This is a card of legendary goaltender Gump Worsley, from late in his career when he was with the expansion Minnesota North Stars. Yeah, he probably looks like your 70 year old grandfather in this card but this is what you end up looking like when you play your entire career, spanning 20+ seasons, without a mask. Actually he did wear a mask but was one of the last holdouts, wearing one for only the final 6 games of his career. His coach once accused him of being out of shape and having a beer belly, and Gump replied, “Just goes to show you what he knows. I only drink Johnnie Walker Red”.
Margaret
May 20, 2010 at 5:20 pm
Looks like he was really old school and never wore a mouth guard, like the stereotypical hockey player with a couple teeth missing.