He was born in Humboldt on Oct.3, 1931 and has retained his association with the town and community his mother still resides here and he visits frequently. In fact, the Town officials saw fit to name one of our parks in his honor, the Glenn Hall Park.

Glenn had two years of junior hockey with the Windsor Spitfires before turning pro with Detroit, and was shipped to Indianapolis in the American Hockey League for 1951- 52.

The next three seasons were spent with the Edmonton Flyers in the Western Hockey League, except for a six game stint with Detroit during which he impressed the team brass with an average of only 1.67 goals against per game including one shutout.

But the regular Detroit goalie happened to be Terry Sawchuk this was a tough break for Glenn Hall, whoh would likely have been a star in the NHL long before he took over from Sawchuk (traded to Boston) for 1955.

In 15 of his 18 NHL seasons as a goalie with the Detroit Red Wings, the Chicago Black Hawks and the St. Louis Blues Hall played without a mask and his face has the scars from some 250 stitches to prove it.

For more than seven years, he wasn' t out for even a single game. Between the start of the 1955 season and Nov. 10, 1962,

For seven complete seasons - two with Detroit and five with Chicago; the maskless Hall, who became known as Mr. Goalie, never missed a start.

What particularly distinguishes Hall's iron man mark was the quality of his play throughout his career. In 1955 56, he was NHL Rookie of the Year. In 1960-61, he led the Hawks to an unexpected Stanley Cup championship.

Hall pioneered the butterfly style that is routinely used by modern goalies. Instead of splitting to stop the low shot, or sprawling sideways and stacking the pads; which was the common style of his era Hall dropped to his knees and fanned his feet out in a wide V. Hall was known as a reflex goalie, one who relied more on quickness of hand and foot than on angles and positioning.

He appeared to be even quicker than he really was because of his great anticipation. He would, for example, leave the left corner open to an opponent, perhaps a tantalizing six inches. Then, when the player put his head down to shoot, Hall would slide over and take that corner away.

In 1968 he won the Conn Smythe Trophy as most valuable player in the playoffs; the next season, at 37, Hall and Jacques Plante shared the Vezina Trophy.

When Hall retired in 1971, he had 84 shutouts and lifetime goals against average of 2.51.

Glenn and his wife now reside in Stoney Plain. Alta.