No. 212: JEAN BÉLIVEAU / They sometimes labelled the Canadiens captain "a class act." Unfair. It was never an act.
When the player you hated most as a kid turns out to be above reproach. This he proved within two minutes of meeting him..
Jean Béliveau with the Stanley Cup after the final game of his career, the Game 7 victory over Chicago in 1971. I wrote extensively about that series in my book The Devil and Bobby Hull.
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