Bob Baun 1961-62 Parkhurst #11

There’s some story about a broken leg. Besides that, Bobby Baun was one of the most reliable defensemen in Toronto Maple Leafs history. He was a two time Memorial Cup champion with the Toronto Marlboros and a four time Stanley Cup champion with the Maple Leafs. He also had a forgettable side as a member of the inaugural Oakland Seals and head coach of the hapless and underachieving Toronto Toros of the World Hockey Associations.

Bob Baun – 1961-62 Parkhurst #11

The number 11 card of Bob Baun in the 1961-62 Parkhurst set is valued as a common card. The card celebrates the 1960-61 NHL season when Baun played all 70 games for the Toronto Maple Leafs during the regular season, scoring one goal and assisting on 14 while recording 15 points. The Bob Baun rookie card is much more valuable. The Baun RC appears as number 45 in the 1957-58 Parkhurst set and is valued at five times that of a common card.

Bob Baun – Playing Career

Baun played junior in the OHA from 1952-53 to 1955-56 with the Toronto Marlboros. In his final two years, the team won the Robertson Cup as OHA champions. Also, in both those years the Marlboros were crowned Memorial Cup champions with victories over the Regina Pats in both seasons.

Bob played in the NHL from 1956-57 to 1972-73 with the Maple Leafs, Oakland Seals and Detroit Red Wings. His career ended where it started with a second stint with the Maple Leafs. Over his NHL career, Baun played 964 regular season games, scoring 37 goals and assisting on 187 for 224 points. In the Stanley Cup playoffs, Bob played an additional 96 games, adding 15 points.

His only minor league action came in the 1956-57 season with the Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League. Playing just 46 of the Amerks 64 regular season games, Baun placed ninth in the AHL with 117 PIM.

Baun was part of four Stanley Cup champions with the Maple Leafs. He won with Toronto in three consecutive seasons from 1961-62 to 1963-64. He was also part of the 1966-67 victory over the Montreal Canadiens. Bob also went to the finals twice unsuccessfully. In 1958-59 and 1959-60, the Maple Leafs lost to the dynastic Montreal Canadiens.

He was never among the leaders in scoring categories but did find himself in the top ten for penalty minutes in the NHL. In 1963-64, he placed tenth with 113 PIM. The following year, he placed fourth with 160 PIM, behind Carl Brewer, Ted Lindsay and Pierre Pilote.

Bob was picked up by the Oakland Seals in the third round of the 1967 NHL Expansion Draft, 18^th overall. He stayed with the Seals just one season before being traded to the Detroit Red Wings on May 27, 1968. He was sent to the Red Wings with Ron Harris in exchange for Gary Jarrett, Doug Roberts, Howie Young and Chris Worthy.

Bob Baun – Head Coach 

Baun’s coaching career was limited to the 1975-76 season. He took on the role of head coach with the Toronto Toros of the World Hockey Association. With stars like Frank Mahovlich and Paul Henderson, it was surprising that the Toros were last overall among teams that completed the full season. They even finished with less points than the Minnesota Fighting Saints, a team that folded after 59 games.

In 1976-77, the Toros moved to Alabama and became the Birmingham Bulls. Baun was not with the team. Instead, Gilles Leger started the year behind the bench and was replaced by Pat Kelly early on.

Bob Nevin 1961-62 Parkhurst #10

 

The number 10 card in the 1961-62 Parkhurst set belongs to Bob Nevin of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Nevin is part of what I like to call hockey’s shadow world, in that his career was bordering on Hockey Hall of Fame potential, yet he is mostly unknown by today’s hockey fans outside of New York.

Bob Nevin – 1961-62 Parkhurst #10

1960-61 was Nevin’s first full season in the National Hockey League but the 1961-62 Parkhurst hockey card was not his rookie card. The Bob Nevin rookie card appears as number 13 in the 1958-59 Parkhurst set and is valued at just less than twice that of a common card. The 1961-62 Parkhurst card is valued as a common and is Nevin’s second time on cardboard.

