This Day in History: The Great One, Wayne Gretzky, was born on this day in 1961 in Brantford Ontario. He has been called the greatest hockey player ever by many sportswriters, players, the NHL itself, and by The Hockey News, based on extensive surveys of hockey writers, ex-players, general managers and coaches. Gretzky is the leading goal scorer, leading assist producer and leading point scorer in NHL history, and garnered more assists in his career than any other player scored total points. He is the only NHL player to total over 200 points in one season, a feat he accomplished four times. In addition, Gretzky tallied over 100 points in record 16 professional seasons, 14 of them consecutive, also a record. At the time of his retirement in 1999, he held 61 NHL records: 40 regular season records, 15 playoff records, and 6 All-Star records.
Also, recently, Wayne Gretzky's Rookie Card set a record for a the most expensive hockey card ever sold at $1.29 Million. Gretzky helped revive the sport card collecting industry in 1992 when he and Bruce McNall partnered in an investment to buy a rare Honus Wagner T206 cigarette card for $451,000 US, later selling the card.
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