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#99 Wayne Gretzky
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Born: 01/26/1961
Birthplace: Brantford, Ontario, Canada
Height: 6-0 Weight: 185 Shoots: Left
Gretzky chosen as Hockey Player of the Century
The Sports Illustrated 20th Century Awards selection committee has selected Wayne Gretzky as the hockey player of the 20th century... As well, Gretzky has been chosen as hockey player of the century by a panel of judges from the Associated Press. ESPN chose Michael Jordan as the player of the century, and ranked Gretzky number 5 in the category.
Gretzky inducted into the Hall of Fame
On November 22nd 1999, Wayne Gretzky was officially welcomed as the latest member of the Hockey Hall of Fame.
TORONTO -- On an afternoon of Barenaked Ladies, dancing
mascots and even a little pond hockey, leave it to The Great One to
make yesterday's NHL all-star game a Great Show.
In a yearly spectacle that's become so homogenized, the pre-game
show sizzled.
After Gretzky's retired No. 99 was raised to the rafters of the Air
Canada Centre, an emotionally supercharged video presentation was
used to open ABC's television broadcast.
And it showcased all that was right about hockey.
The video, filmed for nearly five hours Friday north of Toronto on an
Uxbridge pond, showed Gretzky along with Mario Lemieux and
Gordie Howe passing the torch to Jaromir Jagr, Eric Lindros, Paul
Kariya and Pavel Bure.
Gretzky and his pond hockey buddies sat around and swapped
hockey stories, yet another special moment to add to the legacy of The
Great One.
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