Wolfs' A-Z Sporting Greats

O = Bobby ORR:
* ICE HOCKEY *
Hockey Hall of Fame, 1979

Born March 20th, 1948 - Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada

Achievements:

• First and only defenceman to score nine hat tricks
• First defenceman to score 30 goals (1969–70) and 40 goals (1974–75) in a season.
• First player to record 100 assists in a season (1970–71)
• Only defenceman to win the Art Ross Trophy as league leader in scoring (1969–70, 1974–75)
• Only defenceman to win the Lester B Pearson Award
• Only player ever to win the Norris Trophy, Art Ross Trophy, Hart Trophy, and Conn Smythe Trophy in one season (1969–70)
• Highest single season plus-minus rating, +124 in 1970–71
  • Second all-time in career plus-minus rating (+597; retired as the overall leader)
  • Never finished a full season less than +30 since +/- became a statistic (beginning with the 1968–69 season)

Awards:

• OHA First All-Star Team – 1964, 1965, 1966
• Awarded the Calder Memorial Trophy (rookie of the year) in 1967, the youngest ever to win the award, and the youngest ever to win a major NHL award up to that time
• Named to the Second All-Star Team in 1966–67 (his only full season when he did not make the First Team, as a rookie)
• Named to the NHL First All-Star Team eight times consecutively (1968-1975)
• Awarded the James Norris Trophy eight times (from 1968 to 1975, his last full season)
• Played in the NHL All-Star Game eight times (from 1968 to 1975)
• Won the Art Ross Trophy in 1969–70 and 1974–75
• NHL Plus/Minus leader in 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974 and 1975, the most in history
• Awarded the Hart Memorial Trophy three times consecutively (1970–1972)
• Awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy in 1970 and 1972, the first two-time winner of the playoff MVP award
• Stanley Cup winner in 1970 and 1972
• Won Lou Marsh Trophy as Canadian athlete of the year in 1970
• NHL All-Star Game MVP in 1972
• Received Sports Illustrated magazine's "Sportsman of the Year" award in 1970
• Voted the greatest athlete in Boston history in the Boston Globe newspaper's poll of New Englanders in 1975, beating out baseball and basketball stars such as Ted Williams, Bill Russell, Carl Yastrzemski and Bob Cousy
• Awarded the Lester B. Pearson Award in 1975
• Named the Canada Cup Tournament MVP in 1976
• Awarded the Lester Patrick Trophy in 1979
• Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1979, with the mandatory three-year waiting period waived,- making him the youngest inductee at 31 years of age
• Voted the second greatest hockey player of all time by an expert committee in 1997 by The Hockey News. Orr is behind only Wayne Gretzky and ahead of Gordie Howe as well as being named the top defenceman of all time. Gretzky said he'd have voted for Orr, or for his hero, Gordie Howe.
• Named the top defenceman of all time in 2010 by The Hockey News

Records:

• Most points in one NHL season by a defenceman (139; 1970–71)
• Most assists in one NHL season by a defenceman (102; 1970–71).
• Most 100-point seasons by a defenceman (1969-70 - 1974-75).
• Highest plus/minus in one NHL season (+124; 1970–71)
• Most assists in one NHL game by a defenceman (6; tied with Babe Pratt, Pat Stapleton, Ron Stackhouse, Paul Coffey and Gary Suter)
• One of two players to win four major NHL awards in one season (Hart, Norris, Art Ross, and Conn Smythe in 1970), as well as the only player to win the Norris and Art Ross in the same season. The other was Alexander Ovechkin in 2007–08.
• Fastest goal from start of overtime to clinch the Stanley Cup (0:40; 1970, game 4)

 

definitely the GOAT even if Nadal and djokovic end up winning more grand slams. his style of play is unbelievable and that back hand is the greatest shot in tennis.

 

P = "PELE"
(Edson Arantes do Nascimento )
*SOCCER *

Born: Edson Arantes do Nascimento - 23 October 1940 - Três Corações, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Occupation: Footballer - humanitarian

Representing Brazil
FIFA World Cup
Winner 1958 Sweden . . . . . . . . . . .

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Winner 1962 Chile . . . . . . . . . . .

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Winner 1970 Mexico

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• 1st Minister of Sports - In office: 1 January 1995 – 1 May 1998

Pelé - Wikipedia

 

G.O.A.T.
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RECORDS: and AWARDS
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In December 2000, Pelé and Maradona shared the prize of FIFA Player of the Century by FIFA
The award was originally intended to be based upon votes in a web poll, but after it became apparent that it favoured Diego Maradona, many observers complained that the Internet nature of the poll would have meant a skewed demographic of younger fans who would have seen Maradona play, but not Pelé.
FIFA then appointed a "Family of Football" committee of FIFA members to decide the winner of the award together with the votes of the readers of the FIFA magazine.
The committee chose Pelé. Since Maradona was winning the Internet poll, however, it was decided he and Pelé should share the award.

