The Devil and Bobby Hull: How Hockey's Original Million-Dollar Man Became the Game's Lost Legend

An award-winning writer sets the record straight on hockeys forgotten golden boyBobby Hull In his prime few could dispute Bobby Hulls athletic brilliancethe first to have five 50-goal seasons the highest scorer on the 1976 Canada Cup team the first to use the slapshot as a scoring weapon and the first hockey player to sign a million-dollar contract. With his body-builder torso and his 100 mph volleys across a rink the world of hockey glory was his to lose. And he did. With his publicized marital troubles and his defection from the NHL to the WHA Hulls star began to fall leaving him broke and in exile from the game. In The Devil and Bobby Hull this once great hockey player and pioneer is finally given his due. Not only are Hulls remarkable on-ice achievements finally put in perspective so too are his achievements off the rinkincluding endorsements for a wide array of products (rare for an NHL player) and his appearance on the cover of Sports Illustrated a record four times. And the book details how Hulls battle with the owners of the Chicago Blackhawkschallenging the reserve clause in his contract a move that enabled him to move to the WHAhelped other players follow him. The author places Hull squarely in the pantheon of other hockey greats including Gordie Howe Bobby Orr and Wayne Gretzkyand makes the case that he is the games most influential and important player This is the full unauthorized story of Hulls lifethat doesnt sidestep the controversies (including the domestic violence tainting his private life) Details Hulls recent reconciliation with the Chicago Blackhawks A candid look at one of hockeys most gifted and controversial figures The Devil and Bobby Hull tells the story of his extraordinary career and lifeand why this remarkable man has not faded into oblivion.