Bob played four games for Toronto in 1957-58 and two more in 1958-59, therefore retaining his rookie status for the 1960-61 season. Over 68 regular season games, Nevin scored 21 goals and assisted on 37 for 58 points. He was second on the Maple Leafs for goals and assists while placing third for points. Bob was runner-up to teammate Dave Keon in the voting for the Calder Trophy as NHL rookie of the year.

Bob Nevin – Junior and Minor Pro

Bob played parts of four seasons in the OHA with the Toronto Marlboros from 1954-55 to 1957-58. In 1955-56, he was sixth in the league for goals while the Marlboros were crowned Memorial Cup champions. The following year, his 45 goals put him fourth in the league while he tied for fourth in the race for the Eddie Powers Trophy with 74 points. In his final season, Nevin placed ninth in the OHA for goals, sixth for assists and eighth for points.

Nevin played two full seasons in the minors before becoming a regular in the NHL. In 1958-59, he split his season between the Chicoutimi Sagueneens of the QHL and the Rochester Americans of the AHL. The following year, he played exclusively with Rochester.

With the 1959-60 Amerks, Bob scored 32 goals and assisted on 42 for 74 points over 71 regular season games. He placed seventh in the league for goals and tenth for points. Rochester reached the Calder Cup finals before falling to the Springfield Indians four games to one, despite only being outscored 17-16 on the series. In the playoffs, Nevin played 12 games, scoring six goals and assisting on four.

Bob Nevin – NHL 

Nevin played 1,128 regular season games in the NHL between 1957-58 and 1975-76 with the Maple Leafs, New York Rangers, Minnesota North Stars and Los Angeles Kings. Over that time, he scored 307 goals and assisted on 419 for 726 points. He played an additional 84 games in the Stanley Cup playoffs, recording another 34 points.

Bob was a Stanley Cup champion twice with Toronto in 1961-62 and 1962-63. His best individual success came after moving over to the New York Rangers. Nevin was team captain for the Rangers from 1965-66 to 1970-71. In 1965-66, he scored 29 and assisted on 33 for 62 points over 69 games. His 29 goals tied him for seventh in the NHL with Gordie Howe of the Detroit Red Wings and Jean Beliveau of the Montreal Canadiens. His 62 points placed him eighth in the race for the Art Ross Trophy.

Twice during his NHL career, Nevin scored 31 goals in a season. The first time was with the Rangers in 1968-69 and the second was with the Los Angeles Kings in 1974-75. Bob ended his career playing 13 games in the WHA with the Edmonton Oilers in 1976-77.

Red Kelly 1961-62 Parkhurst #9

In 1960-61, Red Kelly was in his first full season with the Toronto Maple Leafs and he recorded the highest offensive numbers of his NHL career. The player destined to be a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame was settling in nicely with the Maple Leafs after he came over from the Detroit Red Wings midseason the year before.

1961-62 Parkhurst #9

The number 9 card belonging to Leonard ‘Red’ Kelly is valued at about 60% above a common card. By this time in his career, more than a decade had passed since his 1951-52 Parkhurst rookie card came on the market.

The back of the 1961-62 Parkhurst hockey card celebrates the 1960-61 season. For Red Kelly, it was a hell of a season to celebrate. The Maple Leafs were not overly successful but Kelly certainly was in his first full year with the club.

Over 64 regular season games, Red scored 20 goals and assisted on 50 for 70 points while sitting just 12 minutes in the penalty box. It was the best offensive season of Kelly’s NHL career. Kelly led Toronto in assists and finished second in points behind Frank Mahovlich. In the entire NHL, Red placed second for assists, eight behind league leader Jean Beliveau of the Montreal Canadiens. His 70 points tied him for sixth with Norm Ullman of the Detroit Red Wings.

Red’s 12 penalty minutes were a contributing factor in him winning the Lady Byng Trophy. For Kelly, it was fourth of four times he won the award during his National Hockey League career.

