I understand he was a hockey player in the 1970s. he played for the Tokyo Katanas in the Japanese League. I heard that he was their greatest player ever, mabey even better than Gretzky.
2007-03-04 02:23:52 · 5 answers · asked by Willie 4 in Sports ➔ Hockey
Taro Tsujimoto is an imaginary player that was legally drafted by the NHL club Buffalo Sabres in the 13th round of the 1974 NHL entry draft.
Buffalo Sabres' general manager Punch Imlach was reportedly fed up with the drafting process and decided to have some fun. When the 13th round surfaced, Imlach had chosen to select, from the Tokyo Katanas of the Japanese League, star center Taro Tsujimoto. The NHL made the pick official and so it was reported as official by all major media outlets including reputable magazine The Hockey News.
Imlach didn't clear the air about the fake draft pick until weeks later. He admitted that he had found the name Taro Tsujimoto in a Buffalo phone book, and the team name Tokyo Katanas translated into English as Tokyo Sabres. The NHL would eventually change the pick to an "invalid claim" for its official record-keeping purposes, but this was after Tsujimoto's name had appeared in several of the NHL Guide and Record Books.
2007-03-04 04:58:20 · answer #1 · answered by hockey craze99 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He is not better then Gretzky
2007-03-04 10:31:27 · answer #2 · answered by Yo 100$ (YUWL) (X-way ECW) 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NOPE sry LOL
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2007-03-04 10:26:15 · answer #3 · answered by six-twenty-six 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who? Exactly!
2007-03-04 15:16:41 · answer #4 · answered by tyrone b 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
2007-03-04 10:27:32 · answer #5 · answered by Kels and Ash C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