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Echoes in the Rink: The Willie O'Ree Story

Name: Echoes in the Rink: The Willie O'Ree Story
Director: Errol Williams
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1998-09-16T00:00:00.000000Z
Duration: 26 min
Cast: Willie O'Ree, John Bucyk, Ferny Flaman, Doug Mohns, Don McKenney

199826mDocumentary

Overview

Echoes in the Rink: The Willie O'Ree Story is a documentary on the triumphal life story of the first Black player in the National Hockey League. Like Jackie Robinson in professional baseball, O'Ree faced many obstacles to achieving his dream; but unlike Robinson, his achievement would go unnoticed for forty years.

#ice hockey #racism #nhl #black canadian