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	United Athletes Magazine - Wayne Gretzky
		In spite of the fact that Gretzky did not win the Art Ross Trophy (player who leads the league in scoring) or the Calder Memorial Trophy for rookie of the year (he was not eligible), he still won a great honor by getting the Hart Trophy reserved to the league's most valuable player.
		Gretzky has stated clearly that it is advantageous to create plays from the zone at the back of the net.
		Gretzky excelled at this level, because he was fast, was a good stick handler, had an extraordinary sense of anticipation and an accurate slap shot.
	www.unitedathletes.com /english/profiles/wgretzky.html (1781 words)

	Gretzky's father recalls origin of hockey genius
		Walter Gretzky and his wife, Phyllis, still live in Ontario, but they recently visited the Valley to watch their son's first few games as a coach.
		Walter doesn't plan to travel with the team all season, but he and Phyllis will watch Coyotes games on TV and likely will attend road games in Detroit and Buffalo, both of which are reasonable drives from their home.
		Walter Gretzky says he was surprised when his son decided to become a coach of the Coyotes.
	www.azcentral.com /sports/coyotes/articles/1017gretzkydad1017.html (543 words)

	Walter Gretzky: Sports Celebrity - Hockey - Hockey’s Most Famous Father
		Walter Gretzky, like many Canadians, became an avid hockey fan growing up in the days of the original six.
		Walter Gretzky became a fairly decent hockey player himself and was not the only Gretzky to capture headlines with his hockey skills.
		Walter Gretzky never advanced beyond the arenas of Southwestern Ontario, however, his love of the sport would be passed on to his sons, one of which, Wayne Gretzky, became very well known in hockey circles and the world of sports.
	www.eventsedge.com /waltergretzky.html (348 words)

	Gretzky, Wayne (1961—) Biography \| sjpc_02_package.xml
		Gretzky was born in Brampton, Ontario, Canada, began skating at age two-and-a-half, and was taught hockey by his father, Walter.
		Even as a small child Gretzky's hockey skills were remarkable—at age ten he scored 378 goals in 69 games for a local peewee team, attracting the attention of professional scouts and the national media.
		With Gretzky's marquee presence in a major mediacentre, the profile of the sport was raised enormously in California and throughout the United States.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/gretzky-wayne-1961-sjpc-02 (698 words)

	Walter Gretzky - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Walter Gretzky, O.Ont, (born October 8, 1938 in Canning, Ontario, Canada) is the father of former NHL legend Wayne Gretzky, as well as Brent Gretzky and Keith Gretzky.
		Walter was an installer and repairman for Bell Canada for 34 years, retiring in 1991.
		He spends his time helping charities and fundraisers and coaching at his summer youth hockey camp in California.In his book Walter recounts that during his recovery from his brain aneurysm, the only language he could speak was Polish.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Walter_Gretzky (571 words)

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		Walter Gretzky was chewing his lip, rocking back and forth, refusing to let even a single tear blur this vision of his son.
		When Gretzky was done circling the ice, done clearing his own tears, he spoke of the man who put him in skates in November of 1963, a time of birth and death, two months before Wayne turned 3 and two weeks before John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
		Walter was tired of being chapped by the river winds, his body turned as stiff as the young defensemen trying to stop his kid.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/hockey/gretzky/full37.htm (831 words)

	Amazon.ca: Walter Gretzky: on Family, Hockey and Healing: Books: Walter Gretzky (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		People often ask Walter Gretzky what it's like to be the father of the greatest hockey player who ever lived.
		But the truly inspiring story is Walter's own battle back from a brain aneurysm in the early '90s that nearly killed him.
		With the stroke, Walter lost much of his memory, his ability to communicate--and his passion for hockey.
	www.amazon.ca /Walter-Gretzky-Family-Hockey-Healing/dp/0679311149 (475 words)

	The Sporting News: Hockey Scrapbook - Wayne Gretzky
		Because Gretzky plays on a weak team and stopping him often means besting the Greyhounds, he commands tight defensive attention and to this point fruitless attempts to use muscle against him.
		Gretzky became the top gate attraction in the OHA, an organization which had been suffering at the box office from the time the NHL and World Hockey Association launched their raids in 1973 on "under-age" juniors, that is players with remaining junior eligibility.
		Gretzky had a goal and three assists in a 4-3 win by his team and consensus of opinion among the hockey people was, as one scout said it: "The kid is something special."
	www.sportingnews.com /archives/gretzky/greatone.html (1772 words)

	Gretzky: Simply the Best: The Great One in Video Clips.
		Gretzky's toes are double-jointed so he's able to curl them up inside his skates and not have the tight fit bother him.
		Gretzky said it was the award he cherished most because he'd beat out great athletes from all sports.
		One by one all of Gretzky's "ex-girlfriends" obliged.
	www.waynegretzky.biz /2005/05/the_great_one_i.html (4063 words)

	Gretzky takes leave to be home
		Gretzky spoke briefly to the players at the team's hotel before leaving for Canada a few hours before Saturday's game between the Coyotes and the Kings at the Staples Center.
		Gretzky has led the Coyotes to a 16-14-1-1 record in his first season as an NHL coach.
		Gretzky is the executive director of Team Canada and he is scheduled to reveal its roster for the 2006 Games on Wednesday.
	www.azcentral.com /sports/coyotes/articles/1218coyotes1218.html (518 words)

