Legends of Hockey – Phil Esposito
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Philip Anthony “Espo” Esposito, OC (born February 20, 1942 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario) is a retired professional hockey center who played 18 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Chicago Blackhawks, Boston Bruins and New York Rangers. He is an Honoured Member of the Hockey Hall of Fame and is considered to be one of the best to have ever played in the National Hockey League. Esposito is also the older brother of Tony Esposito.
i hd the pleasure of meeting phil Esposito during a Sports Hall of Fame vent in Chicago, He was very Friendly and I enjoyed watching him watch two of his sports heroes, Boxers, Joey Giardello & Tony DeMarco as they sat together watching a Boxing Match on TV, like two young Kids. It was a special moment to witness for me.
He wasn’t 6′4, he was 6′1
@andrelebaron : remember him starring down the russian? tell him to drop gloves? that was epic.
Well I agree that he is (or was maybe he has matured) a horrible individual on some accounts (his hatred), but you have to admire the guy as a player.
Phil is butcher
Phil Esposito
6′4″ 220 Pounds
1963-67 Blackhawks
1967-77 Bruins
1977-81 Rangers
5 Scoring Titles
4 MVP Awards (by the coaches and writers)
4 MVP Awards (by the players)
2 Stanley Cups
715 Goals 875 Assists 1590 Points
Phil Esposito is not a legends he is a shit
I remember when I was growing up in the 1970’s players didnt use helmets. I think they started using helmets in the 1980’s.
And that was when you could hack them in front of the net, could you imagine how many goals he’d score today with his fat ass in front of the net with all the rules? Damn ‘Sito!
” I learned very early they paid guys that score” awesome line
Phil and Tony Esposito are my distant cousins.
my uncle is an awesome guy in person too! =)
I don’t think he was underrated at all just look at the list of top players. He was right there in the top 10 centers of all time. For my money is leadership in 72 team canada was the best ever. I know messier gets a lot of credit for new yorks 94 cup. But don’t forget who won the connsmythe in 94 . Brian Leetch and Ricter were the real reason they won the cup.
He’s one of my favorite sports personalities of all time! Who wouldn’t want to be this guy’s teammate?
I named my cat after espo for his hercules effort in the 1972 canada russia series.Thank god we had phil in 72.
“once i got in front of that net with my 218 pounds of solid fat their no way u were moving this dude” LMAO
you’re gullible
lol i like phils attitude!
I remember hearing on the radio that we got Espo for Ratelle, Park ( who was and is my alltime favorite ) and hating Espo! But I remember ‘79 and a Rangers game against the Caps when Espo scored late and actually flipped off the Cap fans in full camera view…I hope someone posts that vid!
is he really
im reading his auto bio and its really good i got respect for this man
“We just liked to have fun” A true Legend
“Cherry walked in with the ugliest pajamas I ever saw.” That’s fucking hilarious- are you kidding me Espo? Don Cherry is the sharpest dresser of all time. Don Cherry dresses like a fucking blind, jig put his wardrobe together, God-awful. I watch CBC just to see what kind of a clown outfit he has on.
hes my grandpa
Big Phil Esposito a Boston Briun forever.