Legends of Hockey - Spotlight - Gordie Howe

Vintage Gordie Howe hockey cards - a 1953-54
and 1954-55 Parkhurst as well as #9's definitive
1969-70 O Pee Chee card.

Howe's hockey gloves from the 1952-53 season. That year he set an NHL record for points with 95.

Montreal game tickets for November 10, 1963, the night Gordie scored his 545th goal
and eclipsed Rocket Richard's
NHL record.

"Mr. Hockey's" Red Wings
jersey circa 1966.

One of the biggest draws of the 1960s, Gordie Howe
was often the cover feature of hockey
programs throughout the league.

A program from Gordie Howe Night at the Olympia Stadium, March 3, 1959.

An assortment of magazines from the 1950s
and 60s with Gordie as the cover story. The
bottom right magazine states that Howe
will indeed shoot for 700 goals.

Colleen Howe's book on her hockey family, published in 1975 by Hawthorn Books, Inc.

Gordie's 700-goal stick
(milestone reached on December 4, 1968).

The puck that Gordie used to record his 700th career NHL goal on December 4, 1968.