Glenn Hall

Hall was born and raised in Humboldt, Saskatchewan. In his Sports Illustrated article, Furlong described him as "a stoic family man whose major dream is to settle down and raise cattle." His father was a railroad worker who died on Christmas Day, 1967. Life in the Western Canadian prairies was simple for Hall. He was grateful there was food to eat. "Maybe there wasn't much beyond that, but Dad always made sure we had groceries," he said.

Hall, who played pickup hockey—Canadians called it "shinny"—on local ponds, worked his way through youth and amateur hockey leagues. He married nurse Pauline Patrick, who was impressed that Hall had a car. "We girls knew that a young fellow with his own car was someone substantial," she told Kahn.