Jim Kelly of Sports Illustrated: Greatness undiminished
The Bobby Orr I remember changed not just the way defensemen played the game, but he answered the call of the true measure of athletic achievement: he changed the game itself.
When I was ten years old, I got the opportunity to skate with Bobby Orr at Twin Rinks in Danvers. He was there to do a photo shoot with St. John’s Prep hockey phenom Bobby Carpenter, who ended up as the first high school athlete featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated. Orr was, as everyone says, a true gentlemen. My most vivid memory is of my father telling me that it was impossible to describe just how great Bobby Orr was. This is what he was talking about it,