Talk:Gump Worsley

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[edit] Date of Death

CBC[1] says date of death was Friday (Jan. 26)--Anderal 06:24, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

The Toronto Star [2] agrees; I think taken together the two are more credible than Canada.com, so I'm changing it. Geoffrey Spear 14:05, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
I had already changed it, but it looks like someone reverted my edits. Thanks for correcting it (again) --Anderal 16:00, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Location of Death

The only thing I have found so far is "at home in Beloeil, Quebec" from here. The cbc article cited showing Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec doesn't even have a location in it. Feel free to fix if someone comes up with more accurate information. — MrDolomite | Talk 18:40, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Oops; I replaced the original source with the CBC one; the original is: [3]. Note that they got the day he died wrong in the photo caption, and other sources repeat that it was at home in Beloeil. Of course, I've seen it variously reported that he was 67, 77, or 78 years old, which is a much easier fact to establish than place of death. So much for quality journalism, eh? Geoffrey Spear 18:59, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
  • It's the weekend, the Habs were in Toronto, and news rooms on radio and tv are only prepared for Castro watches, now that former US prez Gerry Ford died.....Of course, they might be more in Montreal tonight, as Prime Minister hopeful Ken Dryden, one of the younger players who pushed Gump to the sidelines, is being honoured--perhaps a moment of silence?

Bacl-presby 23:12, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

With regard to the above comment, a bit of history: the "younger players" who pushed Gump to the sidelines included Rogatien Vachon. Mr. Dryden appeared long after Gump had already left. Que-Can 06:48, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Touche! However, where was Dryden playing in 1970?? (Nova Scotia Voyageurs, where Gump refused to report to...and not mentioned yet in Dryden's wiki! )Bacl-presby 22:04, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
Gump Worsley played his last games in Monteal in 1969. Dryden didn't start with the Nova Scotia Voyageurs until 1970–71 (and he only played that one year before joining the Montréal Canadiens at the end of that season). Worsley and Dryden were never members of the Canadiens' organization at the same time. Dryden bumped Rogatien Vachon out of Montreal's lead goaltending job. Que-Can 05:29, 1 February 2007 (UTC)