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Lowering the Boom: The Bobby Baun Story
Book by Bob Baun, Anne Logan
270 pages, Hardcover
First published October 15, 2000
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May 13, 2014
If, in the sixties, you spent your teenage years watching the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday nights, this book, Lowering the Boom: the Bobby Baun Story, will bring back all kinds of hockey memories. Bobby Baun played a part in 4 Leaf Stanley Cup wins, especially the 1964 win when he scored the winning goal on a broken leg. This is his personal story on and off the rink and includes the stories of teammates during and after the original six teams and the efforts to bring equal and fair salaries to those same players.
April 23, 2022
This is a good read for any Toronto Maple Leafs fan or general hockey fan. Baun recounts his life as a teenager, as a professional hockey player during the original six and first expansion Era, and his life after hockey. I felt like I was right along side him as he describes his journey. This is a quick read and I recommend it.
August 5, 2024
As hockey autobiographies go, this is one of the better ones. Baun is pretty honest about his successes and failures in life. If you come across a copy, I recommend reading it. I picked this copy up at Battle Books in Boston.
January 23, 2022
Excellent book. Loved the journey through Baun's career and view from the inside. Really enjoyed the book - start to finish. 👍🏽
September 3, 2013
Lowering the boom is Baun's own story of his life in professional hockey.
As a lifelong Leaf's fan it was a fascinating insight into the team of my childhood. Though Baun is best known for scoring a Stanley Cup goal while playing with a broken leg, the real story of interest Baun tells is of the life outside of the rink of booze, women, and misspent fortunes.
Baun's description of the personalities on the Leafs team of the 60s makes this book a must read for anyone with memories from that era.
As a lifelong Leaf's fan it was a fascinating insight into the team of my childhood. Though Baun is best known for scoring a Stanley Cup goal while playing with a broken leg, the real story of interest Baun tells is of the life outside of the rink of booze, women, and misspent fortunes.
Baun's description of the personalities on the Leafs team of the 60s makes this book a must read for anyone with memories from that era.
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