Stan Mikita, from left, Bobby Hull and Henri Richard stand at centre ice as former greats of the Chicago Blackhawks were honoured by the Montreal Canadiens on Jan. The second shows a well-muscled Hull pitching hay on his cattle farm outside Belleville. The first shows a toothless grin as he holds up a puck commemorating one of the many milestones in his career. She later refused to testify against him, but he pleaded guilty to assaulting a police officer who responded to a call of domestic abuse. Hull’s third wife, Deborah, accused him of battery in 1986. “I thought this was the end,” she said as he dangled her over a hotel balcony during a trip to Hawaii. Hull won the Lady Byng Trophy as the most gentlemanly player in the NHL and regularly decried fighting and violence in the game.īut his ex-wife, Joanne McKay, said in a 2002 ESPN documentary he assaulted her on multiple occasions during their 20-year marriage. He was a deeply flawed human whose abuse of alcohol led to abuse of women. Article contentĪs successful as he was on the ice, Hull was not a role model. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.

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