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I really wanted to write a book [99: Stories of the Game] on the tradition and history of the league, where kids can pick it up and read it and learn things and say, Geez, I didn't know that. That's pretty cool.

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Wayne Gretzky
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: January 26
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