My 2nd all-time favorite player right behind Bernie Parent. Ed Snyder made sure what happened to them against the blues would not happen again. Keith Allen assembled the perfect mix of talent and toughness that won the Flyers 2 cups. And Bobby Clarke was that perfect mix of talent and toughness. They don't make them like Clarke anymore. I miss the Broad Street Bullies. Thanks Shannon!

@dougjuenke1733

Жыл бұрын

Awesome.One of the only things I liked reading on this.I'd agree, Bernie first than Bobby.My biggest heartbreak ever besides losing the 5 cups was The Death of Pelle Lindbergh.As a young Flyers fan in the eighties who cared losing Pelle Lindbergh was a catastrophic loss to the Flyers organization!! He was just hitting his GREATNESS and than it ended with one decision..Pelle was Great and was coached and taught by the Best Bernie Parent!!

You forgot one of Bobby's greatest achievements when he played for team Canada in 72 against the Russian team and won the 8 game series.

Thanks for doing this career spotlight on Bobby Clarke. My first favourite player when I was a kid.

He was wrapping up his career when I got into hockey in 1980. I was 10, living in Philly and Bobby was on everyone’s lips. He didn’t get that kind hearted attention when he took over as GM, but he’s still in the mix. I have his jersey and have always loved his career. Great video, Shannon!

Notably, Gretzky said he learned a lot of his playmaking skills from watching Clarke.

Bobby was a HUGE part of the Flyers winning the Cup and having hockey take off like wildfire in popularity in the Lehigh Valley. Then the Bobby Clark street hockey stuff came out and BAM we were all playing street hockey! By the way, I am an Islanders fan. Great memories.

@stentorofsparta3576

Жыл бұрын

Huge part to say the least.

@RRaquello

Жыл бұрын

The Islander-Flyers rivalry used to be HUGE. It hasn't been much since the 1980's.

@larryn1929

Жыл бұрын

@@RRaquello Yes it was very intense. The Mid - late 70's matchups were also intense as the Flyers were winning the Cup and the Islanders were building around 3 future HoFers. My best friend is a Flyer fan. We were both still in school and both of our moms supplied us with the goodies to help us enjoy the game more. Great memories. Today when we watch hockey games together our wives are generally off in another room watching something else.

@RRaquello

Жыл бұрын

@@larryn1929 They played a game in the Coliseum, I'm guessing around 1982. We had tickets, but there was a huge snow & ice storm in NY that night and we couldn't get to the game (we did try, but everything got blocked). So what happens that night? Bryan Trottier scores five goals. Shit! I did get to see part of the game after we got back home, because in those days (on Staten Island) we could get channel 29 from Philadelphia, and they were showing it. It was always fun to hear Gene Hart crying over his Flyers.

You forgot to mention that he broke Yakushev's ankle with a slash in the 72' Super Series. It's the 50th anniversary..🤕

@guidovalenti4986

Жыл бұрын

Kharlamov ankle Dan B.

@johnpat3622

Жыл бұрын

It was Kharlamov, and it was retaliation for what he had been getting away with doing to the Canadian players.

@RRaquello

Жыл бұрын

@@johnpat3622 Yeah, I don't think Clarke has to apologize for that one. Playing against the USSR, anything was justified.

@dougjuenke1733

Жыл бұрын

It's a joke when Paull Henderson was criticizing Clarke for that slash and Bobby Clarke stated " I didn't hear Paul complaining at the time"

@RandySmith-xb7zv

Жыл бұрын

Ya it was kharlamov

I agree that a grinning and toothless Bobby Clarke holding the Cup is one of the best ever photos/pieces of footage in the sport of hockey. Never experienced his magic live, just on those summer nights when CBC would play old classic games and it was my education during summer.

I love that you mentioned the diabetes. He was a true pioneer. That was a bigger risk when less was known about it. People generally just had to not play contact sports. Cuts and wounds can take much longer to heal etc.

