ITPC'S FALL 2024 SPORTS MEMORABILIA AUCTION
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Here's an amazing pennant from the old EHL (Eastern Hockey League). It declares the Long Island Ducks* as EHL Champions (1965). It features their mascot and measures almost 28.5" long. There's some light fraying on the left-hand border, but otherwise it is in excellent plus condition.
*The Ducks are most famously known for player-head coach John Brophy, who is believed to be the role model for Paul Newman's character of Reggie Dunlop in the movie Slap Shot. Brophy encouraged and epitomized "old-time hockey" and brash physical play, retired as the league's career leader in penalty minutes, and was once suspended for half of a season for knocking down a referee. Brophy was quoted as saying, "Once you're a Duck, you're a Duck for the rest of your life," as Ducks General Manager John Muckler traded Brophy six times and got him back seven times.
VINTAGE 1965 EHL LONG ISLAND DUCKS HOCKEY PENNANT- VERY RARE
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