SEARCHING FOR HOBEY BAKER Episode 1: The Natural
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After Hobey Baker makes his triumphant Princeton hockey debut against Williams, we travel back to his early days attending St. Paul’s School in New Hampshire. He develops a reputation as both an athletic phenom and a kind, generous sportsman.
After the economic crash of 1907, his father struggles to send him to college at Princeton where he becomes a two-sport star in football and hockey.
After graduation, Hobey embarks on a summer motorcycle trip around Europe – a grand experience interrupted by the ominous clouds of conflict circling the continent.
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