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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 99. Chapters: Wayne Gretzky, Terry Fox, Bobby Orr, Donovan Bailey, Jacques Villeneuve, Maurice Richard, Marilyn Bell, Catriona Le May Doan, Ferguson Jenkins, Myriam Bedard, Mario Lemieux, Sandy Hawley, Anne Heggtveit, Sidney Crosby, Steve Nash, Bobby Clarke, Phil Esposito, Ben Johnson, Mike Weir, Cindy Klassen, Guy Lafleur, Jamie Sale, David Pelletier, Russ Jackson, Adam van Koeverden, Bobby Pearce, Nancy Greene, Joe Krol, Chantal Petitclerc, Barbara-Ann Scott, Larry Walker, Mark Tewksbury, Phil Edwards, Ken Read, Susan Nattrass, Sandra Post, Marlene Streit, Kurt Browning, Caroline Brunet, Lucille Wheeler, Elaine Tanner, Graham Smith, Silken Laumann, Bruce Kidd, Gerard Cote, Petra Burka, Gaetan Boucher, Donald Jackson, Robert Paul, Bob Pirie, Barbara Wagner, Doug Hepburn, Roger Jackson, Carolyn Waldo, Bill Crothers, Cliff Lumsdon, Bob McFarlane, Marshall Cleland, George Genereux, George Hungerford, Beth Whittall, Herve Filion, Theo Dubois. Excerpt: Wayne Douglas Gretzky, CC (pronounced; born January 26, 1961) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and former head coach. Nicknamed "The Great One," he is generally regarded as the best player in the history of the National Hockey League (NHL), and has been called "the greatest hockey player ever" by many sportswriters, players, and the NHL itself. Upon his retirement on April 18, 1999, he held forty regular-season records, fifteen playoff records, and six All-Star records. He is the only NHL player to total over 200 points in one season - a feat he accomplished four times. In addition, he tallied over 100 points in 16 professional seasons, 14 of them consecutive. Gretzky's jersey number, 99, has been retired by all teams in the National Hockey League. He was voted one of six players to the International Ice Hockey Federation's (IIHF) Centennial All-Star Team in a poll ...