• Copa Libertadores Top Scorer: 1965
• Intercontinental Cup Top Scorer (2): 1962, 1963
• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Top Scorer (3): 1961, 1963, 1964
• Campeonato Paulista Top Scorer (11): 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1973
• Torneio Rio-São Paulo Top Scorer: 1963
• Bola de Prata: 1970
• FIFA World Cup Best Young Player: 1958
• FIFA World Cup Silver Ball: 1958
• FIFA World Cup Golden Ball (Best Player): 1970
• South American Championship Best Player: 1959
• South American Championship Top Scorer: 1959
• FIFA Ballon d'Or Prix d'Honneur: 2013
• World Player of the Century, by the IFFHS: 2000
• South American player of the century, by the IFFHS: 2000
• Elected best Brazilian player of the century, by the IFFHS: 2006
• France Football's Ballon d'Or (7): 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1970 – Le nouveau palmarès (the new winners)
• FIFA Player of the Century: 2000
• FIFA Order of Merit: 1984
• FIFA Centennial Award: 2004
• FIFA 100 Greatest Living Footballers: 2004
• Winner of France Football's World Cup Top-100 1930–1990
• BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year: 1970
• BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award: 2005
• Laureus Lifetime Achievement Award: 2000
• Greatest football player to have ever played the game, by Golden Foot: 2012
• Athlete of the Century, by Reuters News Agency: 1999
• Athlete of the Century, elected by International Olympic Committee: 1999
• South American Footballer of the Year: 1973
• Football Player of the Century, elected by France Football's Ballon d'Or Winners: 1999
• Inducted into the American National Soccer Hall of Fame: 1992
• World Team of the 20th Century: 1998
• TIME: One of the 100 Most Important People of the 20th century: 1999
• World Soccer Greatest XI of All Time: 2013
• FWA Tribute Award: 2018
• Included in the North American Soccer League (NASL) All-Star team (3): 1975, 1976, 1977
• Number 10 retired by the New York Cosmos as a recognition to his contribution to the club: 1977
• Elected Citizen of the World, by the United Nations: 1977
• Elected Goodwill Ambassador, by UNESCO: 1993
• Ballon d'Or Dream Team: 2020
• IFFHS All-time Men's Dream Team: 2021

Orders

• Knight of the Order of Rio Branco: 1967
• Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (honorary knighthood): 1997
• Elected Commander of the Order of Rio Branco after scoring the thousandth goal: 1969
• Awarded with the Cross of the Order of the Republic of Hungary: 1994
• Awarded the FIFA Order as a tribute to his 80 years as a sports institution: 1984
• Awarded with the Order of Merit of South America, by CONMEBOL: 1984
• Awarded with the Order of Champions, by the Organization of Catholic Youth in the USA: 1978
• He was awarded the National Order of Merit, by the government of Brazil: 1991
• Olympic Order, by the International Olympic Committee: 2016

Records

• Most goals for Brazil national football team: 77 (95 including unofficial friendlies)
• Most goals for Santos: 643 (in 659 competitive games)
• Most goals in the Intercontinental Cup: 7
• Most hat-tricks in world football: 92
• Most career goals in world football (including friendlies): 1,283 (in 1,363 games)
• Most FIFA World Cup winners' medals: 3 (1958, 1962, 1970)
• Youngest winner of a FIFA World Cup: aged 17 years and 249 days (1958)
• Youngest goalscorer in a FIFA World Cup: aged 17 years and 239 days (for Brazil vs Wales, 1958)
• Youngest player to score a hat-trick in a FIFA World Cup: aged 17 years and 244 days (for Brazil vs France, 1958)
• Youngest player to play in a FIFA World Cup Final: aged 17 years and 249 days (1958)
• Youngest goalscorer in a FIFA World Cup Final: aged 17 years and 249 days (for Brazil vs Sweden, 1958)
• Most assists provided in FIFA World Cup history: 10 (1958–1970)
• Most assists provided in a single FIFA World Cup tournament: 6 (1970)
• Most assists provided in FIFA World Cup Final matches: 3 (1 in 1958 and 2 in 1970)
• Most goals in FIFA World Cup Final matches: 3 (2 in 1958 and 1 in 1970) (shared with Vavá, Geoff Hurst and Zinedine Zidane)
• Most goals in a calendar year (recognised by FIFA): 127 (1959)

 

Pete Rose. In the news he's wants into the Hall of Fame. I don't know how he gambled, or the whole story. But they overlook drug use and other things. I would want Charley Hustle on my team.

 

Quit early - Your hungry so you quit on hole 16 as you cant stand how hungry you are.....

R

 

Back to "Q" for Dan Quisenberry, baseball pitcher best known for his submarine style delivery. He lead the American League in saves per season a record 5 times. Was in the running for MVP 5 of the 12 years he played. Dan was the first pitcher in major league history to save more than 40 games in a season twice in his career.

 

Thank you buddy..... I guess I didnt really understand this thread......

 

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