| LC control no. | no 00026044 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | O'Ree, Willie, 1935- |
| Biography/History note | Individal was a Hockey Hall of Fame inductee. |
| Located | Canada |
| Birth date | 1935-10-15 |
| Place of birth | Fredericton (N.B.) |
| Field of activity | Hockey |
| Affiliation | Boston Bruins (Hockey team) National Hockey League Quebec Aces (Hockey team) San Diego Gulls (Hockey team) |
| Profession or occupation | Hockey players |
| Found in | His The autobiography of Willie O'Ree, 2000: t.p. (Willie O'Ree) OCLC 4/13/00 (hdg.: O'Ree, Willie; O'Ree, Willie, 1935- ; usage: Willie O'Ree) African American National Biography, accessed March 16, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (O'Ree, Willie; William Eldon O'Ree; ice hockey player; born 15 October, 1935 in Fredricton, New Brunswick, Canada; left 95 percent blind in his right eye after incident on ice (1955); professional hockey player, Quebec Aces, (1956-1957), Boston Bruins (1958, 1960-1964), National Hockey League (NHL); with Los Angeles Blades, Western Hockey League (WHL) (1964) won league scoring title (1964); with San Diego Gulls (1968-1974) won scoring title (1968); San Diego Hawks (1978); worked for a security firm; joined the NHL Diversity Task Force (1998); was the first black player inducted into Hockey Hall of Fame (2003)) LAC internal file, August 16, 2019 (heading: O'Ree, Willie, 1935-) |
| National bib agency no. | 1004G5574E |
| Quality code | nlc |
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