Ted Lindsay
Ted Lindsay
Robert Blake Theodore “Terrible Ted" Lindsayis a former professional ice hockey player, a forward for the Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League. He scored over 800 points in his Hockey Hall of Fame career, won the Art Ross Trophy in 1950, and won the Stanley Cup four times. Often referred to as "Terrible Ted", Lindsay helped to organize the National Hockey League Players' Associationin the late 1950s, an action which led to his trade to...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth29 July 1925
CityRenfrew, Canada
CountryCanada
Starting that union was something I believed in very strongly.
Some nights, I was so good that I could have become an egotist.
I love people and I love to be around people.
By 1946, I knew Detroit was the best hockey city in the Original Six.
At 39, I was back in a Red Wings uniform and loving it.
A series of rumors about my attitude, as well as derogatory remarks about myself and my family showed me that the personal resentment of the Detroit general manager toward me would make it impossible for me to continue playing hockey in Detroit.
It's not just the child that has autism. It's the whole family that has autism. It's not a one person thing,
The home opener that year was the game I'll never forget. When I skated out for the game, I got the biggest ovation I had ever heard.
I had that flying wheel tattooed on my forehead and on my butt.
After three years in Chicago, I decided to call it a career.
The owners and managers were too stupid to realize we had brains.
But a funny thing happened four years later. I was invited to play for an alumni team against the Red Wings.
They thought we were going to hurt the game, but we just wanted to help ourselves, because the players needed to get together to protect their interests.
I liked playing in Chicago, and I gave them everything I had, but I knew in my heart I was a Red Wing.