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The Broad Street Bullies were a long time ago. I was a kid of just 10 when they won their first cup and they were my sports idols of the day. I have met many of those players many times over the years and played against them in a couple of charity games. They were a team that fit the city at the time, bunch of lunch pale totting blue collar beer drinking brawlers and they are legends here.

Clarke's home was just a mile or so away from the house where I grew up in over in NJ. The builder who built his place also built my family's home. He took me over there to see the Flyers sign shaped pool when I was a kid, that was a big deal. We had season tickets from 1968 until 2003.

Clarke's daughter married a guy named Peter White who played a long time in the Flyers Minor league system and parts of seasons with the Flyers. His son, Clarke's grandson plays for the Little Flyers 1999 tier 1 AAA club I coach. We just selected him in April and I expect to see Clarke at some games tis coming season.