@RRaquello

Жыл бұрын

A few years later, Garry Howatt broke into the league with the Islanders, and he was an epileptic and faced the same doubts about his ability to play in the big league. Both were also good ol' Western Canada boys, and combining the rough & tumble hockey that used to come out of the WHL, and the fact they had to fight hard to overcome prejudices about their medical issues, its no surprise that both were known for playing a very angry brand of hockey.

@Buffalosabskis

Жыл бұрын

@@RRaquello Old time hockey. I grew up in Buffalo and played growing up on both sides of the border. I hope us Buffalo/WNY guys can earn the respect of the Canadian guys. I would always have to prove myself. Good motivation

@RRaquello

Жыл бұрын

@@Buffalosabskis I grew up in the same area as Nick Fotiu. Actually, the next town south on Staten Island. He was a New Dorp kid and I grew up in Great Kills. We thought New Dorp kids were a bunch of gooney Brooklyn refugees and they thought we were knuckle dragging Rednecks (which was kind of true). Anyway, he proved a kid from NYC was tough enough for the NHL.

@Buffalosabskis

Жыл бұрын

@@RRaquello That's a rad story. We were the Buffalo guys that had to explain we also had Tim's on our side of the QEW. Some Canadians would never play it down if a player was from the US

Only watch the career videos once in awhile, but definitely wanted to see this one. One of my all time favorite players. Great leader, tons of fight and character. Bit on the edge sometimes with dirty play, but whatever it took to win...He hacked the best Russian player on the ankle in the 1972 series, making him ineffective, and some say that gave Canada the chance to win the series. Amazing how he played almost every game every year despite the diabetes. Lot of teams passed on him in the 1969 draft because of his diabetes. Great player, but a lawsy GM and later President of hockey ops.

Symbol of his era. Huge impact

Bobby Clark was also proficient at hacking at ankles.

@lankancheetah

Жыл бұрын

Valeri Kharlamov agrees.

@dougjuenke1733

Жыл бұрын

Everybody was .

@thegoldenfool

Жыл бұрын

So was everyone else in the Original Six era. You think players like Sid Abel and Terry Sawchuk played clean throughout their careers and allowed everyone else to carve them up? Give me a break.

Bobby Clarke BROUGHT WINNING BACK TO THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA THAT RESULTED IN 1980

If there was ever a player who personified "Leadership by Example", it was Bobby Clarke. From that toothless grin on the cover of Sports Illustrated in the early 70's to the end of his playing career, no one did it better than Clarke. Every young hockey player coming up in the NHL should sit down and watch Bobby Clarke play the game the way it should be played if he wants to be successful in the game. It will be a very long time before we see the likes of another Bobby Clarke on the ice.

@yru435

Жыл бұрын

I grew up in Philly watching Clarke, so I know exactly what you are talking about, and I do not think Shannon quite gets it. Clarke was such a relentless, hustling player that he put the other teams into a panic when he got into their zone. Even though he was surrounded by offensive talent on the Cup winning teams, he still stood out as being a level above the others. What a hockey player.

Those are impressive assist totals. Clarke was a good team player. Always willing to sacrifice.

Wish I could go back in time and start breaking peoples legs and say I’m the best . Good ol flyers

@MajoraOra64

Жыл бұрын

So many people overlook that St. Louis did it too. They actually are the reason the Flyers changed to the tough style after the Blues beat them senseless in a series, Snyder said it wouldn’t happen again. Thus birthed the Broad Street Bully Era.

@zachmontminy

Жыл бұрын

Still one of the best.

@davideaston6944

Жыл бұрын

Perfect; exactly. Wouldn't give him the time of day. Legend? Yes, infamously a 'legend'.

@85blutch

Жыл бұрын

@@MajoraOra64 The blues still do it too, that's how they won their stanley cup, the Sharks could have beaten them if they didn't purposefully injure half the team

He was also a playing assistant coach with the Flyers from 1979-82, during that time he had to give up the captaincy due to NHL rules.

100% pure distilled essence of hockey player.

Bobby Clarke. My family's favorite. Mine is Bernie Parent. I was a goalie.

