Bobby Hull, the legendary and controversial Chicago Blackhawks player and Hall of Famer, has died at the age of 84, according to the NHL Alumni Association.
Hull, nicknamed “The Golden Jet,” is the Blackhawks’ all-time leading goal-scorer, with 604 career goals.
He played 15 seasons for the Blackhawks, winning a Stanley Cup in 1961 and two Hart trophies. Hull later spent seven seasons in the WHA playing for the Winnipeg Jets, then played one NHL season for them before finishing his career with the Hartford Whalers.
With his rocket of a slap shot, Hull scored 610 career NHL goals, 18th-most all-time.
In 1986, Hull was convicted of assaulting a police officer who was intervening during an altercation with his wife.
A Russian newspaper quoted Hull in 1998 as saying that Adolf Hitler “had some good ideas” and that the black population in the United States was growing too quickly. Hull denied he made those statements.
Hull, whose son Brett is also a Hall of Famer, lost his role as a team ambassador for the Blackhawks last year.
