Горди Хоу. Король мышц

Не каждый рыбак выглядит, как легенда мирового хоккея. Саскачеванский любитель дикой рыбы - "мистер хоккей", "мистер локти" - Горди Хоу.

Не каждый рыбак выглядит, как легенда мирового хоккея. Саскачеванский любитель дикой рыбы - "мистер хоккей", "мистер локти" - Горди Хоу.
У Хоу была похожая история. Отец, чернорабочий, с раннего возраста брал его на подмогу.
Born in the small farming town of Floral, Saskatchewan, Canada on March 31, 1928, Gordon Howe grew up in nearby Saskatoon with his eight brothers and sisters. His father, Albert Howe, had just given up a life of farming at the time of his son’s birth and subsequently worked as a mechanic and construction worker, finally achieving the position of superintendent of maintenance for the City of Saskatoon. Money was tight in the Howe household during the Great Depression and his mother, Katherine Schultz Howe, could sometimes only feed the family oatmeal porridge for each meal. When he was five years old, Gordie Howe developed a health-threatening calcium deficiency in part caused by his family’s poverty. In addition to taking vitamins to correct the problem, Howe began to exercise regularly to improve his bone and muscle strength.