On This Date 6/27/1972

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The upstart World Hockey Association fires its first salvo at the established NHL as the Winnipeg Jets lure away Chicago Black Hawks star Bobby Hull with a ten-year contract worth $2.5 million with a $1 million signing bonus. The 33-year-old Hull would serve the first three years as Player-Coach as he later helped the Jets win three AVCO Cups.

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