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Friday, November 23, 2007

CBC Radio and TV Archives, Sports Category includes vintage clips such as Wayne Gretzky interviewed after scoring 1,000th career goal (at age 13); NHL doubles in size (1966); Rocket Richard in playoffs (1944); "skurfing" the streets in 1965; wrestling legend Gene Kiniski interviewed in 1978; making wooden lacrosse sticks; Montreal Expos first home opener in 1969; no beer at Blue Jays games; Russ Jackson and Rough Riders beat Roughriders in 1969 Grey Cup; novelist W.O. Mitchell reviews curling; and much more. Worth a browse.

Comments

Great link. It was neat to hear the greatest hockey player ever as a kid talking about the game like a kid. I was impressed (as you have to be whenever hearing Gretzky stats) with the 178 goals and only a little disheartened to hear that he had already played in 70 games that year. I guess they become that great in part because they get serious at such a young age.

The Gretzky interview was fascinating. (Did you catch the coach mentioning that the goalie on Wayne's peewee team was Greg Stefan? Neat.) There's some stellar stuff here.

I like that link. I wish they had more (say, a full period) of that 1944 Montreal Canadiens game.

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