New Detroit-Windsor bridge named after Gordie Howe
Source: Detroit News
Mr. Hockey is about to become Mr. Bridge.
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Gov. Rick Snyder will announce Thursday afternoon that a long-planned Detroit River bridge crossing will be named after Detroit Red Wings great and Canadian native Gordie Howe, an official briefed on the announcement said.
The 87-year-old is one of the greatest hockey players in history, but it is unusual for a Canadian landmark to be named after a living person.
Howe retired 33 years after his first season — and during five decades "he didn't just survive, he was dominant — on the scoring lists, in battles in the corners, on game-winning goals and when the year-end awards were handed out," his Hall of Fame biography reads. "He was a big man, though by modern standards no behemoth, but what set him apart was his incredible strength." . . .
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Always a class act, and next to Al Kaline, this Detroiter's favorite sports person ever (Barry and Joe Louis in the mix). In a time when we hear mostly bad news on DU and elsewhere, this is one to celebrate. Gordie is still with us, a miracle in itself, and I grew up looking south to Windsor, and doesn't the Gordie Howe International Bridge have a nice ring to it, for both our nations?
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