
1044:Quebec Frontenacs
652:Awards and honours
533:star right winger
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