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Nick Fotiu was better


http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/03/sports/hockey/03fighter.html?_r=1&ref=sports
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“I remember joking with him, ‘Wouldn’t your brain make a nice specimen?’ ” she said. “He started questioning whether he would have it himself. He told me that he wanted to donate his brain to the research when he died. Who would have thought that six months later it would be happening?”

“In my heart of hearts, I don’t believe fighting is what did this to Bob,” she said. “It was hockey — all the checking and hits, things like that.”

She said those words just feet from a huge painting of Bob Probert that hangs in tribute to his hockey career. He is shown punching an opponent. On the canvas is scrawled a message from the artist:

“Gladiator as depicted by the Romans is a professional combatant or captive who entertains the public by engaging in combat. When it’s done for your team and your city, you’re known as a hero.”

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What a study in contrasts that picture is.
And It really does say it all.

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We'll never know, because they never fought. But there's little doubt as to who was the better hockey player.

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"From 1955 to my retirement, the best all-around player in the American League was Al Kaline." Mickey Mantle.
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