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Oldest old-timer for decades, Downers Grove hockey player retires at 81

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In this 2004 photograph of some Max Achium hockey players, founder Dick Glassford reclines at center ice.

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Dick Glassford has been the oldest player in his old-timers hockey league for decades. The 81-year-old founder of the Max Achium hockey teams says he's retiring now at age 81 because "I can't keep up with some 60-year-old."

Mark Black | Staff Photographer

Sitting in the "world headquarters" of his Max Achium old-timers hockey league, founder Dick Glassford has been the oldest player at his rinks in Carol Stream and Downers Grove for decades. Now, at age 81, he's hanging up his skates.

Mark Black | Staff Photographer

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Hockey is a young man's game and takes its toll on aging bodies. In the oldtimers hockey league in Carol Stream and Downers Grove, Dick Glassford has been the oldest player for the last three decades. Now, at age 81, Glassford is finally hanging up his skates.

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    • In this 2004 photograph of some Max Achium hockey players, founder Dick Glassford reclines at center ice.
    • Dick Glassford has been the oldest player in his old-timers hockey league for decades. The 81-year-old founder of the Max Achium hockey teams says he’s retiring now at age 81 because “I can’t keep up with some 60-year-old.”
    • Sitting in the “world headquarters” of his Max Achium old-timers hockey league, founder Dick Glassford has been the oldest player at his rinks in Carol Stream and Downers Grove for decades. Now, at age 81, he’s hanging up his skates.
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