Bob Pulford

Robert Jesse "Bob" Pulford (born March 31, 1936 in Newton Robinson, Ontario) is a retired Canadian professional centre who played for the Toronto Maple Leafs and Los Angeles Kings in the National Hockey League. He has been a coach and executive for the Chicago Blackhawks for the past thirty years.
==Playing Career==
Pulford played junior hockey for the Toronto Marlboros for three seasons from 1953 to 1956, winning two Memorial Cups under coach Turk Broda. He moved up to the Maple Leafs for the 1956–57 season and remained with the team for 14 seasons. Pulford was an important member of the Leaf teams that won four Stanley Cups in 1962-63-64-67. The Leafs traded him to the Los Angeles Kings on September 3, 1970, where he played two seasons and retired as a player in 1972.
Pulford became head coach of the Kings for the 1972–73 season and led the team for five years before becoming coach and general manager of the Chicago Blackhawks in 1977. He served as coach on three separate occasions from 1977 to 1987. He was promoted to senior vice president in 1990, but took on the general manager's duties again from 1992 to 1997, from 1999 to 2000, and from 2003 to 2005. During his third stint as general manager, Pulford nominally doubled as head coach. However, Lorne Molleken remained the team's main operator on the bench, with Pulford as more or less a senior consultant.
In 7 seasons: 426 games as Hawks coach, Bob Pulford won 182, lost 176, and tied 68. His win percentage was .507 and he is ranked second behind Billy Reay in most regular season games won as Hawk coach.
He won the Jack Adams Award for best coach in the NHL in 1975.
He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1991. 
On October 11, 2007, Pulford was named an officer with the Wirtz Corporation and is no longer part of the day to day management of the Blackhawks.
 
==Career Statistics==
  	  	  	 	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	 	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs
Season 	Team 	League 	 	GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	PIM 	 	GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	PIM
1954–55 	Toronto Marlboros 	OHA 	 	47 	24 	22 	46 	0 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1955–56 	Toronto Marlboros 	OHA 	 	48 	30 	25 	55 	0 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1956–57 	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL 	 	65 	11 	11 	22 	32 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1957–58 	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL 	 	70 	14 	17 	31 	48 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1958–59 	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL 	 	70 	23 	14 	37 	53 	 	12 	4 	4 	8 	8
1959–60 	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL 	 	79 	24 	28 	52 	81 	 	10 	4 	1 	5 	10
1960–61 	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL 	 	40 	11 	18 	29 	41 	 	5 	0 	0 	0 	8
1961–62 	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL 	 	70 	18 	21 	39 	98 	 	12 	7 	1 	8 	24
1962–63 	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL 	 	70 	19 	25 	44 	49 	 	10 	2 	5 	7 	14
1963–64 	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL 	 	70 	18 	30 	48 	73 	 	14 	5 	3 	8 	20
1964–65 	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL 	 	65 	19 	29 	39 	46 	 	6 	1 	1 	2 	16
1965–66 	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL 	 	70 	28 	28 	56 	51 	 	4 	1 	1 	2 	12
1966–67 	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL 	 	67 	17 	28 	45 	28 	 	12 	1 	10 	11 	12
1967–68 	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL 	 	74 	20 	30 	50 	40 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1968–69 	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL 	 	71 	11 	23 	34 	20 	 	4 	0 	0 	0 	2
1969–70 	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL 	 	74 	18 	19 	37 	31 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1970–71 	Los Angeles Kings 	NHL 	 	59 	17 	26 	43 	53 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1971–72 	Los Angeles Kings 	NHL 	 	73 	13 	24 	37 	48 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
NHL totals	NHL totals 	NHL totals	 	1079 	281 	362 	643 	792 	 	89 	25 	26 	51 	126
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==Gallery==
1958-Simmons_action.jpg|Don Simmons, Larry Regan, Bob Pulford and Larry Hillman, November 16, 1958.
1958-59-Lumley_Armstrong_gold_pants_black_socks.jpg|Bob Pulford shoots on Harry Lumley during the 1958-59 season.
1961-62-Bruins_Leafs.jpg|#20 Leo Boivin and #4 Pat Stapleton defend against #20 Bob Pulford and George Armstrong in 1961-62 season action.
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