O’Ree was raised in a large family in Fredericton, NB. William O’Ree was raised in a large family in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Willie O'Ree Award winner to be announced before Game 2 of West Final. Willie O’Ree, byname of William O’Ree, (born October 15, 1935, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada), the first black hockey player to play in a National Hockey League (NHL) game. O'Ree played as a winger for the Boston Bruins. Community Hero: Haferman. O’Ree’… 2020 Community Hero Award. Growing up in New Brunswick. Willie Eldon O'Ree, CM, ONB (born October 15, 1935 in Fredericton, New Brunswick) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player, known best for being the first black player in the National Hockey League. Willie O'Ree 1935 – Retired professional hockey player ... William Eldon O ’ Ree was born in Fredericton, New Brunswick, a Canadian province just north of Maine. Community Hero: Brar.
New Brunswick suffers long, ice-cold winters, and hockey is the favorite sport of almost any child who can walk. William Eldon "Willie" O'Ree is considered to be a pioneer, or "The Jackie Robinson of hockey", for being the first black player in the National Hockey League, but if you asked O'Ree, he didn't think being a pioneer was a big deal and he would rather you think and accept him as another hockey player. O’Ree’s grandparents came to Canada from the United States through the Underground Railroadto escape slavery (approximately 30,000 fugitives escaped to Canada between 1840 and 1860). Community Hero: Briggs-Blake.
He debuted with the Boston Bruins against the Montreal Canadiens at the Montreal Forum on January 18, 1958.. He was the youngest of 13 children of parents Rosebud and Harry. To say that the O’Ree family was an ethnic minority in Fredericton at the time is an understatement — there were only two Black families in Fredericton while O’Ree was growing up.
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