Talk:Grant Fuhr
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Question Is Grant Fuhr - not part Black and part Native American?
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[edit] "Biracial"?
The article says that he was born to "bi-racial parents" -- does this mean that both parents were biracial, or that his parents were an interracial couple and thus he was biracial?
Incidentally, I was living in Buffalo when he was with the Sabres, and I recall that the golf club where the Sabre players traditionally played was discovered, upon Fuhr's application, to have a whites-only policy. I seem to remember that his fellow players quit en masse. Does anyone else remember the details of this incident? This would have been in the early '90s, so the rule seemed quite outdated at the time. --Jfruh 17:18, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
[edit] contradiction?
The article mentions his rejection from a Buffalo Golf club on racial grounds, then suggests that Fuhr never encountered racism while in the NHL. Perhaps he never encountered racism WITHIN the NHL, but it would be nice to have another source confirm this. In the meantime, i'll narrow things so that the article is at least internally consistent. --72.136.196.248 11:19, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Drug Addcition Controversy
I believe one of the notable things missing from this article was the fact that grant fuhr did have a drug addiction to coccaine[1]
that link above can verify this fact. Fuhr's addiction early in his career cme out in a Issue of the Edmonton Journal on Aug 31, 1990.
[edit] Cite this fact
Near the end of the page it says that it's believed Gretzky said Fuhr is the best goalie in NHL history a few times, but it should be noted that he said the same thing about Dominik Hasek. Should we put the verification/citing notees on that statement? Hasek is the best 03:56, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] San Diego Padres?
It says that Fuhr was drafted in Major League Baseball by the San Diego Padres...it would be nice if someone could cite this fact, because I can't find his name in any draft history using this site. I can only imagine this site is accurate since it's an official MLB site, so a reference to the contrary would be nice. --Silverandcold 03:29, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
Fuhr was recently on an episode of Pros vs. Joes (which should also be mentioned) and in the beginning of the episode (in the Pros introductions to the Joes) it is stated that he was originally drafted to the Padres. This would back up the statement. Mar. 25, 2007.
