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The number 2 worn by Orr was retired by the Oshawa Generals in November 2008. Orr was born in the town of Parry Sound on the shores of Georgian Bay in Ontario, Canada.His grandfather, Robert Orr, was a top-tier soccer pro player who emigrated from Ballymena, Northern Ireland [7] to Parry Sound early in the 20th century. [8]
Orr was selected to play for Scotland in an unofficial Victory International in 1919, [10] played twice for the Scottish Football League XI [2] and toured North America in 1921 [11] [12] [13] and South America in 1923 [14] [15] with 'Scotland' (in reality, Third Lanark with a number of capable guest players).
Third Lanark Athletic Club was a football club based in Glasgow, Scotland founded in 1872. Initially known as 3rd Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers, they were founder members of the Scottish Football League in 1890, having won the Scottish Cup a year earlier. League champions in 1904, they won the Scottish Cup again in 1905 and spent 58 seasons out ...
Robert Orr (footballer) (1891–1948), Scottish footballer; Robert Orr Jr. (1786–1876), American politician, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania; Robert C. Orr, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Strategic Planning; Robert D. Orr (1917–2004), American politician, Governor of Indiana Bust of Robert D. Orr
Bobby Orr (born 1948), Canadian Hall-of-Fame ice hockey player; Bradley Orr (born 1982), English footballer; Buxton Orr (1924–1997), British composer; C. Rob Orr (born 1950), American swimmer and coach; Carson Orr (born 2001), American golfer; Charles Lindsay Orr-Ewing (1860–1903), Scottish politician; Charles Wilfred Orr (1893–1976 ...
Bobby Orr pictured in 2010. The greatest player ever to wear an Oshawa Generals uniform, Bobby Orr, became a legend in the NHL and to be inducted in the Hockey Hall of Fame. [citation needed] Orr was discovered by Wren Blair as a 14-year-old while playing a game in Gananoque, Ontario. He was quickly signed to a contract and invited to training ...
Sir Bobby will be remembered as arguably the greatest English footballer of all time, a World Cup winner in 1966 with his country and a winner of three league titles, an FA Cup and a European Cup ...
In late 1978, Bobby Orr found his ex-teammate to be in dire straits in Chicago and checked him into a local hospital. Doctors informed Orr that his former teammate was an alcoholic and drug addict. [21] Sanderson went on to become a sports broadcaster. He spent 10 years with New England Sports Network and WSBK-TV with play-by-play announcer ...