'I was told that within five years after I got out of the game nobody would know who I am,' Schultz told the Philadelphia Daily News in 1999.

52) in the 1969 NHL Amateur Draft, will be remembered and celebrated anew with his fellow 'Broad Street Bullies' this season, the 50th anniversary of the Flyers' championship in 1974, the first by 1967 NHL expansion team. Schultz, who was the Flyers' fifth-round selection (No. Fans still flock to him for photos, autographs and stories that you couldn't write as fiction.

Nearly a half-century since his final game in the orange and black of the Philadelphia Flyers, Dave Schultz remains one of the most beloved figures in the City of Brotherly Love's sports history.Īlong with Bobby Clarke, Bernie Parent, Bill Barber and the late Rick MacLeish, 'The Hammer' was a cornerstone of the Flyers' 19 Stanley Cup championship teams.