Happy 85th B.D.To Gordie Howe!!

[turok]

Link to 16 rare Sports Illustrated photos of #9 throughout his extremely long professional hockey career, that lasted ~4.5 decades, taking into consideration his one game stint with the late IHL Detroit Vipers in 1997 so that he could lay claim to be the only man to have ever played professional hockey in 6 consecutive decades, his last full season being in 79-80 with the former WHA/NHL Hartford Whalers.


http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/nhl/photos/1303/gordie-howe-rare-si-photos/1/

Howe was also (in)famous for his "patented" hat trick, being a goal, an assist, and a fight.

 

[kalinecountry]

http://espn.go.com/nhl/story/_/id/91...-85th-birthday
Red Wings honor Gordie Howe.
from espn