Echoes in the Rink: The Willie O'Ree Story
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Documentary
•- Runtime
- 26 mins
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Echoes in the Rink: The Willie O'Ree Story is a documentary on the triumphal life story of the first Black player in the National Hockey League. Like Jackie Robinson in professional baseball, O'Ree faced many obstacles to achieving his dream; but unlike Robinson, his achievement would go unnoticed for forty years.
Echoes in the Rink: The Willie O'Ree Story is a documentary on the triumphal life story of the first Black player in the National Hockey League. Like Jackie Robinson in professional baseball, O'Ree faced many obstacles to achieving his dream; but unlike Robinson, his achievement would go unnoticed for forty years.
Cast
- Willie O'Ree
- John Bucyk
- Ferny Flaman
- Doug Mohns
- Don McKenney
- Milt Schmidt
Director
- Errol Williams
