Alex Delvecchio: 100 Greatest NHL Players

He was the superstar nobody knew, a marvelously gifted athlete who was, in the game's best tradition, exceedingly modest. For decades he skated in the shadow of Gordie Howe, who was known as "Mr. Hockey" to most everyone, but "The Big Guy" or "Power" to his teammates.

Alex Delvecchio's nickname was considerably less glorious. His Detroit Red Wings teammates called him "Fats."

"When you think of the Red Wings, you think of Howe," Hall of Fame center Phil Esposito, then of the Boston Bruins, told Sport magazine in 1971. "But Alex is the most underrated player in the game today -- underrated by everyone but the players."

"You got to be sure to take the body when you check him," said another Hall of Famer and Bruins great, defenseman Bobby Orr. "You can't play the puck on him because he's so quick and smart with the puck, he'll go right around you."

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