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Willie O'Ree
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Willie O’Ree broke NHL’s color barrier, but there’s more work to be done
O’Ree was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame for his contributions in growing the game
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Willie O’Ree, the first black hockey player in the NHL, tabbed for Hockey Hall of Fame
O’Ree will go in as a builder and join Grant Fuhr as only the second black NHL player to be inducted into the Hall
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The players and circumstances that paved the way for Willie O’Ree to break the NHL’s color barrier 60 years ago
O’Ree knows the story of the league’s first black player could have gone another way
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The NHL’s first black player, Willie O’Ree, had a short but pathbreaking stint with the Boston Bruins
He didn’t tell the team he was blind in one eye