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Sometimes people ask, 'Are hockey fights real?' I say, 'If they weren't, I'd get in more of them.
Wayne Gretzky
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Wayne Gretzky
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: January 26
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The Corporation of the City of Brantford
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Wayne Douglas Gretzky
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