1975-76 O-Pee-Chee 250 Bobby Clarke Hockey Card (Front)
1975-76 O-Pee-Chee 250 Bobby Clarke Hockey Card (Back)
1975-76 O-Pee-Chee NHL Checklist
Card Notes
Tied for NHL lead in assists last season. Won Hart Trophy second time. Named captain of the Flyers in 1973.
En Français
Premier ex aequo pour les assistances dans la LNH en 1974-75. Gagna le Trophée Hart comme joueur le plus utile dans la LNH pour la deuxième fois. Nommé capitaine des Flyers en 1973.
Details
First off – nice cameo appearances by Bill Barber of the Philadelphia Flyers and Gregg Sheppard of the Boston Bruins on the front of this 1975-76 O-Pee-Chee Bobby Clarke hockey card.
In 1974-75, Bobby Clarke tied Bobby Orr of the Boston Bruins for the NHL lead with 89 assists. In 1975-76, Clarke would again have 89 assists. This time, it would be good for sole possession of the league lead, 18 ahead of second place Pete Mahovlich from the Montreal Canadiens. Clarke’s 852 career assists in the NHL still rank him 26th overall.
Clarke would win the Hart Trophy again in 1975-76, his third and last. He remains one of only eight players in National Hockey League history to win the award three or more times. Wayne Gretzky holds the record, winning the MVP award nine times.
Bobby took over the team captain’s role for the Flyers midway through the 1972-73 NHL season. Previously, Ed Van Impe wore the “C”. Van Impe remained with the club until a 1975-76 trade sent him to the Pittsburgh Penguins. Clarke became just the third captain in franchise history. Mel Bridgman would take over for the 1979-80 season.
Bobby Clarke played 1,144 regular season and 136 playoff games in the NHL between 1969-70 and 1983-84, all with the Flyers. He helped the team to two Stanley Cup championships and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1987. He played in all eight games for Canada at the 1972 Summit Series against the Soviet Union.