Bobby Clarke's first NHL contract: "I got five thousand for signing and fourteen to play...which bought me a new car. I was broke two days later.".

oh. I'm really surprised you haven't done a career video on this Philly legend :O

Because of his diabetes, he was passed over 16 times in the draft, thus his number 16.

Player: Played in the 70s for a team called The Broad Street Bullies which forced the league to implement rules specifically against brawling. Comments: You should talk about how he was mean 😡

I think it's worth noting that that '74 Cup team was the first expansion team to win the Stanley Cup

My favorite player of all time , a great leader and winner.

One of my first snd still favourite players.

Bobby clarke-bryan trottier-mark messier 3 best 2 way centres ever imo. Don't kill me if I left out HOFers ok???.. also 14 SCs 🏆 between the 3..

@larryn1929

Жыл бұрын

You would have to be a fool to not want any one of those 3 on your team!

You should do a video on his relationship with Lindros and how he completely ignored his concussions

@Robert-ki7bz

Жыл бұрын

That wouldn't be a surprise considering the era Clarke played in. Concussions didn't get taken seriously. Clarke probably had too many concussions to count.

@heliumtrophy

Жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure he did that one.

@thomasmay1088

Жыл бұрын

100% agreed. I'm a lifelong, die hard Flyers fan. But I detest Bobby Clarke with every fiber of my being. Not only was he a scummy human being for forcing Lindros to play with concussions, he was a terrible GM and near ruined this team before ownership stepped in and took his job from him in 2006. Him forcing who I think is one of the greatest pound for pound players in NHL history in Lindros out of town is unforgivable to me and I refuse to celebrate him as a legend.

Bobby was my idol.

My Dad recalls growing up in a townhouse neighbourhood in Winnipeg in the late 60s/early 70s and Clarke bringing his sister, who lived close by, a colour TV. How cool is that?!

@dustinsindledecker154

Жыл бұрын

Did you dad date bobby Clarke's sister because that would be a great story to tell.

@TheBorderGeek

Жыл бұрын

@@dustinsindledecker154 lol no. There'd be some law breaking there.

Iconic player. Incredible career when you read about it in detail. Should he be in the conversation of the 5 best centers alltime? I don't think so but I probably would if I lived in Philly during the 70's.

@stentorofsparta3576

Жыл бұрын

I definitely don’t think he’s a top 5 center of all time, but that’s no fault of clarke’s. Just guys like Gretzky, Lemieux, yzerman, Crosby, messier, & sakic exist.

@swedreamhack5308

Жыл бұрын

@@stentorofsparta3576 Me neither, but will people born in the 2030's think Sakic, Yzerman, Crosby and Messier are top 5 in the 2050's? Clarke got multiple Harts and Cups, one of the most decorated players todays kids can't name. The fad and recency bias is incredibly noticable in sports fandom, I remember people praising Lindros as "as good as Lemieux and Gretzky" in the 90's, just like todays fans worship Mcdavid. I guess McDavid will be almost as unknown to newer fans as in 50 years as Perreault is for todays fans if he doesn't get cup rings.

@stentorofsparta3576

Жыл бұрын

@@swedreamhack5308 probably guys like sakic & messier won’t be remembered but guys like Gretzky, Lemieux, Crosby, mcdavid, ovechkin, & Matthews will probably be remembered the same way we even younger people know who guys like Orr & Howe are. Guys like that are remembered basically forever but guys like Clarke, sakic, yzerman, etc. are a tier below & are remembered by a couple generations of hockey fans for the most part.

@RRaquello

Жыл бұрын

@@stentorofsparta3576 I wouldn't rate him with Gretzky or Crosby, but he was definitely on a level with Yzerman, Messier or Sakic. I'd even rate him above those guys. He really was that good. The guy you're forgetting is Trottier. At his peak, he was every bit as good as those guys and maybe even better.

@berryscott3590

Жыл бұрын

Canada always had an embarassment of riches when it came to center... Not close to the top 5....

This is a breath of fresh air. Organization hasn’t had pride since the 70s.

@stentorofsparta3576

Жыл бұрын

There’s been good years since. The lindros years, the carter/richards years. Even the giroux years had their moments.

