Lecture 6 Flashcards

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who was Ned Hanlan

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sports superstar in rowing
first canadian sports superstar
at a time when rowing was very popular
he was best rower in world for a period of time

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what year was Ned Hanlan the best

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1870s-1880s

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what were the things that Ned Hanlan’s career highlighted

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  1. was a showboat
  2. developed team around him so he could focus exclusively on his sport
  3. takes advantage of new technologies that give him huge leg up over competition
  4. was a working class irishman
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examples of ned hanlan showboating

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he would get really far ahead and pretend to fall asleep, lay his paddles down and blow kisses to crowd

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why was neds showboating interesting

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  • goes directly against prevailing norms of sport at the time, and more broadly canadian sporting norms
  • not supposed to show off, be humble, play right way, not too excited when win)
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why was ned hanlan still loved even though he violated norms

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loved for it because if you’re exceptional at your sport, the rules dont apply to you

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what did hanlan developing team around him show

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  • benefit of professionalization
  • gave him huge advantage over people who didn’t have this
  • train rest train rest
  • everything taken care of for him
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what did Ned hanlans team doing everything for him allow him to do

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win multiple world championships

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what gave hanlan a huge advantage

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new technologies
- brief period it gave him huge advantage
- advantage was short-lived, everyone started doing it

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what 2 things can happen there’s huge technological advances

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everyone starts using it and becomes norm for sport or they ban it

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why was ned hanlan excepted even though he was a working class irishman, not a popular ethnicity to be in canada

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if very successful at sport people will accept you regardless of race or class

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how many people did Hanlan row infront of one time

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100,000 people

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13
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what did louis rubenstein do

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figure skater

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what are 4 interesting things about louis rubensteins career

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  1. how sports can dramatically evolve
  2. people who know the sport are going to have advantage over people who pick it up later
  3. he was jewish
  4. sports can become gendered
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how was figure skating completely different

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would skate patterns, making figures in ice with skates, judges would come on ice and look at figures

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what was louis rubenstein known for

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would champion at making figures

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why did rubenstein have advantage

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he made the figures up
he made the rule books for figures that could be drawn

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why was there a problem he was jewish

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antisemitism has been very prevalent part of canadian history since the beginning

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who went to russia to compete and russia tried to stop him from competing because he was jewish

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louis rubenstein
so good they embraced him during

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Was figure skating gendered when rubenstein partook

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when he was skating it was not viewed as feminine, it became feminine later

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what was louis cyr

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strongmen
all about doing feats of strength

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example of louis cyr doing strongmen

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he would grab 2 ropes and horses would pull in both directions

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3 important parts of Louis Cyr’s career

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  1. he was french canadian
  2. cyr is an entrepreneur
  3. cyr dies young
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why was Cyr being french canadian important

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First french canadian sport hero
reflects prevailing values of french canadian society (emphasizes strength)

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what did Louis Cyr represent

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Bush masculinity
french canadians were made up of difficult factory workers, miners, lumber
cyr embodies this

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what did louis cyr do to become an entrepreneur

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  • as simply the star he learns he has limited power, more power and money if controlling revenue stream
  • buys bar and people pay to come see him do crazy things
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what would louis cyr do at his bar

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challenge people
would draw crowds to watch and generate income

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why may louis cyr have died

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  • athletics at highest level can take powerful toll on the body (especially violent ones)
  • his lifestyle and things he did to maintain strength did not help his longevity
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what tends to happen to professional athletes in sports that emphasize violence

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tend not to live that long and not be in good shape once they hit 60s

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30
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what was barbara ann Scott

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world champion figure skater

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31
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what did women athletes face

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a way higher bar then male athletes
- beauty and femininity attached to female athletes

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32
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what criteria did barbara fit into

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she was most famous for being beautiful

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what did people who knew barbara say about her

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  • unbelievable work ethic
  • trained crazy hours, won olympic championships and world championships
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34
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what ideal did Barbara ann scott embody

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beautiful, demure, quiet, conservative
embodied this ideal at the time time that it was embraced by canadian society

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35
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who was Maurice Rocket Richard

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one of greatest hockey players who ever lived

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36
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what is the maurice richard award

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most goals in NHL

37
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What were important things about maurice richard’s career

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  1. similar to cyr, represents hard working ideal of french canadian society
  2. during deep tensions between english adn french canada, montrela and toronto would play and it would be like a game between french and english canada
  3. Richard riot
38
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how did Maurice represent hard working ideal of french canadians

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not just goal scorer, he was very tough

39
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what did montreal represent at time of maurice

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french canada
drafted all french players

40
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what was maurice on the montreal team

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the best players
representing an entire nation, french canada

41
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how many people came to maurice richard’s funeral

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100,000

42
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how many stanley cups did montreal win

A

24

43
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what was maurice richard best known for

A

richard riot
- represented french vs english canada
- got suspended for punching a ref and the man who suspended him came to the game he was suspended form
- riot started
- one of reasons he is hero

44
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ben johnson

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sprinter for canada who won gold in 1988 Seoul olympics in 100m dash

45
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what happened to ben johnson

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stripped of his olympic medal for steroid use

46
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why was Ben johnson’s event so important

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  • main event of summer (100m)
  • everyone cares about, who is fastest person alive
  • in build up he was gold medal favorite and in marquee summer event when we are not good at summer olympics
47
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what was the other reason Ben Johnson’s story so enticing

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  • had an american rival, Carl lewis
  • rivalries was the narrative and our greatest rival are americans
  • ever since loyalists arrived we have had strong anti-americanism, seen in sports
48
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what else was carl lewis other than american

