Talk:Peter Pocklington

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article must adhere to the policy on biographies of living persons. Controversial material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libellous. If such material is repeatedly inserted or if there are other concerns relative to this policy, report it on the living persons biographies noticeboard.

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography. For more information, visit the project page.	Biography Portal
Start	This article has been rated as start-Class on the project's quality scale. [FAQ]

	This article is within the scope of the WikiProject Ice Hockey, an attempt at building a useful ice hockey resource. If you would like to participate, you can choose to edit the article attached to this page (see Wikipedia:Contributing FAQ for more information). Edit this message Ice hockey Portal
Start	This article has been rated as start-Class on the quality scale.

[edit] Kidnapping?

Wasn't there an incident in the early 80s when he (or one of his family members) was kidnapped or held hostage? Anyone remember this at all? —Silly Dan _(talk) 16:41, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

On April 21, 1982, a man broke into their house and held both Pocklington and his wife (Eva?)at gunpoint. His wife escaped (there was video of her running away from the house). Eventually there was gunfire between the gunman and police, and Pocklington was shot. Pockington gave a television interview from his hospital bed as he recovered. Some additional info can be found at "http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F07EFDF1E39F932A15757C0A964948260&sec=&spon=". Anyone want to get more particulars and write it up? Greg Salter (talk) 20:32, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The good stuff

If someone wants to add information about his philanthropy and civic contributions, used something sourced and well-phrased. I removed what was previously there, as it was unencyclopedic. dfg 00:15, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fortune before meat packing

The article says Pocklington made his money in meat packing. Actually, he made it well before then as a car dealer (he owned one of the largest Ford dealerships). He bought Gainers well after he was in the public spotlight as owner of the Oilers et al. Somebody want to look up the details and write it up? Greg Salter (talk) 20:34, 30 March 2008 (UTC)