Few stars of professional hockey have been as admired, respected, and loved as Jean Arthur Beliveau. For close to twenty seasons, Beliveau was le Gros Bill, "the gentle giant" centreman of the fabled Montreal Canadiens during the glory years of the 1950s and 1960s. Retiring from on-ice action in 1971, he went on to fashion a successful twenty-two-year career both as the Canadiens' senior vice-president of corporate affairs and as a sort of ambassador at large for hockey in general. Beliveau's statistical record as a player ...
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Few stars of professional hockey have been as admired, respected, and loved as Jean Arthur Beliveau. For close to twenty seasons, Beliveau was le Gros Bill, "the gentle giant" centreman of the fabled Montreal Canadiens during the glory years of the 1950s and 1960s. Retiring from on-ice action in 1971, he went on to fashion a successful twenty-two-year career both as the Canadiens' senior vice-president of corporate affairs and as a sort of ambassador at large for hockey in general. Beliveau's statistical record as a player is an impressive one - 507 goals and 712 assists in 1,125 games, all of them played with Canadiens teams that included such legends as Rocket Richard, Dickie Moore, Jacques Plante, Gump Worsley, and Doug Harvey. At the time of his retirement, Beliveau had 176 points in playoff action - a National Hockey League record that was surpassed only in 1987, by Wayne Gretzky. But more than the goals and the assists, more than the many awards and trophies he won, more than the ten Stanley Cup victories, it was Beliveau's elegance, intelligence, competitive focus, and aristocrat-like dignity that seemed to incarnate both the best of hockey and the best of the Canadiens'formidable winning tradition. My Life in Hockey is the long-awaited first-person story of a remarkable life, proof that great dreams dreamed by those raised in humble circumstances can come true. The eldest of eight children, son of a hard-working Quebecois electrical worker and his devoutly Catholic wife, Beliveau vividly describes here how he was able to parlay his skill in fun-filled backyard shinny games into a highly successful, much-talked-about junior and senior hockey career. Then, in 1953, in one of themost anticipated signings in the history of professional sport, he joined the NHL Montreal Canadiens for what was then the most lucrative salary ever paid a rookie. My Life in Hockey is packed with stories, anecdotes, opinions, tributes. Name the player - Bobby Orr, Boom-Boom Geof
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Very Good. Very Good Dust Jacket. Size: 8x6x1; Clean With Some Minor Line Creases. 308 Pages With The Index. Signed By Both "To Norris Du...Best Wishes Jean Beliveau" At The Half Title Page. Signed By Both Co Authors At The Title Page. based on your address. -We can ship from USA and Canada. Specializing in academic, collectible and historically significant, providing the utmost quality and customer service satisfaction. For any questions feel free to email us.
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Very good in Very Good jacket. Size: 6x1x9; Signed with a personal inscription by the author on the half title page, this copy has a solid tight binding with clean unmarked pages.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Signed by Author(s) 1st Printing. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. FLAT-SIGNED by Mr. Beliveau on the half-title page. 308 pp., photos, appendix, index, octavo format in hardcovers, dust jacket. Original owner's name on front fly leaf. No other markings or wear to book. Dust jacket is not price-clipped, one short edge-tear, minor wrinkle. An attractive copy.
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Very Good. Very Good Dust Jacket. Clean With Some Minor Line Creases. 308 Pages With The Index. Signed By Both "Jean Beliveau, And Allan Turowetz" At The Copyright Page. Second Large Inscrition By Beliveau At The Half Title Page. Signed In 1994. based on your address. -We can ship from USA and Canada. Specializing in academic, collectible and historically significant, providing the utmost quality and customer service satisfaction. For any questions feel free to email us.