1. Bobby Clarke (1972-79, 1982-84)
The only Flyers Captain to ever be handed the Stanley Cup, to be feted by the City of Philadelphia with a Championship Parade; Bobby Clarke is the standard to which all Captains of the Philadelphia Flyers will forever be held.
There are plenty of topics to cover with Clarke…The Broad Street Bully Image, the well known partying, being an assistant coach and player, taking the C back after he stepped down as a coach, the Lindros feud and the many coaches he fired as an executive. All of those are forgiven and forgotten; the image that remains in Flyers fans memory is Clarke, toothless and grinning from ear to ear, lifting Lord Stanley’s Cup.
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Perhaps it is this image, this LEGEND, that has weighed on every Flyers Captain since Clarke. A legend that massive casts a tremendous shadow, one that cannot be easy to live in. He will cast that shadow until another Captain raises the Cup above his head while wearing an orange and black sweater.