Blackhawks part ways with team ambassador Bobby Hull

Hull played for Chicago for 15 years, collecting 604 goals and 549 assists. He was named a Blackhawks ambassador in a ceremony with fellow Hall of Famer Stan Mikita in 2008.

The Blackhawks said Monday they are redefining the role of team ambassador after Mikita died in 2018 and Tony Esposito passed away in August. "When it comes to Bobby, specifically, we jointly agreed earlier this season that he will retire from any official team role," the team said in a statement. Hull, 83, was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1983 and had his No. 9 sweater retired by the Blackhawks that same year. While Hull was a star player, he has had several troubling episodes off the ice over the years.

Hull was convicted of assaulting a police officer who intervened in a dispute with then-wife Deborah in 1986. He also was accused of battery, but that charge was dropped after Deborah told authorities she didn't want to testify against her husband, a state attorney told the Chicago Tribune.A Russian newspaper reported in 1998 that Hull said Adolf Hitler "had some good ideas." Hull denied making the comment, calling it "false and defamatory.

I met him as a kid. He was a jerk then and always has been.

Suddenly they've grown a moral compass?

“Hitler, for example, had some good ideas” - Bobby Hull

So the Blackhawks want to distance themselves from Hull…NOW!

Why? Cause his wife claims he hit her in the 80's? GMAB.

Strangecat419 I've met/Observed a lot of famous people, and he was by far the worst. SloppyDrunk

Bobby doesn’t need the grief at his age anyway. He was & always will be one of the greatest players to ever play the game.

lol why?

Good

Questionable conduct. Sounds like fits right in at Chicago

Good for him. I wouldn't want to be associated with that bunch either. I was a Blackhawks fan for over 60 years. All my hawks stuff went right in the garbage

BREAKING: Hall of Fame forward Bobby Hall now serving as a team ambassador for the Winnipeg Jets.

No reason to question any of the decisions made in the offices of the Blackhawks organization!

To drunk to even stand

Finally. Into history's trash can.

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