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  1. Bill "Goldie" (also "Harpo") Goldthorpe (born June 20, 1953 [1]) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey player. He is best known as the inspiration for Ogie Ogilthorpe in the 1977 film Slap Shot. Goldthorpe, a left winger, was a notorious hockey enforcer, a man once dubbed the "wildest, meanest, most unpredictable player in hockey." [2]

  2. Nov 21, 2022 · Now 69, Bill Goldthorpe is still brawling his way through life 45 years after being immortalized in Slap Shot. John Rosengren. Nov 21, 2022. Courtesy of Liam Maguire and Bill Goldthorpe. Rarely...

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  3. Statistics of Bill Goldthorpe, a hockey player from Thunder Bay, ONT born Jun 20 1953 who was active from 1971 to 1984.

    • Thunder Bay, ONT
  4. Apr 10, 2016 · The inspiration for the Ogie Ogilthorpe character in the iconic hockey film Slap Shot, the Hornepayne, Ont.-born Goldthorpe was originally slated to star in the role himself.

  5. Feb 8, 2017 · Never has a hockey player who never made it to the NHL become so legendary that people know him by two names – his real one, Bill (Goldie) Goldthorpe, and his nom de cinema, Ogie...

  6. Eliteprospects.com hockey player profile of Bill 'Goldie' Goldthorpe, 1953-06-20 Thunder Bay, ON, CAN Canada. Most recently in the undefined with Moncton Alpines. Complete player biography and stats.

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  8. The Life and Legend of Goldie Goldthorpe. Goldie was charged with five counts of assault and sentenced to serve 15 days for each – 75 total in a town almost 500 miles away from Thunder Bay. At the time, Goldie was already serving a suspension for hitting a linesman during a fight the previous season.