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  • he was an asshole, embodies typical american traits that we look down on
49
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how popular was ben johnsons race

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one of most watched sporting event of that time

50
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how did the news get released about ben Johnson’s steroid use

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  • couple hours later word gets out he may have been taking steroids
  • then it was confirmed and he was stripped of medal
51
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what was popular in 1980’s, during time of Ben johnson

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  • everyone was using steroids
52
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what was ben johnsons race called

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  • the dirtiest race in history
  • 6 out of 8 busted for steroids
53
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how do canadians react to ben johnson using steroids

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  • incredibly bad
  • becomes national pariah
  • hated and vilified in canada
  • we overreact and make the strictest drug testing rules in the world
54
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what happens to ben johson after

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he never recovers
- we charge him and he has to do community service

55
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what is the ratial aspect of ben Johnsons story

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  • immigrant from jamaica
  • when first start in canada, decribed as jamaican canadian
  • whne starts winning jamaican disappears
  • whne he gets busted it went back to jamaican canadian
56
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what was a big part of our overreaction for ben johnson

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  • heightened expectations and it violated our canadian norms
57
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what happens in 1996 when Donovan Bailey wins gold in 100m dash for canada

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  • shouldve been redemption but always lingering doubt
  • doubted he was clean because of ben johnson
  • got tested so often, randomly every week
58
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wayne gretzky

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  • has record for most records
  • not big or buff guy, not particularly athletic
  • had most amazing vision of anyone who ever played
59
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why was gretzky able to play 20 season and never got concussions until end

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  • had goon that protected him, enforcer
  • toughest guy would pummel anyone who touched gretzki
60
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nowadays what has changed in hockey from having enforcers

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  • instigator rule in 90s changed things for players like gretzki
  • penalty to start fight
  • he was now fair game
61
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why did they create instigator rule

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  • wanted bettman to expand hockey into US because everytime new franchise opens, owners get a cut
  • problem was hockey was not popular in US
  • thought problem was it was too violent
  • wanted to reduce fighting
62
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what era of hockey did gretzky play in

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era when you could play open hockey

63
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what was another part of the open hockey era

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  • up until 90s nutrition played very little role in professional sports
  • athletes got tired way easier
  • did not train or eat same way
  • when you passed someone they would not follow you
64
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what did gretzki embody

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  • canadian sport values
  • humble, apolitical, he never over celebrated
65
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how popular was gretzki

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  • was in saturday morning cartoon
  • his wedding was closest thing to canadian royal wedding
66
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why was gretzki traded in 1988

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  • owner of edmonton oilers was so broke
  • they told him that he was going to be shopping him around
67
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where was gretzki traded

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LA for money

68
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Even though the best player was traded what happened when he returned form LA to edmonton

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11 minute standing ovation

69
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how good were the oilers when gretzki was traded

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had just won stanley cup for 4th time in 5 years
middle of dynastic run

70
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why was gretzkis wife significant in the trade

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  • janet jones, an actress
  • he gets married then traded to LA, hometown of wife
  • when he found out he was going to be traded he requested that trade for his wife
71
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what would happen if gretzki would have requested that trade today

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  • alot of hard feelings because he turned his back on his country
  • not with him, everyone loved him
72
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Gretzkis juxtaposition to ben Johnson

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  • with gretzki he can do no wrong, to ben Johnson there was a monstrous overreaction to what he did
  • happened in same year
73
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why should ben johnson have been rehabilitated

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  • initally claimed he was set up
  • evidence suggests an american friend of carl lewis spiked his drink
  • nothing has helped his legacy
  • guy admitted to spiking but story got no traction
74
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Mark tewksbury

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swimmer who won gold in barcelona olympics in 1992

75
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what are two aspects of mark tewksbury’s story

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mental health and homosexuality

76
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Why was homosexuality important to mark tewkbury’s story

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  • gay at time when it was not acceptable for male athletes to be gay
  • men sport has dramatically lagged behind rest of society when it comes to accepting things
  • major stigma still exists in male sport
  • comes out afterwards and shines light on this
77
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what else did mark tewksbury shine a light on

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  • mental health
  • talks openly about struggle and stress he dealt with
  • acceptance of mental health in mens sport also lags behind society
78
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what took years to discover about sports

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that there is a mental aspect
- athletes having mental health issues still not talked about as should be

79
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christine sinclair

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greatest woman soccer player in history

80
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what has christine sinclair won

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  • everything there is to win
  • except world cup
  • record for most goals in womens soccer history
81
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what was christine sinclair in candian soccer

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  • we have been good but not great
  • she was the difference between good team hanging in and beating way better teams
82
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What is the biggest thing that causes christine to not be a huge sports celebrity

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  • attitudes towards women sports in this country
  • part is she also doesnt seek limelight
83
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despite enormous success of womens soccer in canada

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christine sinclair is barely mentioned

84
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why is sidney crosby tied to gretzki

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  • continual quest to find next gretzki
  • he was first player who came and had sustained success
  • inability to live up to the image
  • damned by his comparison
85
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what is the most famous goal of crosby

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vancouver olympics 2010
- one of most important hockey goals since summit series
- one of most watched sporting event in canadian sports history

86
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why is it impossible to contrast different hockey eras

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  • sport is different, rules different, players different
87
Q

what was the profound impact on crosby

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profound effect on players who are trying to pick up torch after profound era

88
Q

what will happen eventually to this comparison

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it will pass and people will appreciate newer players