15 Interesting Facts About Robert Hull

He was the first NHL player to score more than 50 goals in a single season.

He led the NHL in goal-scoring seven times during the 1960s.

He also led the WHA in goals one additional time and was the WHA's most valuable player twice.

His 77 goals in the 1974–75 WHA season set a new professional mark and was the most in that league's history.

His slapshot was once clocked at an impressive 118.3 miles per hour, and he could skate 29.7 miles per hour.

He and a teammate were instrumental in popularizing the curved hockey stick blade, which became known as "banana blades."

He was a key member of the Canadian squad that won the 1976 Canada Cup, scoring five goals and three assists in seven games.

He scored 50 goals or more a remarkable five times in his NHL career.

His 51st goal on March 12, 1966, earned him a seven-minute standing ovation from the Chicago Stadium faithful.

His combined goal total across major North American leagues (NHL and WHA including playoffs) is the third most of all-time.

He was excluded from the 1972 Summit Series because he had signed to play in the rival World Hockey Association.

He once sat out a game in October 1975 as a protest against hockey violence, stating, "Intimidation isn't hockey."