Walter Gretzky, Father of the Great One, Dies at 82

Walter Gretzky, Father of the Great One, Dies at 82
Walter Gretzky in a file photo. The Canadian Press
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Walter Gretzky, the ultimate Canadian hockey dad who taught and nurtured the Great One, has died. He was 82.

The father of Wayne Gretzky became a name himself, a constant in Wayne’s world. As Wayne’s star ascended, Walter remained a blue−collar symbol of a devoted hockey parent in a country filled with them.