Theo Fleury: “I Had a Fully-Loaded Pistol in My Mouth”
ready to pull the trigger. And you may ask why is an Olympic champion, Stanley Cup Champion, 7 times All-Star got a gun in his mouth ready to pull the trigger? My experience as a very young child was one of constantly living in fear. My dad was an alcoholic, my mom was a prescription pill addict, and my complete and entire existence in life was complete and utter chaos.
When I was 6 years old, I moved to a community in Russel, Manitoba, and the thing that I loved to do the most was I loved to play hockey. And then when I was 14 years old, over 2 and half year period of my life, I was raped 150 times by my coach. And so I never slept for 27 years. Never slept. Because I was molested in a dark room where I couldn’t see anything. And so every time I shut my eyes at night and I was in that dark room, waiting for this man to force himself upon me.
Theoren Wallace “Theo” Fleury was born on June 29, 1968, in Oxbow, Saskatchewan, the first of Wally and Donna Fleury’s three sons. Wally was a hockey player whose dreams of a professional career ended when he broke his leg playing baseball in the summer of 1963; the injury helped fuel a drinking problem Donna was a quiet, religious woman who battled drug addiction for many years. Fleury is of Métis heritage, as his grandmother Mary was Cree. Fleury was subject to racism for being of Metis descent throughout his playing career.
Sources:
- https://youtu.be/-wMIE953HbI
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theoren_Fleury
- https://www.nsb.com/speakers/theo-fleury/
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