Wayne Gretzky was born in Brantford, Ontario, Canada on January 26, 1961. He began skating at a very early age. According to “Wayne Gretzky Biography,” “he learned to skate on the Ninth River near his grandfather's farm in Canning, Ontario, and at public rinks on weekends. But it was the rink his father built for him behind the little house on Varadi Avenue in Brantford that became known as the birthplace of his skating skills.” Gretzky was only six years old when he began his first year in organized hockey. That year, he scored one goal, “the lowest yearly total of his career,” states “Wayne Gretzky Biography”. By six, Gretzky had already mastered a unique skating stride. By the age of nine, after following his father’s advice to “skate where
