Hull eventually scored 54 goals that season, the highest single season total of the Original Six era. His 51st goal against the New York Rangers earned him a seven-minute standing ovation from the Chicago Stadium faithful. On March 12, 1966, he became the first NHL player to score more than 50 goals in a season, surpassing Maurice Richard's and Bernie Geoffrion's hallowed mark of 50 goals. He finished second in point-scoring three further times. He went on to lead the Chicago Black Hawks to the Stanley Cup in 1961-their third overall and first in 23 years. By his third season ( 1959–60), he led the league in goal- and point-scoring (the Art Ross Trophy), a feat which he also achieved in 1961-66. Hull originally wore numbers 16 and 7 as a Black Hawk but later switched to his famous number 9, a tribute to his childhood idol Gordie Howe. Hull quickly blossomed into a star, finishing second in the rookie of the year balloting his first season. Catharines Teepees in the Ontario Hockey Association, before joining the Chicago Black Hawks in 1957 at the age of 18. Later, he played for the Galt Black Hawks and the St.

'B' powerhouses of the 1950s, Hull threw a wrench into their domination, leading the Warriors to the 1955 Sutherland Cup as all-Ontario champions.

Although the Sarnia Legionnaires and the Waterloo Siskins were the Jr. 'B' hockey for the Woodstock Warriors in the fall of 1954. He played his minor hockey in Belleville, and then Jr.

Hull was born in Pointe Anne (now part of Belleville), Ontario.

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