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
The next night, you put the uniform on the same way and it doesn't click and the game takes you from high in the sky and levels you out.
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.
It's not just the child that has autism. It's the whole family that has autism. It's not a one person thing,
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.
At 39, I was back in a Red Wings uniform and loving it.
By 1946, I knew Detroit was the best hockey city in the Original Six.
Unfortunately, we never won the suit and the union was disbanded the following year after the owners pressured numerous star players.
You didn't skate out and line up at the blue line like they do now. You didn't wave to the crowd. That's marketing. We didn't do that kind of thing.
After three years in Chicago, I decided to call it a career.
I had that flying wheel tattooed on my forehead and on my butt.
Some nights, I was so good that I could have become an egotist.
Starting that union was something I believed in very strongly.
When it was my turn, I just skated out and heard this huge cheer. It was very touching considering the bad circumstances under which I had left the team and that I had been away for four years.
I had the idea that I should beat up every player I tangled with and nothing ever convinced me it wasn't a good idea.