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In 1972 Bobby Hull was signed by the WHA Winnipeg Jets as a player/coach with a contract worth $1.75 million over 10 years, plus a $1 million signing bonus.

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In 1972 Bobby Hull was signed by the WHA Winnipeg Jets as a player/coach with a contract worth $1.75 million over 10 years, plus a $1 million signing bonus.

 

Bobby Hull (foreground) after receiving his million-dollar cheque from Winnipeg Jets owner Ben Hatskin (left) at the corner of Portage and Main, in 1972. (Jack Ablett / Free Press files)
Bobby Hull with his million-dollar cheque after signing with the Winnipeg Jets. (The Canadian Press files)
Bobby Hull at the corner of Portage and Main after signing his contract with the Winnipeg Jets. (Winnipeg Free Press files)
Bobby Hull in a game against the San Diego Mariners. (Jon Thordarson / Winnipeg Tribune / Free Press files)
Bobby Hull in a game against the Houston Aeros. (Jon Thordarson / Winnipeg Tribune / Free Press files)
From left: Tommy Bergman (2), Bobby Hull (8) and Jets captain Lars-Erik Sjöberg rush down the ice in a game against the Birmingham Bulls in 1977. (Jon Thordarson / Winnipeg Tribune / Free Press files)
Bobby Hull gets into a pushing match with Cincinnati Stinger players during a game in March 1978. (Jon Thordarson / Winnipeg Tribune / Free Press files)
Bobby Hull (left) with Peter Sullivan during a playoff game against the New England Whalers in 1978. (Jon Thordarson / Winnipeg Tribune / Free Press files)
Bobby Hull with the Avco Cup. Hull led the Winnipeg Jets to two Avco Cup championships in 1976 and 1978. (Jon Thordarson / Winnipeg Tribune / Free Press files)
Bobby Hull at a Avco Cup victory parade in Winnipeg. (Jon Thordarson / Winnipeg Tribune / Free Press files)
Bobby Hull and with a fan at the victory parade after the Winnipeg Jets won the WHA's Avco Cup in 1978. (Jon Thordarson / Winnipeg Tribune / Free Press files)
The cover of a 1978 hockey program featured the faces of the 'Hot Line': Bobby Hull, Anders Hedberg and Ulf Nilsson. (Winnipeg Free Press files)
Bobby Hull's hockey card. (Boris Minkevich / Free Press files)
An autographed picture of Bobby Hull. (Ted Foreman Collection / Free Press files)
Ulf Nilsson (left) with Bobby Hull.
Bobby Hull in a late '70s game. (Jon Thordarson / Winnipeg Tribune / Free Press files)
Bobby Hull on the cover of the Winnipeg Jets magazine. (University of Manitoba / Free Press archives)
Bobby Hull in a game in the late '70s. (Jon Thordarson / Winnipeg Tribune / Free Press files)
Bobby Hull gets held back by Russa's Boris Mikhailov. (Jon Thordarson / Winnipeg Tribune / Free Press files)
Bobby Hull signs an autography for hockey fan Marg Kozak. Hull was in town to play in Hockey Hero's charity hockey game in March 2003. (Ken Gigliotti / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Bobby Hull signs autographs in November 1995. (Marc Gallant / Free Press files)

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