@SverigeiSverige

Жыл бұрын

85-87

Never forget that slash in the Canada vs USSR series

Another interesting fact is that Bobby Clark played his junior hockey with the Flin Flon Bombers in Manitoba (Reggie Leach too!).

@RRaquello

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, when the Leach trade was made, it was reported that it was done at the specific request of Bobby Clarke.

@berryscott3590

Жыл бұрын

Still, No consideration to Reggie Leach as a Hall of Famer?...Maybe due to off ice issues/alcohol abuse?... Come on guys like Dick Duff and Clarke Gillies are there, and Leach had TEN TIMES more talent... Still has the most goals in Stanley Cup Playoff history, doesn't he? Plus only non-goalie, on a losing team, to ever win Conn Smythe/Playoff MVP... His nickname, 'The Rifle' was well earned...Hall of Fame talent... that's for sure...

@toddarmstrong7038

Жыл бұрын

@@berryscott3590 I agree on Reggie the Rifle in tha Hall. Shoots a mean game of pool too! Ran the table on me at Riverton Hotel back in 1985. Really nice guy.

@berryscott3590

Жыл бұрын

I remember the last time I ran the table... That was in a bar, in 'The Hammer' called, Crazy Horse Tavern, if memory serves... I lost my eye at 24 yrs old (Truth be told, I didn't lose it, 'They took it')... Back then, I used to run the table every now and again...But only that one time, after age 24... There used to be this pool hall downtown, in the Hammer, called 'The Golden Cue' where some world class snooker players played... Sometimes for $1,000 a game, after hours... ...Cliff (Maximum 147 break ) Thorburn played there...The owner's daughter and this hefty lass named Sue were 2 of the top female snooker players on the planet... One was the Canadian women's snooker champ, and the other a former World's Women Snooker Champ, although I forget which was which... This would have been back in the early 80s.. ... There was this dude named Robert Manley who played there (who also played in those after hours Big Money games)... As an 18 year old, he ran 13 blacks off the break in a prestigious, by Canadian Standards, snooker tourney, where he also made the finals, losing every game to the aforementioned 'former World Snooker Champ' Cliff Thorburn (Although, Manley always pointed out, somewhat proudly, that one game was within 20)... Don't be thinking I could hang with any of the above, even in my best days... NOT A SNOW FLAKE'S CHANCE IN HELL... PEACE OUT... xxx EDIT: Here he is... Mr. Showman Himself... He actually fluked the first red...I never knew that... But oh my... what a finish kzread.info/dash/bejne/i5590cuaj5nQfag.html @@toddarmstrong7038

His 1000th point came after getting hit on the head by an errant puck. Shrugged it off like it was nothing while also trickling blood onto his jersey.

With how long he lasted in management for Philly he definitely could do with a GM video much like George McPhee and Craig Patrick

That 75 team was the last all Canadian roster to win the cup

Ok Shannon.....I gotta know. Do you just pick names out of a hat for these profiles? Today we went from Vinnie Prospal to Bobby Clarke, and I love the randomness of that 👍

Bobby Clarke has the 5th highest career plus/minus in NHL history, and second only to Gretzky among centers and forwards. And Gretzky played longer.

I know plus/minus is an irrelevant stat, but Bobby Clarke's career +507 is 5th all-time? right behind Wayne Gretzky's +520?

This video focuses on stats and awards, and #16 was no lacking in these areas. However, no true appreciation of Robert Earle Clarke can be based on measurable statistics as he was all about heart, effort, will to win, leadership and team. He may be the greatest - certainly among the top - captains in hockey or any sport. But, for the stats people, here’s two. In 1975 he played 76 games and was on the ice for only 19!!!even strength goals against. Of course, in this same vain, he was +507 for his career, good for 5th place all time on the career plus/minus list- and 2nd place among forwards only +13 behind The Great One #99 (who played 5 more seasons).