Red Kelly – Playing Career

After playing junior with Toronto St. Michael’s and winning a Memorial Cup championship in 1947, Kelly jumped directly to the NHL and played 1,316 regular season games between 1947-48 and 1966-67. His entire career was spent with the Red Wings and Maple Leafs. Red scored 281 goals and assisted on 542 for 823 points over a career that was split between playing defense and centre.

In the Stanley Cup playoffs, Kelly played an amazing 164 games, adding 92 points. He was a member of eight Stanley Cup champions, four with Detroit and four with Toronto. The eight Cups are the most for any player in NHL history that did not play for the Montreal Canadiens.

Kelly is one of just four players in NHL history to win the Lady Byng Trophy four or more times. He won the Norris Trophy as the league’s top defenseman in 1953-54 with the Red Wings. Red Kelly was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1969, along with Sid Abel, Bryan Hextall and Roy Worters. 

Red Kelly – Coach

Directly following his National Hockey League playing career, Kelly moved behind the bench. He was the first ever head coach of the Los Angeles Kings, joining the club in their inaugural 1967-68 season and remaining through the 1968-69 season.

After L.A., Kelly found himself in Pittsburgh and was head coach of the Penguins from 1970-71 until being replaced midway through the 1972-73 season. He returned to Toronto a few years later and was head coach from 1974-75 to 1976-77.

Bob Pulford 1961-62 Parkhurst #8

Bob Pulford quietly played his way into the Hockey Hall of Fame. He was inducted as a player twenty years after his final season in the National Hockey League but that fact is, he was inducted. Bob played most of his career with the Toronto Maple Leafs and it was with Toronto he was playing for when the 1961-62 Parkhurst hockey card set came out.

Bob Pulford – 1961-62 Parkhurst #8

The number 8 card belonging to Pulford is valued today as a common card. A few years earlier, the Bob Pulford rookie card appeared as number 45 in the 1957-58 Parkhurst set and is valued at around 7.5 times that of a common card.

The back of the 1961-62 card celebrates the year before, 1960-61. It was Bob’s fifth year in the NHL and fifth year with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Pulford played in just 40 of the team’s 70 regular season games, scoring 11 and assisting on 18 for 29 points. In the previous three seasons and the three seasons that would follow, Bob played in each of Toronto’s regular season games.

Bob Pulford – Junior Hockey

Pulford played three years in the Ontario Hockey Association for the Toronto Marlboros from 1953-54 to 1955-56. The Turk Broda coached Marlboros were Memorial Cup champions in both 1954-55 and 1955-56 with Pulford playing a significant role on the team offensively.

In both Memorial Cup finals, Toronto played the Regina Pats. In 1955, Pulford was teamed with future Maple Leafs Bob Baun and Billy Harris. The 1956 team was stacked with players like Baun, Carl Brewer, Charlie Burns, Harry Neale and Bob Nevin.

Bob Pulford – NHL

Bob jumped right to the National Hockey League after junior, never playing a game in the minors. From 1956-57 to 1971-72, Pulford scored 281 goals and assisted on 362 for 643 points over 1,079 regular season NHL games with the Maple Leafs and Los Angeles Kings. In the Stanley Cup playoffs, he played an additional 89 games, adding 51 points.

Pulford was a member of the four Stanley Cup champion Toronto Maple Leafs teams from the 1960’s. The team won three straight from 1961-62 to 1963-64 and one more time in 1966-67.

In 1959-60, Bob scored 24 goals, tying him for tenth in the NHL with Jean-Guy Gendron of the Boston Bruins and Norm Ullman of the Detroit Red Wings. Pulford’s top offensive season came in 1965-66 when he scored 28 goals for the Maple Leafs. He placed tenth in the NHL for goals scored.

Bob played his final two years in the NHL with the Los Angeles Kings. In his final season, he served as team captain. The following year, he remained with the club but moved behind the bench to become head coach.

Bob Pulford was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1991. Entering at the same time were Mike Bossy, Denis Potvin and Clint Smith.