	Wayne Gretzky Biography, pictures and stats - Hockey Fans
		Gretzky scintilated fans in his first year, scoring 137 points but missed the Art Ross Trophy as Marcel Dionne had one more goal.
		Gretzky is also remembered for his play in the 1987 Canada Cup final that landed Team Canada the gold medal.
		Wayne Gretzky would only be a Blue for the remainder of the 1996-97 season as he signed on with the New York Rangers as an unrestricted free agent and retired in 1999.
	www.hockey-fans.com /players/gretzky.php (569 words)

	Phyllis Gretzky Dies At 64 \| ShanesWorld.ca (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Gretzky announced Saturday he was taking indefinite leave of his coaching duties with the Phoenix Coyotes to be with his ailing mother in Brantford, Ontario.
		Gretzky addressed the Coyotes Saturday at the team hotel in Los Angeles before flying to Ontario to join his family including father Walter, sister Kim and brothers Brent, Glen and Keith.
		She was 15 when she met Walter Gretzky, then 18, at a wiener roast on the Gretzky family farm, where their daughter Kim lives today.
	www.shanesworld.ca /phyllis_gretzky_dies_at_64 (445 words)

	CANOE -- JAM! Television: Walter Gretzky's inspirational comeback story
		Walter Gretzky was also a coach and mentor to arguably the greatest hockey player who ever skated.
		Based on Walter's bestselling book Walter Gretzky: On Family, Hockey and Healing, the movie is directed by Dean Bennett and stars Tom McCamus, Gil Hawkins, Victoria Snow, Matthew Edison and Kris Holden-Reid as the Great One.
		Not only did McCamus have to learn to be Walter, he had to play all his different stages: the pre-stroke Walter, Walter in recovery, and then the new Walter.
	jam.canoe.ca /Television/2005/11/06/1294935.html (1497 words)

	Brantford Minor Hockey Association - Walter Gretzky
		Walter Gretzky was born on October 8, 1938 at the tiny hamlet of Canning, not far from the picturesque town of Paris, Ontario.
		After completing high school in Paris, Walter took a job with Bell Canada and in the early days with Bell he suffered a life threatening head injury that left him permanently deaf in his right ear and put and end to the serious side of his hockey dreams.
		Walter was now not only the best known, but the most loved hockey dad as well.
	www.bmha.on.ca /waltergretzky.htm (755 words)

	Phyllis Gretzky dies at 64 - NHL Central
		The down-to-earth mother of five was perhaps the least known of the Gretzky family as she tried to maintain privacy for all her children amid the spotlight of son Wayne's celebrity status.
		Walter was away with Wayne at a hockey tournament in the United States when Brent was born.
		I read the Walter Gretzky book and she really was the strongest person in the family from how he talked about her.
	nhlcentral.net /index.php?showtopic=1444 (1294 words)

	Wayne Gretzky - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gretzky became the youngest player to score 50 goals but was not eligible for the Calder Memorial Trophy, given to the top NHL rookie, because of his previous year of professional experience.
		Gretzky himself was considered a "traitor" by some Canadians for turning his back on his adopted hometown, his home province, and his home country; his motivation was widely rumoured to be to further his wife's acting career.
		Gretzky's dominance throughout his career was attributed to the amount of time he practiced (by his own account, at least 4-5 hours a day) and also that he was a natural prodigy.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wayne_Gretzky (4571 words)

	Wayne Gretzky - Uncyclopedia
		Wayne Douglas Gretzky the third, more commonly known as the Great One, (born Mark E Smith on December 25, 1961) is a former professional hockey player, rock star, crime fighter, deity and is currently the owner and coach of the Arizona Retarded Dogs.
		Most scholars estimate that the angel Moroni visited Walter Gretzky in the year 1960 AD with the promise that he would give birth to the "Chosen One".
		The role of Gretzky was played by Russell Crowe who was panned by critics for "crying too much".
	uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Wayne_Gretzky (1276 words)

	UWO Gazette - Volume 95, Issue 50
		Walter told the tale of a plane ride to Edmonton that left one lady with a red face and a cold breakfast.
		Walter said there is no such thing as a low-profile Gretzky gathering.
		Walter said people asking for money to fund a relative's surgery and requests for him to visit people in the hospital are a common occurrence.
	www.gazette.uwo.ca /2001/November/29/Sports1.htm (732 words)

	CDU to Gretzky: The Puck Stops Here!
		Gretzky "intends to do many of the things with his wife and children that playing professional hockey for 20-plus years precluded him from doing earlier." And that does not include, presumably, answering questions about where hockey pucks have been or are going.
		The senior Gretzky still lives in the house where Wayne grew up; a swimming pool has replaced the famous backyard practice rink that Walter built for his young prodigy years ago.
		Walter confirmed that he had originated the quote and clarified the exact wording.
	www.fastcompany.com /magazine/36/cdu.html (1478 words)

