The defenseman retired following the 1977-78 season after two seasons in the CHL. He gave our star players room to be star players. The years and the decades would go by and the Plager kids and grandkids would hear the courageous stories about their father. An outfield in flux. After that, he coached the clubs minor-league affiliates, both as a head coach in Kansas City and as a player-coach in Salt Lake City. He played in 127 regular-season games and 19 playoff games with the team before being claimed by Atlanta in the 1972 expansion draft. Maybe theyre trying to tell us something from up above, Bobby said. It just goes to show what they did back then and what they still mean to the city.. Are you sure that you want to report this flower to administrators as offensive or abusive? Noel Picard was one of the best friends and teammates I had here, Blues defenseman Bob Plager told the team's website on Wednesday night. Blues legend Bobby Plager dies in car accident - KOMU 8 Some hockey portraits on this site are licensed from Images on Ice, Hockeys Photo Agency. Please enter your email address and we will send you an email with a reset password code. You need a Find a Grave account to continue. If you notice a problem with the translation, please send a message to [emailprotected] and include a link to the page and details about the problem. 'Cardiac event' killed Blues legend Bob Plager - ESPN -- When Bob Plager got word of when his day with the Stanley Cup would be, there was no doubt where it was going. Video: Plager mic'd up as Blues win Stanley Cup. Everybody in this city had Noel Picard stories. Robert "Bobby" Bryant Plager Obituary (1943 - 2021) - Echovita An eight-pack of beer! The Blues released the following statement on the passing of Bobby Plager: "It is unimaginable to imagine the St. Louis Blues without Bobby Plager. (Photo courtesy of St. Louis Blues / blues.nhl.com). Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Monday, May 1, 4:58AM. In 1933, Dnipropetrovsk State University was . Cardinals latest, deflating loss compounds concerns, Man shot, killed near Kiener Plaza in downtown St. Louis, What was Andrew Knizner thinking? Please contact Find a Grave at [emailprotected] if you need help resetting your password. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. Tweet from @lkorac10: Bob Plager said with his bad shoulder, he can't be lifting the Cup over his head. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. Share this memorial using social media sites or email. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. The crowd erupted as the replica was replaced by the real thing. Please ensure you have given Find a Grave permission to access your location in your browser settings. "We go up there and start pushing and shoving. He passed away in 1988 from an inoperable brain tumor. Use the links under See more to quickly search for other people with the same last name in the same cemetery, city, county, etc. The time would also pass without a Stanley Cup, and despite being a member of the three Blues teams to play in the Cup final, including the last one in 1970, the family would never get a chance to celebrate one. He was survived by both of his brothers.