Word: wolbert
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Guelph, George Wolbert, the Shell Oil lawyer, has spent four hours on ice. He is white-haired and balding. "What do you get here...
...Rife, 41, a child psychiatrist from Vermont, reacts quickly at one end of the Victoria Road Arena and makes a save with his gloved hand. Jon Reiff, 38, a law professor from Ohio, spins twice chasing a puck but does not fall. George Wolbert, 56, an attorney for Shell Oil, narrowly misses a body check. These men have made their way to the Can/Am Hockey School in Guelph to play for the unvarnished joy of sport. They earn no money playing. Indeed, they pay tuition to hone their skills...
...Complete relaxation. An absolute change in my life. A chance to work off hostilities. Discipline." Wolbert puffs and smiles. "At my age, I'm not going to get faster, so I'd better try and get better...
...George Wolbert is not No. 1, or the best or even as good as he used to be. He just wants to play hockey as long and as well as he can. We sit alone in a dressing room within an empty arena. The networks are not here. It is fine to savor sport this way, without packages, cans and nonsense...
...Wolbert says, "but there is no reason why I can't play competitive hockey until I'm 60 years old." We begin, George and I, to define sport...