Dick Duff 1961-62 Parkhurst #12

The number 12 card in the 1961-62 Parkhurst set belongs to Dick Duff of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Duff’s days with the Maple Leafs were somewhat numbered at the time. He would be traded to the New York Rangers after the 1962-63 season. The 1961-62 Parkhurst Dick Duff card is valued as a common card. However, the Dick Duff rookie card, number 18 in the 1955-56 Parkhurst set, is valued at five times that of a common card.

Like the rest of the set, the 1961-62 Dick Duff card celebrates the achievements from the 1960-61 National Hockey League season. Like most on the Maple Leafs, Duff’s 1960-61 season was a little uneventful and a little underachieving. Dick scored 16 goals and assisted on 17 for 33 points over 67 games.

Dick Duff – Junior Hockey

Duff played three years of junior ‘A’ hockey in the Ontario Hockey Association with Toronto St. Michael’s between 1952-53 and 1954-55. In his first year, he played just 16 regular season games for the Majors after playing most of the year with the St. Michael’s Buzzers. Over his 16 games, Dick scored three and assisted on two for five points. However, he matched that game total in the playoffs, appearing in 16 more games, scoring six and assisting on nine for 15 points.

In his final year with St. Michael’s, Duff was the team leader with 33 goals and 20 assists for 53 points over 47 games. His 33 goals tied him for fifth in the OHA with Bob Barlow of the Barrie Flyers and Ab McDonald of the St. Catherines Teepees.

Dick Duff – NHL Career

Dick saw his first National Hockey League action in 1954-55 while still a junior. He appeared in three games for the Toronto Maple Leafs. Before retiring after the 1971-72 season, Duff played in 1,030 regular season NHL games, scoring 283 and assisting on 289 for 572 points. Along with Toronto, Dick also played for the New York Rangers, Montreal Canadiens, Los Angeles Kings and Buffalo Sabres.

In the Stanley Cup playoffs, Duff played another 114 games, scoring 30 and assisting on 49 for 79 points. He won two Stanley Cup championships with Toronto in 1961-62 and 1962-63. Dick then won four championships with the Montreal Canadiens in 1964-65, 1965-66, 1967-68 and 1968-69.

Before changing roles to a checking forward with the Rangers and Habs, Duff was a bit of a goal scorer with the Maple Leafs. IN 1956-57, Dick placed ninth in the NHL with 26 goals. In 1958-59, he placed eighth with a career high 29 goals.

It took more than 30 years but Dick Duff was finally inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2006. The only other player to enter that year was goaltender Patrick Roy.