Editing Bobby Hull (section)

==Personal life and death==
[[File:Bobby Hull.jpg|thumb|upright|Hull in 2006]]

Hull's younger brother [[Dennis Hull|Dennis]] (nicknamed "the Silver Jet") starred alongside him with the Chicago Black Hawks for eight seasons, scoring over 300 goals in his own right. When Bobby was excluded from the [[1972 Summit Series]] because he had signed to play in the WHA, Dennis initially planned to boycott the event as well as a show of support for his brother, but Bobby persuaded him to stay on Team Canada.{{citation needed|date=September 2022}}

Hull's marriage to Joanne McKay ended in divorce in 1980 after several abusive incidents.<ref name="ESPNClassic" />

In 1986, he was arrested and charged with assault and battery after allegedly hitting his third wife, Deborah, after an argument.<ref name="LATimes">{{cite web |date=December 11, 1986 |title=LA Times - Bobby Hull Charged With Assault on Wife |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-12-11-sp-2174-story.html |access-date=January 30, 2023 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> She eventually dropped the charges.<ref name="ESPNClassic">{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/classic/biography/s/Hull_Bobby.html |title=ESPN Classic – Hull helped WHA into hockey family |publisher=ESPN |access-date=November 21, 2011}}</ref>

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Hull was romantically involved with a woman named Claudia Allen. In 1980, Hull retired from the Hartford Whalers to take care of Allen, who was injured in a severe automobile accident.<ref name=NYT /> The couple never married.

In 1998, Hull allegedly made pro-[[Nazism|Nazi]] comments to ''[[The Moscow Times]]''. He was quoted as saying, "[[Hitler]], for example, had some good ideas. He just went a little bit too far."<ref name="moscow">{{cite web |title=Bobby Hull to Moscow Paper: Hitler Had Some Good Ideas |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1998-08-26-9808270083-story.html |website=[[Chicago Tribune]] |access-date=November 26, 2018 |date=August 26, 1998}}</ref> Hull later denied having complimented Hitler and said journalists had raised the subject.<ref name="denies">{{cite web |title=Hull Denies Remarks on Hitler, Blacks |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-aug-27-sp-17129-story.html |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=November 26, 2018 |date=August 27, 1998}}</ref> The incident was parodied on the Canadian [[news satire]] show ''[[This Hour Has 22 Minutes]]'', with [[Rick Mercer]] reading a spot saying Hull had been misquoted, and had actually said, "''[[Darryl Sittler|Sittler]]'' had some good ideas."

===Children===
[[Brett Hull]] (the "Golden Brett"), was also a hockey star, finishing his NHL career with 741 goals (currently the fifth-highest goal total in NHL history). Bobby and Brett are the only [[List of professional sports families|father-and-son tandem]] to achieve the marks of more than 50 goals in an NHL season and more than 600 NHL goals. They are also the only father-and-son duo to win the [[Hart Memorial Trophy]] (Bobby twice and Brett once) and [[Lady Byng Trophy]], and to lead the league in goal scoring (Bobby seven times and Brett three times). While playing for the [[Phoenix Coyotes]] in 2005, Brett donned his father's retired No. 9 for the last five games of his career.

[[Bart Hull]] was a standout [[running back]] for the [[Boise State University]]' [[Boise State Broncos football|Broncos football]] team and played with the [[Ottawa Rough Riders]] and [[Saskatchewan Roughriders]] in the [[Canadian Football League]] (CFL) as well as one season of professional [[Indoor American football|indoor football]] prior to recurring injuries. Post football, he briefly played professional hockey with the [[Idaho Steelheads]].

Bobby Jr. and Blake both played junior and senior hockey. Bobby Jr. won the [[Memorial Cup]] with the 1980 [[Cornwall Royals]]. Later, the brothers played together for the [[Allan Cup]]-winning Brantford Mott's Clamatos of the [[OHA Senior A Hockey League]] (AAA Men's Amateur) in 1987.{{citation needed|date=September 2022}}

Hull's daughter, Michelle, was an accomplished figure skater, becoming British Columbia Pre-Novice Champion at the age of 11. After many knee injuries, she ended her figure skating career and is now an attorney licensed in two states.{{citation needed|date=September 2022}} She works with battered women as a result of witnessing her father's treatment of her mother, Joanne McKay.<ref name="wapo_obit"/>

===Bobby Hull Community Rink===
[[File:Bobby-hull-community-ice-arena.jpg|thumb|upright|Statue of Hull at the Bobby Hull Ice Rink (Cicero, Illinois)]]
[[File:Bobby-hull-community-ice-arena-1.jpg|thumb|upright|Bobby Hull Ice Rink (Cicero, Illinois)]]

The Town of [[Cicero, Illinois]] created a public outdoor rink in his name. The rink hosts skating lessons, public skate, public Stick & Puck, High School Hockey games, and more.

===Death===
On January 30, 2023, Hull died at his home in [[Wheaton, Illinois]], at the age of 84.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bobby Hull dies at 84, legendary Blackhawks goal-scorer, Cup champion |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/bobby-hull-dead-at-age-84/c-340587082 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=January 30, 2023 |date=January 30, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailyherald.com/sports/20230130/former-blackhawks-great-bobby-hull-dies-at-84|title=Former Blackhawks great Bobby Hull dies at 84|date=January 30, 2023|website=Daily Herald}}</ref><ref name="wapo_obit"/> His son Brett released a statement following his father's death via the Twitter account of the [[St. Louis Blues]].<ref>{{cite tweet |user=StLouisBlues |number=1620163012131983363 |date=January 30, 2023 |title=A message from Brett Hull. |access-date=January 31, 2023}}</ref>

In February 2025, Hull's family released a statement saying that researchers had determined that Hull had stage 2 [[chronic traumatic encephalopathy]] (CTE) at the time of his death.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-02-19 |title=Hockey great Hull had CTE, researchers confirm |url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/43918445/hall-famer-bobby-hull-had-cte-researchers-find |access-date=2025-02-19 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref>