He was an NHL Hall of Famer. Wayne Gretzky started skating at age 2 and by the time he was 6 he was regularly playing with the older boys. He played his first full NHL season in 1979-80 for the Edmonton Oilers. Over the next two decades, he dominated the sport of hockey, setting a host of league records. Wayne Gretzky retired in 1999 and was inducted into the Hall of Fame that same year.
Wayne Gretzky “The Great One” Born in Brantford, Ontario, Canada, January 26, 1961. Wayne began skating at the age of three on a backyard rink built by his father,Walter. He began playing organized hockey in grade school and was soon such a dominant scorer that he was moved out of his age bracket to play with players several years older. In the book “On the ice with Wayne Gretzky,” Matt Christopher (pg.3) One of Wayne Gretzky’s idols as a young hockey player were his father and Hall of Fame forward Gordie Howe. After playing in several local and regional leagues, Gretzky advanced to play junior hockey with the Sault Sainte Marie Greyhounds of the Ontario Hockey League, a developmental league for young players.
They practiced three to four hours a day, waking up at three in the morning to skate before school and going back to the rink right after school to skate again. Kwan’s parents worked several jobs and even sold the family home to pay for their children’s training and ice time, but they ultimately could not afford the coaching and rink fees. Fortunately for Kwan and her family, a member of the Los Angeles Figure Skating Club noticed the children’s talent and agreed to finance their training (Liszt). Since the majority of Michelle’s time was spent on the ice, her parents decided to start homeschooling her starting at the age of
There have been several dynasties in the NHL: the Toronto Maple Leafs of the 1940’s, the Red Wings and Canadians of the 1950’s then again the Leafs of the 1960’s, the Canadians and Islanders of the 1970’s and finally the Oilers of the 1980’s. These are the teams that are remembered as the greatest to ever play in the NH: but it was the Oilers who re wrote the NHL record books. On May 19, 1984, the Edmonton Oilers won their first Stanley cup, and it was the beginning of their dynasty years. In 1983–84, the Oilers finished first overall in the NHL, winning a franchise record fifty-seven games and earning 119 points. They scored 446 goals, and NHL record which still stands today.
His father was a Rabbi who called himself, “Rabbi Weiss”. His mother’s name was Cecilia Steiner Weiss. The Weiss’s did not have much money. Ehrich did not want to be a burden on the family so he ran away at the age of 12. He sent back money to his family.
Growing up he played sports at a high level. He played hockey on a junior Olympic team and got second place for the little league baseball state title 3 years in a row. Since he had me at a young age he had to hold off on his dream of becoming a police officer and focus on me. So he had
As a child he spoke five languages, and his English lacked an accent (p 91 s 152). A d’Anconia did not permit himself “to think he is born a d’Anconia” — he was “expected to become one” (p 91 s 152). Francisco d’Anconia’s father brought up his only son “all over the world” so he would “consider the world as his future domain” (p 90 s 152). When he was ten he spent the winter “in Madrid, at the home of the Duke of Alba” (p 92 s 152). The winter after that, he “shipped out as a cabin boy on a cargo steamer that carried d’Anconia copper” and worked for three months while his father searched for him.
James was raised by his single mother without a real role model in his life. In the fourth grade, James dropped out of school. His Pee Wee football coach Frankie Walker took James into his home in Akron, Ohio (Freedman 12). The fact that LeBron had to work for everything in his life from the point when he was a child shows his determination and his greatness at even a young age. Like most NBA players, James and Bryant had amazing high school careers.
Jordan has had a long relationship with Gatorade, appearing in over 20 commercials for the company since 1991 (Wikipedia 1, 10). In addition, he was instrumental in popularizing the NBA or the National Basketball Association around the world in the 1980’s and 1990’s (Jordan 1). Michael Jordan was the most clutch player in the history of the NBA. Michael Jordan was born to James R. Jordan, Sr. and Deloris Jordan in Brooklyn, New York on February 17, 1963. His family moved to Wilmington, North Carolina, when he was only seven years old.
Chuck was quoted in an interview saying “I think a lot of my shyness and non-athleticism came because I didn’t have a father to instill those in me,” he says. Chuck has been married twice, first to Dianne Holecheck in 1958 and had two children son Mike in 1963, and son Eric in 1965. They Divorced in 1988 after 30 years of marriage Chuck also had a daughter out of wedlock in 1964 named Dina that he was unaware of until she was 16 years old.. In 1998 he married a former model Gena O’Kelly who was 23 years younger than Norris, the same age as his oldest son. In 2001