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1963-64 Bobby Orr Oshawa Generals Program-Orr's First Appearance on a Program Cover!
<p>Presented is a game program of the 1963-64 Junior "A" Oshawa Generals with 15-year-old Bobby Orr on the cover, the first time Orr was featured on a program cover. Orr changed the game of hockey as he became a NHL offensive force as no defenseman had before him. In the 1963-64 season he was already in his second season of hockey with the Generals, in the Ontario Hockey Association, playing against competitors often two to four years older than he was. Orr had always exhibited great promise, and he was faster than players years older than he was when Bobby first played organized hockey, at only five years old. A wing until he was 10 years old, his coach at the time, former NHL player Bucko McDonald, switched Orr to defense and encouraged him to become an attacking force. Orr was a star in the OHL, scoring a then Junior "A" record 29 goals for a defenseman in this 1963-64 season, when he was merely 15 years old. Orr scored 107 goals and had 173 assists in four seasons with the Oshawa Generals. Then he went on to lead the Boston Bruins to two Stanley Cups, along the way Orr was a prodigious trophy winner: 2-time Hart; 2-time Ross; 8-time Norris; 2-time Smythe; and the Calder as Rookie of the Year. He is also a 9-time All-Star and, of course, a Hockey Hall of Famer. The program is 12-pages and measures 6.75x10". The program also lists future NHL stars who played in the game: Wayne Cashman, as an Orr teammate both with Oshawa and later on the Boston Bruins; and Ken Hodge and Fred Stanfield, future Orr teammates with Boston, as well future NHL opponent Dennis Hull. The program shows some wear, including some minor creasing and slight staining. It offers a fitting remembrance of the early career of a mere 15-year-old on the way to becoming one of the greatest players in hockey history.</p>
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