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downbound123

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Complete this list:
First black player in the NHL---Willie O'Ree
First Indigenous player in the NHL--Fred Saskamoose
First Asian player in the NHL--Larry Kwong
First Jewish player in the NHL--??????????
Samuel Rothschild.
 

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Samuel Rothschild.
Correct!!!!
Along the same lines, here's an interesting tidbit. Former St.Louis Blues player, the late Bob Plager is listed as being Jewish. However, his two brothers, Bill and Barclay, who also played in the NHL are not. What is the reason for this?
 

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Correct!!!!
Along the same lines, here's an interesting tidbit. Former St.Louis Blues player, the late Bob Plager is listed as being Jewish. However, his two brothers, Bill and Barclay, who also played in the NHL are not. What is the reason for this?
He married a Jewish girl, so he converted?
 

shack

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Correct, he converted. I didn't know it was because he married a Jewish girl. What we won't do for women.
TBH, I was just guessing, so I don't know for sure. But it seems the most likely scenario.
 

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Who was first the Jewish player to be selected #1 in NHL draft?
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shack

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Who was first the Jewish player to be selected #1 in NHL draft?
I think that it's somebody very recent.

I guess that it's J'accuse (aka Jack Hughes).
 

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What former MLB pitcher finished 2nd in the Hobey Baker award voting when he played hockey in college. He was drafted by an NHL team, but never played in the NHL.
 

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Who is the only Hobey Baker award winner to be in the Hockey Hall of Fame?

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tml

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Kirk McCaskill...good Canadian boy.
Correct!!! The pride of Kapuskasing. He finished second in the Hobey Baker vote in 1982, behind George McPhee. He was drafted by the Winnipeg Jets, but never played for them. He did play one year for their AHL team. His Father was a professional hockey player, but only played 4 games in the NHL.
This has been a Canadian Heritage minute.......just kidding.
 

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Which Cricketer had:

a) More than 250 Wickets taken as a bowler in each of Test and One Day International, (ODI), Cricket, and

b) More than 40 100's in an Innings as a Test batsman, and

c) More than 100 catches as a fielder in ODI, and

d) Exactly 200 catches as a fielder in Test Cricket, and


e) A Test average above 50 per Innings and above 40 per innings in ODI as a batman?

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James Anderson of England holds the record for most Wickets taken by a fast bowler in Test Cricket, (675, and counting), but he's also the all-time leader in Test Cricket in a batting category, despite having an average of less than ten runs scored, per innings.

What is it?


Stump.
 
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Which Cricketer had:

a) More than 250 Wickets taken as a bowler in each of Test and One Day International, (ODI), Cricket, and

b) More than 40 100's in an Innings as a Test batsman, and

c) More than 100 catches as a fielder in ODI, and

d) Exactly 200 catches as a fielder in Test Cricket, and


e) A Test average above 50 per Innings and above 40 per innings in ODI as a batman?
Jacques Kallis?
 
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