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Ted Lindsay

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The owners and managers were too stupid to realize we had brains.


— Ted Lindsay


#had #managers #owners #realize #stupid

They thought we were going to hurt the game, but we just wanted to help ourselves, because the players needed to get together to protect their interests.


— Ted Lindsay


#game #get #get together #going #help

After three years in Chicago, I decided to call it a career.


— Ted Lindsay


#call #career #chicago #decided #i

At 39, I was back in a Red Wings uniform and loving it.


— Ted Lindsay


#i #loving #red #red wings #uniform

But a funny thing happened four years later. I was invited to play for an alumni team against the Red Wings.


— Ted Lindsay


#alumni #four #funny #funny thing #happened

By 1946, I knew Detroit was the best hockey city in the Original Six.


— Ted Lindsay


#city #detroit #hockey #i #knew

I had that flying wheel tattooed on my forehead and on my butt.


— Ted Lindsay


#forehead #had #i #tattooed #wheel

I had the idea that I should beat up every player I tangled with and nothing ever convinced me it wasn't a good idea.


— Ted Lindsay


#convinced #ever #every #good #good idea

I liked playing in Chicago, and I gave them everything I had, but I knew in my heart I was a Red Wing.


— Ted Lindsay


#everything #gave #had #heart #i

I love people and I love to be around people.


— Ted Lindsay


#i #i love #love #people






About Ted Lindsay

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Did you know about Ted Lindsay?

On November 10 1991 the Detroit Red Wings honored his contribution to the team by retiring his sweater No. However when Maple Leafs owner Stafford Smythe got wind of this gambit he pressured the league into vetoing it forcing Lindsay to stay retired. Norris on the AHA side.

He scored over 800 points in his Hockey Hall of Fame career won the Art Ross Trophy in 1950 and won the Stanley Cup four times. Often referred to as "Terrible Ted" Lindsay helped to organize the National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA) in the late 1950s an action which led to his trade to Chicago.

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