Memorabilia

Item Description

This item was given to the school by Darren Orr, Bobby Orr's son.  20" across x 16" down.  It is unframed.

Bobby Orr is widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest hockey players of all time. A defenseman, Orr used his ice skating speed and scoring and play-making abilities to revolutionize the position. As of 2013, Orr remains the only defenceman to have won the league scoring title with two Art Ross Trophies and holds the record for most points and assists in a single season by a defenceman. Orr won a record eight consecutive Norris Trophies as the NHL's best defenceman and three consecutive Hart Trophies as the league's most valuable player. Orr was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1979 at age 31, the youngest to be inducted into the Hall at that time.

The story behind the image:

Orr led the Bruins in a march through the 1970 playoffs that culminated on May 10, 1970, when he scored one of the most famous goals in hockey history and one that gave Boston its first Stanley Cup since 1941. The goal came off a give-and-go pass with teammate Derek Sanderson at the 40-second mark of the first overtime period in the fourth game, helping to complete a sweep of the St. Louis Blues. According to Orr:

"If it had gone by me, it's a two-on-one. So I got a little lucky there, but Derek gave me a great pass and when I got the pass I was moving across. As I skated across, Glenn had to move across the crease and had to open his pads a little. I was really trying to get the puck on net, and I did. As I went across, Glenn's legs opened. I looked back, and I saw it go in, so I jumped."

The subsequent photograph by Ray Lussier of a horizontal Orr flying through the air, his arms raised in victory – as he made the shot and was tripped by Blues' defenceman Noel Picard while watching the puck pass by goaltender Glenn Hall – has become one of the most famous and recognized hockey images of all time.

$10 shipping cost is the responsibility of the winning bidder, and may be added to the winning bid total.  Alternatively, the item may be picked up at Community Preparatory School, 126 Somerset Street, Providence, RI 02907.  If you are the winning bidder and prefer to pick up the item, please call within 24 hours of the close of the auction --otherwise, it may be shipped.  Call 401-521-9697 x3.