Boston Sports Figures

Below are clues of different important figures in Boston sports history.

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Last updated: March 17, 2012

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Was tripped by St. Louis' Noel Picard as he scored the Stanley Cup winning goal in 1970	Bobby Orr
The last hitter in Major League Baseball to hit .400 in a season, billed "The Greatest Hitter of All Time"	Ted Williams
Has played his entire career with the Boston Celtics, nicknamed "The Truth"	Paul Pierce
Caught a record four no hitters with the Red Sox	Jason Varitek
Screamed "ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE" after the Celtics won the 2008 NBA Finals	Kevin Garnett
The trade of this player allegedly caused the 86-year World Series drought of the Red Sox	Babe Ruth
Bruins great known as "The Chief"	John Bucyk
Had a bloody sock in the 2004 ALCS against the Yankees	Curt Schilling

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Scored 50 goals in 49 games in 1990-91, starred in Dumb and Dumber as "Sea Bass", now team president of the Boston Bruins	Cam Neely
Quarterback of the New England Patriots, 3X Super Bowl Champion	Tom Brady
Waved his 1975 Game 6-winning home run fair	Carlton Fisk
"Who's your daddy?", pushed Don Zimmer to the ground in a brawl against the Yankees	Pedro Martinez
His number 8 is retired by the Red Sox, nicknamed "Yaz"	Carl Yastrzemski
"______ stole the ball! It's all over!"	John Havlicek
Played 21 seasons with the Boston Bruins, did not win a Stanley Cup until 2001 with the Colorado Avalanche	Ray Bourque

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6 Comments

Level 79

May 23, 2012

Dude, you should ease up on some of the spelling. Yastrzemski is virtually impossible.

Level 24

May 25, 2012

Dude, I put all of the common spellings (or lack thereof) of the name. I'm sorry if the way you happened to put it wasn't on there. I don't know how everybody else thinks it's spelled.

Level 43

Jul 11, 2012

Yaz and Hondo, now you know why people have nicknames, I had to look up the spellings after trying each five times.

Level 24

Jul 13, 2012

Okay, guys, we have established that some of the spellings are difficult... I'm sorry.

Level 74

May 12, 2014

No Larry Bird???????

Level 43

Jul 5, 2014

or Doug Flutie?