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Through the years, I have so many wonderful memories of playing with the Red Wings: winning four Stanley Cups, scoring big goals, going into battle every night side by side with my teammates, playing with every ounce of effort I could muster.
Ted Lindsay
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By 1946, I knew Detroit was the best hockey city in the Original Six.
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But a funny thing happened four years later. I was invited to play for an alumni team against the Red Wings.
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After three years in Chicago, I decided to call it a career.
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Starting that union was something I believed in very strongly.
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What you had at the time was a dictatorship with the team owners.
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I had that flying wheel tattooed on my forehead and on my butt.
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A series of rumors about my attitude, as well as derogatory remarks about myself and my family showed me that the personal resentment of the Detroit general manager toward me would make it impossible for me to continue playing hockey in Detroit.
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They thought we were going to hurt the game, but we just wanted to help ourselves, because the players needed to get together to protect their interests.
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Some nights, I was so good that I could have become an egotist.
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I watch a lot of hockey. There are some good hockey players and there are some awfully stupid hockey players.
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The owners and managers were too stupid to realize we had brains.
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I had the idea that I should beat up every player I tangled with and nothing ever convinced me it wasn't a good idea.
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