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Ol' Gump would have loved these goalies

By E.J. Hradek
ESPN The Magazine

Thursday, February 1, 2007

The players we watch as kids are always bigger than life. Maybe that's why I figured someone like Gump Worsley would live forever. Sadly, even a gritty little goalie like the Gumper couldn't stop the hands of time. This past weekend, Lorne Worsley passed away at age 77. In reading his obituary, I discovered something I didn't know about him. In 1953, after a Calder Trophy-winning season with the Rangers, Worsley received a one-way ticket back to the minors. It was during the Original Six era ...

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