Sportscentury Greatest Athletes: Wayne Gretzky

ESPN's Emmy-award winning SportsCentury series continues with an in-depth profile of the athlete many sports fans believe the most talented hockey player ever to strap on skates. Before he shattered records and forever changed the game of hockey, the future "Great One" was a nine-year old child prodigy whose remarkable skill on the ice were but a preview of things to come. With an astonishing 2,857 goals to his name - ninety-two of which came in a single season - Wayne Gretzky would truly become a force of nature when he took to the ice. In this documentary, rare footage, vintage clips, home movies, and interviews combine to provide illuminating insight into the man behind the legend.