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Earl Balfour

Earl Balfour

Canadian ice hockey player (1933–2018)


Earl Frederick "Spider" Balfour (January 4, 1933 – April 27, 2018) was a Canadian ice hockey player. He played in the National Hockey League from 1952 to 1961 with the Toronto Maple Leafs and Chicago Black Hawks. He was a defensive forward and penalty-killing expert. Balfour won the Stanley Cup with Chicago in 1961. He retired after 288 games, posting 30 goals, 22 assists, 52 points and just 78 penalty minutes. He died April 27, 2018, after having lived in the Cambridge, Ontario area.[1]

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Regular season and playoffs

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Awards and achievements

  • OHA-Sr. Second All-Star Team (1965, 1966, 1967)
  • 1961 Stanley Cup championship (Chicago Black Hawks)

References

  1. "EARL FREDERICK BALFOUR's Obituary on Toronto Star". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2 May 2018.

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