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MCNEIL, Bill

1989-0460

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1986-05-15

Bill McNeil (Interviewer)

Interview of King Clancy, about his career as a professional hockey player in the 1920s and 1930s. Clancy talks about: learning to play hockey when he was a boy growing up in Ottawa; his debut as a National Hockey League player in 1921; players and managers he knew such as the Patrick family; the differences betwen hockey then and now; his preference for natural ice instead of artificial ice; the habit players had of skating into the goal judge, who used to stand on the ice behind the net; the speed and roughness of the game now; the tendency of players of the past to play their positions more strictly than players do now; his team-mates on the Toronto Maple Leafs and formidable opponents such as Aurel Joliat; his assessment of how hockey stars of today, such as Wayne Gretzky, compare to stars of Clancy's time, notably Charlie Conacher; hockey broadcaster Foster Hewitt; how Clancy got his nickname "King"; and Clancy's admiration for his father, a well-known Ottawa athlete.

English

Libre

No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

with written permission of copyright owner : with permission of Bill McNeilCBC has rights only for one broadcast of each of the programs.Contact for Bill McNeil: Dawn McNeil Lemaire.