	Phoenix Coyotes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Gretzky was one of 10 athletes chosen by ESPN to participate in SportsCenter's 10-part series titled
		After a tour of the family home, DeStefano and Gretzky traveled to the nearby Wayne Gretzky Arena, where the two laced up their skates and took to the ice for a private on-ice session.
		DeStefano then traveled with Gretzky to Walter Gretzky’s annual charity golf tournament where he accompanied the Coyotes’ coach on the course.
	www.phoenixcoyotes.com /news/story_details.php?ID=5171 (318 words)

	Publisher description for Library of Congress control number 2003386591
		To many people, Walter Gretzky is the ultimate dad, the father of the Great One, Wayne Gretzky, and the first inspired coach to a talented young boy.
		Walter’s major insight into hockey—that a player should “go where the puck is going”—guided Wayne’s brilliant style, and Wayne himself has said about his talent: “It’s God-given.
		As many of the people who have encountered Walter even briefly will testify, he is very charismatic, and it’s his extraordinary compassion, which has flourished since his stroke, that makes him so compelling.
	www.loc.gov /catdir/description/random0413/2003386591.html (344 words)

	Gretzky,Walter Books - Signed, used, new, out-of-print
		Wayne Gretzky has become such an integral part of hockey it's hard to imagine the game without him.
		Just try to think of an NHL without the first player to break the 200-point barrier in a single season (Wayne did it on March 25, 1982), the only player to register more than 1,850 career points (Oct. 15, 1989), or the only player to score more than...
		Gretzky: From the Backyard Rink to the Stanley Rink
	www.alibris.com /search/books/author/Gretzky,Walter (164 words)

	WALTER GRETZKY ON FAMILY,
		Wayne Gretzky's father "tells the story of his life--about growing up on a small farm, about meeting and marrying Phyllis, about raising five children in a modest home in Brantford on the salary of a telephone repairman, about hanging on to his modesty and values when the comet of celebrity hit.
		Walter also talks about the process of recovering from a stroke that came close to killing him ten years ago.
		Through his own grit and determination, and with the help of dedicated therapists and doctors, his family and friends, Walter battled back from an aneurysm that left him with many cognitive difficulties and destroyed a decade of memories--including almost all of Wayne's NHL triumphs." This copy signed ("Best Wishes/Walter Gretzky") on title page.
	www.popula.com /items_fp/item_description.cfm?item_fp_ID=2283957 (159 words)

	Prohockeydvd.com
		Wayne Gretzky allows fans into his world as he sits back and discusses the never-before-heard aspects of the greatest moments in his career.
		Joining Gretzky is former NHL player and current broadcaster John Davidson, plus special appearances by Gretzky's close friend Kiefer Sutherland (FOX's "24"), and Wayne's father Walter Gretzky,.
		Official NHL footage as well as Gretzky's own personal videos are featured throughout the DVD and chronicle moments from as early as Pee Wee Hockey to Canada's historic hockey win at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games.
	www.warnervideo.com /nhl/dvd.gretzky.html (183 words)

	Sample text for Library of Congress control number 2003386591
		The lasting impact from Walter’s stroke was on his memory, and telling his life story meant once again having to confront what he has lost.
		We are also grateful to Moira Farr for her ability to help Walter catch the memories of a life on paper.
		One of Walter’s favourite sayings is, “Every moment of every day is precious to me.” For those of us at the Foundation who’ve come to know Walter, every day he has been our stroke crusader has been precious to us.
	www.loc.gov /catdir/samples/random052/2003386591.html (1115 words)

	Walter Gretzky to speak at R.W. dinner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Weyburn residents will have a chance to meet the father of the "Great One" in the coming year, as Walter Gretzky will be one of several noted speakers at the Weyburn Red Wings Sportsmen Dinner and Auction on Jan. 25, 2003.
		In conjunction with this event, both Gretzky and Kozak will drop the puck at the Red Wings game on Jan. 24 against the La Ronge Ice Wolves.
		This game will be designated the "Wings Have Heart Night" as a tribute to Gretzky, who is a national spokesman for the Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation.
	www.weyburnreview.com /News/2002/2002_42/Walter-Gretzky-RWDinner.html (246 words)

	Waking Up Wally: The Walter Gretzky Story (2005) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		No disrespect to Walter Gretsky, but countless people have been felled by strokes.
		Other than his near celebrity status as the father of hockey legend Wayne, Walter's story just isn't that interesting -- or that well executed - to make a decent movie.
		The wooden dialog and homespun feel the filmmakers were obviously looking for teetered on the brink of melodrama.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0446070 (286 words)

	ROTTEN TOMATOES: Movie Reviews & Previews
		Plot: While on a junket to Los Angeles, an architect discovers that he is the target of a mysterious stalker out to besmirch his professional...
		Plot: One of the most prominent voices in the contemporary Christian music scene, Walter Hawkins is known for blending traditional gospel with Latin, jazz, classical,...
		Plot: As a coach and mentor, Walter Gretzky was instrumental in nurturing the talent of his son, hockey great Wayne Gretzky.
	www.rottentomatoes.com /p/1081499-tracey_walter (458 words)

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