Bob Bourne

Robert Glen Bourne (born June 21, 1954) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who played in the National Hockey League between 1974 and 1988 for the New York Islanders and the Los Angeles Kings. Before turning to hockey, Bourne was a skilled baseball player who signed with Major League Baseball's Houston Astros. He played one season in 1972 for the Appalachian League's Covington Astros, platooning at first base with future Hockey Hall of Famer Clark Gillies; both men left professional baseball after that season to concentrate on hockey. Bourne was drafted 38th overall by the Kansas City Scouts in the 1974 NHL amateur draft but never played for that organization. On September 13, 1974, he was traded to the Islanders for Bart Crashley and the rights to Larry Hornung. He spent the entire 1974–75 season with the Islanders, then dropped to the minor leagues the following year. Bourne returned to the Islanders for the 1976–77 season and remained on Long Island for the next ten seasons, recording at least thirty goals in several of them. Over his career he won the Stanley Cup four times and was a member of the 1984 Canada Cup champion team. He was inducted into the New York Islanders Hall of Fame.