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Alan Eagleson Investigation
Bill Hogan, Moncton Times-Transcript, 1993-2 Reference number: MC3224-17

Scope and Content
The impending downfall of Alan Eagleson over the financial management of the NHL players pension fund is captured by showing Eagleson with a number of books on accounting and hockey while darts labelled FBI and RCMP are landing all around him.

Title
Alan Eagleson Investigation

Persons
Alan Eagleson
- Born Robert Alan Eagleson, St. Catharines, Ontario, April 24, 1933
- Progressive Conservative
- Canadian lawyer, politician, hockey agent and hockey promoter
- Helped promote Summit Series between Canada and the Soviet Union, 1972
- Represented Bobby Orr
- First executive director of the NHL Players Association, 1967 to 1990
- Charged with racketeering and defrauding NHLPA in indictment handed down by US grand jury, 1994
- Pleaded guilty, sentenced to 18 months in jail, served 6 months
- Resigned from Hockey Hall of Fame, 1998

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