Watson, Joe and Jimmy

WATSON, Joe (b 6 July 1943) and Jimmy (b 19 Aug 1952), hockey players. They starred with the famed Philadelphia Flyers "Broadstreet Bullies" team of the 1970s. Joe played junior HOCKEY in Estevan, SK, and was playing in the professional minor leagues in 1966 when the NHL Boston Bruins brought him up to play defence alongside Bobby Orr. The next season he moved over to Philadelphia where his gritty and determined style fitted in perfectly. In 1973 he was joined on the Flyers by Jimmy, who had...

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