Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction November 2015
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/3/2015
Everything a player needed to know to play better hockey in the mid-1960s was offered in these seldom-seen instructional booklets issued by Hood Ice Cream, an American company. From conditioning to skating, passing and shooting, to goalkeeping, equipment, rules and strategy, it’s all examined in cartoon-type drawings in the 15-page booklets (approx. 3-1/4” x 5”). Condition is attractive here with half near mint and the other six exhibiting only light handling and wear. The back cover of each booklet includes the facsimile autograph of then Boston Bruins coach Milt Schmidt, with the Hall-of-Famer offering important words of wisdom; “Don’t settle for being anything but the best. Be a winner by learning the fundamentals and by keeping yourself in peak condition at all times.”
Only four of these booklets were known to exist when Bobby Burrell authored his highly-informative “Vintage Hockey Collector Price Guide” in 2006, so we’ll call this a complete known set of 12.
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