Echoes in the Rink: The Willie O'Ree Story (1998)
• September 16th, 1998 • 0h 26min
Documentary
Overview
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.
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