The great little Habs forward Henri Richard long lived in the shadow of his older and larger brother Maurice "The Rocket" Richard but it's now time for us to fully embrace this guy to the point of obsession as a national treasure not only because he was good at sports but more importantly because he brings the weird.
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The top 5 reasons:
His age Henri Richard played 20 years in the NHL and won a ridiculous 11 Stanley Cups but he's only 20! As in: he has celebrated 20 birthdays since being born on the leap year special day of Feb. 29, 1936. It was a leap year, you see and those happen only once every four years. You know who else was born on that day? Neither do I and who cares anyway!? Henri was definitely short changed on birthday presents with his one-birthday-every-four-years scam. So we've got to heap on the love to make up for it.
His nickname Henri Richard's nickname was "The Pocket Rocket." If that doesn't sound like a an obscene nickname then your imagination is truly lacking.
His famous brother never invited him over Henri once told reporters that his famous brother Maurice of Ahuntsic never invited him to his house ever, not even once!
His lousy season Richard was a small but steady player who played in 11 All Star games but in 1967-68 he was just terrible and told journalists that it was probably because he was spending way too much time worrying about a car repair business that he owned.
He's shy Henri lived a larger-than-life existence after his retirement, posing for photos with fans at his Park Ave. tavern, driving around town in a giant Lincoln Continental, and carrying a big fat wad of bills in his pocket. But meanwhile he was painfully shy and you couldn't barely get two words out of him. Awwwwkward!
His age Henri Richard played 20 years in the NHL and won a ridiculous 11 Stanley Cups but he's only 20! As in: he has celebrated 20 birthdays since being born on the leap year special day of Feb. 29, 1936. It was a leap year, you see and those happen only once every four years. You know who else was born on that day? Neither do I and who cares anyway!? Henri was definitely short changed on birthday presents with his one-birthday-every-four-years scam. So we've got to heap on the love to make up for it.
His nickname Henri Richard's nickname was "The Pocket Rocket." If that doesn't sound like a an obscene nickname then your imagination is truly lacking.
His famous brother never invited him over Henri once told reporters that his famous brother Maurice of Ahuntsic never invited him to his house ever, not even once!
His lousy season Richard was a small but steady player who played in 11 All Star games but in 1967-68 he was just terrible and told journalists that it was probably because he was spending way too much time worrying about a car repair business that he owned.
He's shy Henri lived a larger-than-life existence after his retirement, posing for photos with fans at his Park Ave. tavern, driving around town in a giant Lincoln Continental, and carrying a big fat wad of bills in his pocket. But meanwhile he was painfully shy and you couldn't barely get two words out of him. Awwwwkward!