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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth
I think Papi or Bird would give him a run for his money. A lot of people don't follow hockey even in Boston.
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To be fair though... there's also people in Boston that don't follow or care about basketball.
A Boston Globe poll of New Englanders in 1975 ranked Orr as "The greatest athlete in Boston history", and granted, while this did occur at the height of his career, he still topped all-time Beantown legends Williams, Russell, Yaz, Cousy and others.
While it's difficult to compare different eras, I'd say his popularity all-time definitely surpasses Bird and Ortiz.