Man, flyers have some of the sickest jerseys

Really an underrated career especially for a guy who’s in the hall of fame & played in Philly. My father always raves about him but he might as well have been talking about Eddie Shore as far as I was concerned/interested.

well Phil Esposito led the NHL in goals, Assists, and Points in 72-73, so thats why clarke was 2nd All-Star Team

@mike04574

Жыл бұрын

But didn’t win mvp?

I would love a carrer video on Dave Schultz

Broad street bullies video WHEN? My boiii Hammer needs that

do Ilya Kovalchuk

THG did not mention that Clarke was also a member of Team Canada in the 1972 Summit Series against the USSR.

He might be the third best of his era. Oh you would hate to play against him. Really good player and slick to. Chirpy and a lot of stick work. I think the rest of the league knew who he was. Went to watch the fights in Philly and a hockey game broke out. Mind you other teams had their tough guy or guys. Orielly on Boston. Johnathan. That was a good Philly team, just really dirty. Not many people didn't like the brawls, except Montreal who beat them with skill. Hard to play out of a penalty box. Parent in net. Some great playoff games. That big grin. You knew he was going good. Think there was a big bench clearer here in Vancouver back then.

It's seems to me he gets kind of forgotten in the discussions of great all-time players. In the brief period between Orr and Lafleur, he was considered the best player in the league, as his 3 MVP's would indicate. He was not a popular player (outside of Philadelphia) and certainly not a lovable character, so maybe that's why. He was still a good player when he retired, and new GM Clarke could have used old player Clarke on his roster around 1985.

@stentorofsparta3576

Жыл бұрын

Funny enough if a player is popular in Philly, there’s a 99% chance he’s unpopular every where else.

@mokgable

Жыл бұрын

@@stentorofsparta3576 hahaha this is a great comment!

@lawrencefine5020

Жыл бұрын

@@stentorofsparta3576 kinda like Crosby was/is?

@trevorlambert4226

Жыл бұрын

@@lawrencefine5020 Crosby is widely popular. Only a minority hate him, they're just really loud.

@RRaquello

Жыл бұрын

@@trevorlambert4226 Usually the great players are popular even with the opponents. Like, everyone loved Lafleur. Same with Orr. But only Flyers fans liked Clarke. He was hated by fans of other teams. Like Marchand, only Clarke was a better player. It was one thing Islander & Ranger fans agreed on. They would say that Clarke would start a beef with dirty play, and then duck out when the fight started and let Schultz and Dupont and Saleski do all his fighting for him. I remember fans getting into an absolute fit of anger, and I was only a teenager and these guys were adults, and I'd be saying, "Jeez, it's just a hockey game."

I saw Bobby Clark play in Winnipeg. Junior A ,Flin Flon Bombers. Pat Ginnell as coach of nastiest biggest roughest kids anybody had ever seen. Clark was THE ringleader,, had a habit of carving spleens. Guy that did this vid should do some homework

Clarkie too intimidating for BC boys

How about a career video of PJ Axelsson?

Best player on the greatest team ever. At least the team that brought out the most emotions (love or hate) in a hockey fan. Just ask the russian national team. They were warriers.

As someone who's watched your career videos for a few years now... There's been a few players that I think you've done before? Maybe they got deleted somehow because I swear i've seen you do bobby clarke before. Who knows. Not complaining either way lol

Please do Andrei Markov !

We were robbed Leon Stickel

Although I was a big Habs fan i really liked Clarke and then later on, after the way he treated Lindros and then Roger Neilson......not so much.

@dnasty312

Жыл бұрын

If only Bobby knew and understood how serious and contagious concussions are... you wonder also how many concussions Bobby suffered when he played and with no helmet

Of all my memories of Clarke, my favorite is him forgetting Giroux's name when he was supposed to announce him at the draft.

@premier_leaks

Жыл бұрын

then you dont understand what nhl hockey is about ..

@kevinbudzinski9576

Жыл бұрын

Here's the clip and the best part of it is Gord Miller and Bob McKenzie laughing when he forgot Giroux's name! 😆 kzread.info/dash/bejne/a66h2pZqZa-amJs.html

This was cleaned and washed several times before showing us

how can be hart winner yet second all star team - it is most valuable not most outstanding. wondering who was first team all star centre?

the best flyer dont @ me

@stentorofsparta3576

Жыл бұрын

Is there honestly an argument to be made against that?

