Billy Harris (ice hockey player, 1935)
Date of birth | July 29, 1935 |
place of birth | Toronto , Ontario , Canada |
date of death | September 20, 2001 |
size | 183 cm |
Weight | 71 kg |
position | center |
Shot hand | Left |
Career stations | |
1950-1955 | Toronto Marlboros |
1955-1956 | Toronto Maple Leafs |
1956-1957 | Rochester Americans |
1957-1965 | Toronto Maple Leafs |
1965 | Detroit Red Wings |
1965-1967 | Pittsburgh Hornets |
1967-1968 | Oakland Seals |
1968-1969 | Pittsburgh Penguins |
William Edward "Billy" Harris (born July 29, 1935 in Toronto , Ontario ; † September 20, 2001 ) was a Canadian ice hockey player (center) and coach who worked for the Toronto Maple Leafs , Detroit Red Wings , Oakland from 1955 to 1969 Seals and Pittsburgh Penguins played in the National Hockey League .
Career
As a junior he played in the Ontario Hockey Association with the Toronto Marlboros . With this team, which did the youth work for the Toronto Maple Leafs , he won the Memorial Cup in 1955 .
For the 1955/56 season Harris made his NHL debut for the Toronto Maple Leafs. The second year he played frequently in the American Hockey League with the Rochester Americans , after which he had fought for his regular place with the Leafs. Until 1965 he stayed with the Leafs, with whom he won the Stanley Cup three times . A passionate photographer, he captured the ten years with the Leafs and published the images in the book The Glory Years: Memoirs of a Decade - 1955–65 .
In May 1965, the Leafs gave it to the Detroit Red Wings in exchange with Andy Bathgate , including for Marcel Pronovost and Lowell MacDonald . There he was mostly used in the AHL with the Pittsburgh Hornets , with whom he won the Calder Cup .
In the 1967 NHL Expansion Draft , he was selected by the Oakland Seals . There he was one of the better scorers on the team. During the 1968/69 season he was given to the Pittsburgh Penguins , where he brought the season to an end before ending his professional career. He still played for the Canadian national team at the 1969 World Cup .
Harris took over the Swedish national team as coach . He won the bronze medal at the 1972 World Cup and headed the team at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo . He then became the first coach of the newly formed Ottawa Nationals in the World Hockey Association . A year later he moved with his team to his hometown in Toronto for the 1973/74 season . The team was now called Toronto Toros . He was awarded the Howard Baldwin Trophy as the WHA's best coach . He also coached the Canadian team at the 1974 Summit Series .
In the early 1980s he was in the NHL assistant coach of Glen Sather with the Edmonton Oilers . He later coached the Sudbury Wolves from the Ontario Hockey League .
Harris died on September 20, 2001 at the age of 66 from complications from cancer .
NHL statistics
Seasons | Games | Gates | Assists | Points | Penalty minutes | |
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Regular season | 13 | 769 | 126 | 219 | 345 | 205 |
Playoffs | 7th | 62 | 8th | 10 | 18th | 30th |
Sporting successes
- Memorial Cup : 1955
- Calder Cup : 1965 and 1967
- Stanley Cup : 1962 , 1963 and 1964
Personal awards
- Participation in the NHL All-Star Game : 1958, 1962, 1963 and 1964
- Howard Baldwin Trophy : 1974
Web links
- Billy Harris at legendsofhockey.net (English)
- Billy Harris at hockeydb.com (English)
- Portrait of Billy Harris for the 1974 Summit Series
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Harris, Billy |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Harris, William Edward |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian ice hockey player and coach |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 29, 1935 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Toronto , Ontario |
DATE OF DEATH | September 20, 2001 |