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    Bill Cook

    William Osser Cook, hockey player (b at Brantford, Ont 6 Oct 1896; d at Kingston 5 May 1986). He played 12 seasons with the New York Rangers on an effective line with his brother Bun and Frank Boucher. 

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    Bobby Clarke

    Robert Earle “Bobby” Clarke, OC, hockey player, executive (born 13 August 1949 in Flin Flon, MB). Centre Bobby Clarke played 15 seasons in the National Hockey League with the Philadelphia Flyers. He was also a member of Team Canada, most famously during the 1972 Summit Series. Over the course of his NHL career, he received the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy, the Lester B. Pearson Award (now the Ted Lindsay Award), the Frank J. Selke Trophy and the Lester Patrick Trophy. He is a three-time Hart Memorial Trophy recipient, two-time Stanley Cup champion, and recipient of the 1975 Lou Marsh Trophy for Canadian Athlete of the Year and Lionel Conacher Award for Male Athlete of the Year. In 1987, he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. Clarke has also been named one of the 100 Greatest Players in NHL history. He became an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1981.

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    Bobby Hull

    Robert Marvin "Bobby" Hull, OC, hockey player (born 3 January 1939 in Pointe Anne, ON; died 30 January 2023 in Wheaton, Illinois). Nicknamed the “Golden Jet” for his blond hair and blazing speed, Bobby Hull led the Chicago Blackhawks to their first Stanley Cup victory in 23 years in 1961. He tied Maurice “Rocket” Richard’s record of 50 goals in a season in 1961–62 before scoring 54 in 1965–66 and 58 in 1968–69. The highest scoring left winger in hockey history, Hull won the Art Ross Trophy three times and the Hart Trophy twice. In 1972, he accepted $1 million to jump from the NHL to the fledgling World Hockey Association. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1983.

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    Bobby Orr

    Robert Gordon "Bobby" Orr, OC, hockey player (born 20 March 1948 in Parry Sound, ON). He was an outstanding junior player with Oshawa Generals and joined Boston Bruins in 1967 at the age of 18, winning the Calder Trophy.

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    Boom Boom Geoffrion

    Joseph André Bernard Geoffrion, "Boom Boom," hockey player (b at Montréal 16 Feb 1931; died on 11 March 2006 at Atlanta, USA). Geoffrion is known by hockey fans as the inventor of the slapshot.

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    Brent Hayden

    Hayden began swimming with the Mission Marlins swim club at age six. As a boy, Hayden was diagnosed with dyslexia; this resulted in him not understanding all that was told to him, and occasionally having to repeat his swimming lessons.

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    Brett Hull

    Brett Hull, "the Golden Brett," hockey player (b at Belleville, Ont 9 Aug 1964).

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    Brian McKeever

    Brian McKeever, cross-country skier (born 18 June 1979 in Calgary, AB). McKeever has won 17 medals in men’s cross-country skiing and biathlon at the Paralympic Winter Games between 2002 and 2018. 

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    Brian Orser

    Brian Orser, figure skater (b at Belleville, Ont 18 Dec 1961). 

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    Bruce Richard Robertson

    Bruce Richard Robertson, swimmer (b at Vancouver 27 Apr 1953).

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    Bruno Engler

    Bruno Engler, mountaineer (b at Switzerland, 4 Dec 1915; d at Banff, Alta, 23 Mar 2001).

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    Bruny Surin

    Bruny Surin, athlete (b at Cap Haïtien, Haiti, 12 July 1967). Surin was just seven years old when he immigrated to Québec. At the age of 17, he took an interest in the long jump and the triple jump. As a member of the Canadian team, he finished 15th in the long jump at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games.

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    Brush with greatness

    Brad Jacobs’s rink struggled in Sochi’s early going, but gold was always the plan—the only plan.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on March 10, 2014

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    Bryan Trottier

    Bryan John Trottier, hockey player (born 17 July 1956 in Val Marie, SK). A National Hockey League (NHL) player and coach, Bryan Trottier played centre for 18 seasons with the New York Islanders and Pittsburgh Penguins. He then became an assistant coach with the Penguins, Colorado Avalanche and Buffalo Sabres. After this, he became head coach of the New York Rangers. Throughout his career, Trottier won the Stanley Cup six times as a player as well as one time an assistant coach. Trottier has received numerous awards and recognitions for his career on and off the ice, including induction into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame and the Hockey Hall of Fame.

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    Camryn Rogers

    Camryn Alexis Rogers, track and field athlete (born 7 June 1999 in Richmond, BC). Camryn Rogers won a silver medal in women’s hammer throw at the 2022 World Athletics Championships, making her the first Canadian woman to medal in a WAC field event. She then won gold at the 2023 World Athletics Championships, making her only the second Canadian woman to win a WAC gold medal. She also won gold at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, as well as three NCAA titles. She set the Canadian record in women’s hammer throw (78.62 m) in 2023. At the 2024 Olympic Summer Games in Paris, Rogers won gold with a throw of 76.97 m. She is the first Canadian woman since 1928 to win Olympic gold in an individual track and field event.

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