Maurice Richard’s 400th goal
audio: radio100.moeb.ca; image (cropped): City of Toronto Archives, fonds 217, Goulding Park, 1962.
[Audio Transcript translated from French]
Children : Yes.
René Lévesque: How old are you?
Child: 11 years old.
R.L.: Yeah, did you see Maurice Richard.
Child: Yes.
R.L.: Did you? Did you see him before?
Child: No.
R.L.: It’s the first time, eh?
Child: Yes.
R.L.: And you? Tonight if we asked you what you would like to be when you grow up, what would you say?
Child: A hockey player like Richard.
R.L.: And you?
Child: Like Richard.
R.L.: And you?
Child: Like Richard.
R.L.: And you too! It’s a little girl, and even a little girl wants to be like Maurice Richard!
See, I don’t think there are many poets, composers or writers who can say the same. This introduces a subject that could be the focus of much debate, but in any case you have just witnessed the arrival of the guy who is surely one of the two or three most prestigious Canadians of the day. Maurice Richard at the Central Station in Montreal, back from Detroit where he just scored his 400th goal.
I’m René Lévesque from Radio-Canada in Montréal.