Bob Pulford – Coaching, etc. 

Pulford took over the head coaching duties for the Los Angeles Kings for the start of the 1972-73 season. He replaced American Hockey League legend Fred Glover. Bob remained with the Kings for five years before moving to Chicago for the 1977-78 season.

Bob remained with the Blackhawks from 1977-78 to 2006-07 in various roles, including head coach, general manager and senior vice-president of hockey operations. His first two years were spent as head coach, a post he returned to several times during his time in Chicago.

In 1981-82, he took over behind the bench for the final 28 games of the season after Keith Magnuson was relieved of duties. Pulford took the team to the Stanley Cup final four before falling in five to the Vancouver Canucks in the semi-finals.

In 1984-85, it was Orval Tessier that was ousted with 27 games to go in the season. Pulford took over behind the bench with Roger Neilson as his assistant. Once again, he led the Blackhawks to the final four before falling in six to the Edmonton Oilers in the semi-finals. Edmonton, at the pinnacle of the Gretzky era, outscored Chicago 44-25 on the series and 18-5 in the first two games. Game one was an 11-2 blowout and game five was a 10-5 shootout.

Pulford returned as full-time head coach of the Blackhawks for the 1985-86 and 1986-87 seasons. He took another interim stint in 1999-00.

Eddie Shack 1961-62 Parkhurst #7

‘The Entertainer’, so many, including himself, have said that Eddie Shack could have been so much more than the class clown in the National Hockey League. The talent was there in Shack to be a scoring star in the league. As it was, Eddie played over 1,000 games in the NHL and was a member of four Stanley Cup championship teams in Toronto.

Eddie Shack – 1961-62 Parkhurst #7

The Eddie Shack 1961-62 Parkhurst hockey card is valued nearly seven times more than a common card. It is the third highest in value for Toronto Maple Leafs players and the sixth highest valued in the whole set. Not bad for a player standing outside the Hockey Hall of Fame.

The back of the card celebrates Shack’s achievements from the 1960-61 season. Eddie came to Toronto from the New York Rangers 12 games into the 1960-61 NHL season. With the Maple Leafs, he played 55 games, scoring 14 and assisting on 14 for 28 points. Shack’s combined 107 penalty minutes placed him eighth in the league.

Eddie Shack – NHL Career

Shack played five years of junior hockey in the OHA with the Guelph Biltmore Mad Hatters. In his final year, 1956-57, Eddie scored 47 goals and assisted on 57 for 104 points over 52 regular season games on the Eddie Bush coached team. Shack placed third in goal scoring behind Frank Mahovlich of Toronto St. Michael’s and Bill Sweeney, also of the Biltmores. Shack tied Sweeney for the league lead in assists and placed second in the league in the race for the Eddie Powers Trophy, two points behind his teammate.

After a year in the American Hockey League with the Providence Reds in 1957-58, Shack became a regular in the NHL with the Rangers. He played in the NHL from 1958-59 to 1974-75, appearing in 1,047 regular season games. Over that time, he scored 239 goals and assisted on 226 for 465 points. In the Stanley Cup playoffs, he played an additional 74 games, adding 13 points.

Eddie played for the Maple Leafs when they won three consecutive Stanley Cup championships between 1961-62 and 1963-64. He was also part of the 1966-67 Toronto team that won the last championship in franchise history. 

After that 1966-67 season, Shack was traded to the Boston Bruins where he played on a line with Derek Sanderson and Wayne Cashman. His days in Boston ended a year before the Bruins won two Stanley Cup championships over three years.

Besides being known for his antics, Shack is in the books as the first NHL player to record 20 or more goals in a single season with five different teams. In 1965-66, he scored 26 with the Maple Leafs. Alongside Sanderson and Cashman, he scored 23 with the Bruins in 1967-68. Eddie scored 22 with the Los Angeles Kings in 1969-70 then 25 with the Buffalo Sabres the following season. In 1972-73, he completed his goal scoring tour of the league with 25 goals as a member of the Pittsburgh Penguins.