The 84-year-old Bobby Hull, a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame, passed away on Monday, with people remembering how he held an affinity to Nazi ideology along with being a wife beater
The official announcement was made by the Chicago Blackhawks. Learn more about Bobby Hull in the article below.
NHL HoF Bobby Hull was a racist, Nazi sympathiser and wife beater
Was Bobby Hull a Nazi sympathiser?
Bobby Hull was a drunk that physically and emotionally abused his family for years. He was also a racist and once promoted Nazi-style eugenics to control the "Black population" in the US.
But he shoot puck good. https://t.co/beQ8s8mj06
— birky (@b1rky) January 30, 2023
Finding out that Bobby Hull was a serial abuser and Nazi sympathizer on the day of his death pic.twitter.com/uli5PrHiPk
— charlie (@cvinopal1014) January 31, 2023
Bobby Hull was the first player in the National Hockey League (NHL) to record more than 50 goals in a calendar year. Due to his speed on the ice and blonde hair, Hull earned the nickname “Golden Jet” and had a feared slapshot. In 1961, he assisted in ending the Blackhawks’ 23-year title drought by helping them win the Stanley Cup.
Bobby Skull Was A Man Of Controversies
Hull, despite all of his titles, was a man who frequently found himself in hot water.
Two of Hull’s three wives alleged that he had abused them. In one instance, he is accused of assaulting a police officer who had responded to a call at his home when one of these domestic assaults was reportedly occurring. On a trip to Hawaii, Hull allegedly beat Joanne, his ex-wife, with a steel-heeled shoe, as Joanne claimed.
Grab Attention For All The Bad Reasons
Hull, a Canadian, previously shared his Nazi-supporting opinions with a Moscow newspaper. Bobby Hull stated to the English-language Moscow Times that genetic breeding was a good concept, the black population in the United States was rising too quickly, and Nazism was not without merit.
“Hitler, for instance, had some sound principles. He simply overstepped his bounds,” he told the publication.
According to a story published in the Moscow Times in August 1998, he also said that the Canadian government was too left-wing and was providing social benefits to those who didn’t deserve them.
He conducted the interview while visiting Russia as a guest of the Spartak hockey tournament’s annual organisers.
He vehemently denied saying those words, however, and issued a legal threat against the Moscow Times, the Toronto Sun, and anybody else who reprinted them. The legal actions were never decided. According to his lawyer, “his posture, tone of voice, and facial expression all indicated nothing but disgust and hatred for Adolf Hitler.” He concluded by saying, “It’s not just what he said, but the way he said it.”
Handshake between Winnipeg Jets Legends Bobby Hull and Dale Hawerchuk from February 1989. pic.twitter.com/hghKIw0U9l
— Joe Pascucci (@Pascucci015) January 30, 2023
Rest in Peace to the Legend Bobby Hull ❤️🖤 pic.twitter.com/ih7gAg8s7I
— Spittin' Chiclets (@spittinchiclets) January 30, 2023
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