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William Eldon O'Ree CM ONB (born October 15, 1935) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player from Fredericton, New Brunswick.He is widely recognized for being the first black player in the National Hockey League (NHL), playing as a winger for the Boston Bruins.
ESPN has iced a deal for Willie, a documentary film about the remarkable life of the National Hockey League's first black player. ESPN2 will have the TV premiere of the pic about Willie O'Ree on ...
O'Ree joined the Boston Bruins in the late 1950s, becoming the first Black player in the NHL.
On Jan. 19, 2022, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill awarding O'Ree a Congressional Medal of Honor. A day earlier, the Boston Bruins retired Willie O'Ree's little-known journey to ...
Willie O'Ree would become the first black player in the NHL, playing as a winger for the Boston Bruins. Despite moving up in the standings their second year, they did not make enough money to recover from the financial woes of a very poor first season. In 1956 the team moved to Peterborough, Ontario becoming the Peterborough TPT Petes.
Willie O'Ree (born 1935), the first black player in the National Hockey League; Willie Park Sr. (1833–1903), Scottish golfer; Willie Park Jr. (1864–1925), American golfer and golf course architect, son of the above; Willy Pogany (1882–1955), Hungarian illustrator of children's and other books
Jan. 19—(Editor's note: Willie O'Ree had his number retired last night by the Bruins. O'Ree was in Methuen three years ago signing autographs and our Bill Burt caught up with O'Ree talking about ...
Viliami Ofahengaue (born 3 May 1968 in Kolofoou, Tonga), widely known as Willie O, is a former rugby union player who earned 41 caps for the Australian Wallabies from 1990 to 1998, and played in the World Cups of 1991 and 1995 as well as the 1993 World Cup Sevens. Ofahengaue attended Tupou College Toloa in Tonga.