I love your content but that you did this without one mention of the Summit series frustrates me. He was on Paul Henderson's line!!

@berryscott3590

11 ай бұрын

Correction... Henderson (Yeah I watched all his game winning goals...he was speedy and clutch, but who got him the puck half the time?) was on the Clarke and Ellis line....The Center GETS TOP BILLING

Clarke becoming GM after retirement isn't the first time a former player gets a head coach or GM position after retiring it happened in the NBA when Jason Kidd and Derek Fisher both got head coaching jobs after their retirement of both of them sucked as coaches.

@trevorlambert4226

Жыл бұрын

Kidd and Fisher became coaches in 2014. Clarke became GM in 1984. Not sure you understand how time works, but between those examples, 1984 definitely happened first. As an aside, there's a big difference between GM and coach as well.

@dustinsindledecker154

Жыл бұрын

Okay you got me there.

Can u Anton khudobin because his career is over pretty much

@stentorofsparta3576

Жыл бұрын

“We’re not going home!!!”

For people who want(ed) to debate my opinion, let me clarify up front, for everyone to see: When you have to injure people, against the rules of the sport (so, for example, boxing is an exception to this idea; now, due to this idea, we can argue whether boxing is even a "sport", then, but that's for another day) to win at sports, you're not "winning" anything. Welcome to argue that point, and not sound ridiculous. I called him Booby Clarke, as management with The Flyers, as he destroyed the entire team over his tenure are GM, President, whatever positions he held; I swear he must have had pictures of the Snyder family members at some wild '70's parties, to have kept his job(s) for that long. As a player, I have ZERO respect for the way he played, which goes for any other player that doesn't bring integrity with them to the game. He was a dirty, cheating, violent to the point of ending players' seasons!!, of a player, and I wouldn't give him the time of day.

@zachmontminy

Жыл бұрын

no integrity? He was one of the best leaders of all time. Played through diabetes. Every teammate he's ever had has an absurd amount of respect for him.

@michaelkirkpatrick7483

Жыл бұрын

He was a dirty cheap shot type player, but his team mates loved his warrior mentality, and guaranteed if he had ever become available for trade, every team would line up to get him. Kind of a Todd Marchand type. I agree his front office tenure was a total joke, and he did a lot of damage. I wondered if he had married the Owner's daughter or something. No in betweens with Clarke..you either loved him or hated him.

@jasonfranklin2925

Жыл бұрын

You mad bro? You must be Bruins fan. Still mad about 74? Hehehe.

@davideaston6944

Жыл бұрын

@@jasonfranklin2925 Good call !! But that's only one recollection in a career of actions Clarke (or any hockey player) would likely get criminally charged for, today, going all the way back to The '72 Summit Series. I simply have WAY TOO MANY CLASS ACTS in hockey to spend my time admiring or appreciating... When you have to injure people, to win at sports, you're not "winning" anything. Welcome to argue that point, and not sound ridiculous.

@davideaston6944

Жыл бұрын

@@zachmontminy That he had diabetes is a strawman argument to my comment (It is irrelevant to the concerns). You either never watched him play (not your fault if you're too young), or, you missed the point: When you have to injure people, to win at sports, you're not "winning" anything. Welcome to argue that point, and not sound ridiculous. And no, people are not really "respecting" you, unless they're in the same mindset (which, again, makes them wrong). But finally, this: "Every teammate he's ever had ...", is simple conjecture and hyperbole; pointless to debate that.

Bobby Clarke deservedly won the Hart trophy the same year Bobby Orr won the Art Ross trophy with 135 points including 46 goals. What more do you have to say?

@johntummonds2256

Жыл бұрын

That's a joke right? 19 pts behind a defenseman.and is considered a better player? Biggest robbery in nhl history! Nhl was trying to legitimize expansion

2 of those Hart Trophies were stolen from Bobby Orr

@berryscott3590

11 ай бұрын

Yes, there's a lot of truth to that... Good as Clarke was...