Charlie Conacher Humanitarian Award

The Charlie Conacher Humanitarian Award (also Charlie Conacher Memorial Trophy ) was an ice hockey trophy in the National Hockey League . It was awarded annually between 1968 and 1984 to an NHL player who had distinguished himself in the course of his career through special social or community engagement. The award was named after Charlie Conacher , who died of esophageal cancer in 1967. The award ceremony was not part of the NHL Awards , but was accompanied by an annual benefit dinner that raised over $ 2 million for the Charlie Conacher Research Fund for Cancer by 1984 .

The Charlie Conacher Humanitarian Award was replaced by the King Clancy Memorial Trophy , which has been awarded by the NHL since 1988 according to similar criteria.

Award winners

year	player	team
1984	Jim Peplinski	Calgary Flames
1983	Brad Park	Boston Bruins
1982	Börje Salming	Toronto Maple Leafs
1981	Ed Kea	St. Louis Blues
1980	Wayne Gretzky	Edmonton Oilers
1979	Ed Staniowski	St. Louis Blues
1978	Bryan Watson	Washington Capitals
1977	Jim Lorentz	Buffalo Sabers
1976	Johnny Bucyk	Boston Bruins
1975	Ted Irvine	New York Rangers
1974	Ed Westfall	New York Islanders
1973	Jimmy Peters junior Gary Bergman	Los Angeles Kings Detroit Red Wings
1972	Orland Kurtenbach	Vancouver Canucks
1971	Jean Béliveau Bobby Orr	Montreal Canadiens Boston Bruins
1970	Bobby Baun	Detroit Red Wings
1969	Chief Armstrong	Toronto Maple Leafs

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Honored Member: Charlie Conacher ( Memento of the original from February 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Hall of Fame of Canadian Sports 
2. ^ Peplinski voted Conacher Award , Ottawa Citizen , May 30, 1984