Maybe radon gas exposure iwhat an unlucky SOB.....sounds like a great guy.
gets lung cancer despite never smoking
Rick Westhead is the only hockey writer that has absolute must-read material.Just finished reading "Finding Murph". Fascinating,well written. I guess its somewhat well known that Joe Murphy has been living on the streets in Canada for about a half dozen years, but I must have missed it. His life began spiraling downwards quite rapidly after leaving hockey shortly after the turn of the century.
Rick Westhead is the only hockey writer that has absolute must-read material.
Any time I see something that he writes on tsn.ca, I read it. He dives a lot into the legal/depressing side of hockey, which is something I find interesting for some reason. He wrote about something about former Blackhawks players that got sexually assaulted and it is getting absolutely zero attention, which is sad.
Blackhawks refused to report alleged sex abuse of players to police: source - TSN.ca
Chicago Blackhawks senior management allegedly refused to file a report to Chicago police during the 2010 Stanley Cup playoffs after two players claimed a video coach who worked with the franchise had sexually assaulted them, according to a person familiar with the matter.www.tsn.ca
I wasn't aware of this, thought he had gotten into coaching.Just finished reading "Finding Murph". Fascinating,well written. I guess its somewhat well known that Joe Murphy has been living on the streets in Canada for about a half dozen years, but I must have missed it. His life began spiraling downwards quite rapidly after leaving hockey shortly after the turn of the century.
According to the book, he attempted to clean up and try coaching in some small town Ontario league several years ago. But the demons returned quickly and he was relieved of his duties. Since then he has been homeless.I wasn't aware of this, thought he had gotten into coaching.