Glenn and Hockey Player Gene Carr

[Maleah]

I'm not sure if that's what I was expecting or not! Thanks for the explanation!

[sodascouts]

This doesn't really have to do with Gene Carr (although Glenn discusses him in the article), but it has to do with hockey - I just got this really rare interview from the National Hockey Magazine in 1978 where Glenn gushes about hockey. It's so cute when he talks about things like how excited he is to meet the hockey players and how great they are to their fans (sounds familiar! lol) Good photos, too.

[Glennsallnighter]

Great article! And I loved the pics, particularly Glenn on the ice! Mmmmmmmmm!!

[Perfect Little Sister]

That was great! Thanks for sharing.

[Ive always been a dreamer]

Wow - that was a treat! Thanks Soda - the interview was cool and the pictures were hot.

[glenneaglesfan]

Wow, great find, Soda! Thanks for posting that. It's a really nice interview, and I was amazed to hear that Glenn was playing regularly well before his 'Livin' Right' years.

I agree about the pics - Glenn has the Mountain Man look going in that one on the ice!

[VAisForEagleLovers]

A fellow hockey fan just told me that Gene Carr is now confined to a wheelchair due to injuries from playing hockey earlier in life. He apparently has asked the NHL to assist him financially, but they declined. Because he retired before 1985, he gets no pension from the NHL. He wanted a $30K operation for his spine and even offered to pay it back and was denied. Very sad.

[Glennsallnighter]

That is indeed very sad.

[zeldabjr]

oh wow...that's really sad to hear...I wonder if Glenn really based New Kid in Town on this guy like it said in that Hockeydraftcentral.com piece on Carr?...anyone ever hear this before?

[Victim of Love]

Re the photo in Post #12...don't know who the two are on the left, but the guy in the center is Pete Cetera, formerly of Chicago. As for Gene Carr, he played for the LA Kings from '73-'78. A lot of pro athletes ran in the same crowds as other celebrities back in the day and, in fact, a lot of them still do.

Here's a link to a website where Carr himself is quoted regarding NKIT.
http://lakingslegends.blogspot.com/2...gene-carr.html