Bill Barilko
| Bill Barilko | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
March 25, 1927 Timmins, ON, CAN | ||
| Died |
c. August 26, 1951 (aged 24) Cochrane, ON, CAN | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
| Weight | 180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shot | Right | ||
| Played for |
Hollywood Wolves (PCHL) Toronto Maple Leafs | ||
| Playing career | 1945–1951 | ||
William "Bashin' Bill" Barilko (March 25, 1927 – c. August 26, 1951) was a Canadian ice hockey player who played his entire National Hockey League career for the Toronto Maple Leafs.[1][2]
Personal life
Barilko was of Ukrainian descent and had a brother, Alex, and sister, Anne.[3]
Professional career
In February 1947, Bill Barilko was called up to the Toronto Maple Leafs from the PCHL's Hollywood Wolves and played for Leafs until his death.[4] He was assigned sweater #21 when he debuted for the Leafs. He changed to #19 for the 1948-49 and 1949-50 seasons. The #5 (which was retired by the Leafs) was only worn by Barilko for one season, 1950-51. During that span of five seasons, Barilko and the Toronto Maple Leafs were Stanley Cup champions on four occasions 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951.[5] The last goal he ever scored (in overtime against the Montreal Canadiens' Gerry McNeil in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup final, on April 21, 1951) won the Maple Leafs the Stanley Cup.[2]
Disappearance and death
On August 26, 1951, Barilko joined his dentist, Henry Hudson, on a flight aboard Hudson's Fairchild 24 floatplane to Seal River, Quebec, for a weekend fishing trip.[6] On the return trip, the single-engine plane disappeared and its passengers remained missing.[6] Eleven years later, on June 6, 1962, helicopter pilot Ron Boyd discovered the wreckage of the plane[7] about 100 kilometres (62 mi) north of Cochrane, Ontario,[8][9] about 56 kilometers (35 miles) off course. The cause of the crash was deemed to have been a combination of pilot inexperience, poor weather and overloaded cargo.[10] Notably, the Maple Leafs won the Stanley Cup that year, after not winning it at all during the eleven years that he was missing.[8][10][11]
The 1992 song "Fifty Mission Cap" by The Tragically Hip is about Barilko's death and the Leafs' subsequent Stanley Cup drought.[6][9]
Barilko is buried in Timmins, Ontario, Canada, at the Timmins Memorial Cemetery.
Honours
Barilko played in the 1947, 1948 and 1949 NHL All-Star Game, scoring a goal in the 1949 game.
Barilko won 4 Stanley Cups with the Maple Leafs in 1947, 1948, 1949 and 1951.
Until October 15th, 2016. Barilko's #5 was one of only two numbers retired by the Maple Leafs (Ace Bailey's #6 is the other).[2][6][8]
Barilko's story was published in the 1988 book Overtime, Overdue: The Bill Barilko Story, by John Melady, and the 2004 book Barilko — Without A Trace, by Kevin Shea.
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1943–44 | Holman Pluggers | NOHA | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1944–45 | Timmins Canadians | NOHA | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1944–45 | Porcupine Combines | NOHA | — | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1945–46 | Hollywood Wolves | PCHL | 38 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 103 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 26 | ||
| 1946–47 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 18 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 33 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 18 | ||
| 1946–47 | Hollywood Wolves | PCHL | 47 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 69 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1947–48 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 57 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 147 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | ||
| 1948–49 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 60 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 95 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | ||
| 1949–50 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 59 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 85 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 18 | ||
| 1950–51 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 58 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 96 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 31 | ||
| NHL totals | 252 | 26 | 36 | 62 | 456 | 47 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 104 | ||||
See also
- List of fatalities from aviation accidents
- List of ice hockey nicknames
- List of ice hockey players who died during their playing career
- List of NHL players: B
- List of NHL retired numbers
- Lists of sportspeople who died during their careers
- List of Stanley Cup Final overtime series winners
- List of Toronto Maple Leafs award winners
- List of Toronto Maple Leafs players
- List of Ukrainian Canadians
- Sports-related curses
References
- ↑ "What are some Canadian stories that have not been told or potentially could be told?". Ukrainian Canadian Foundation of Taras Shevchenko. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-08-01.
- 1 2 3 "Toronto Maple Leafs Team Alumni Bios: Bill Barilko". Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment. Archived from the original on 18 August 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-01.
- ↑ Hornby, Lance (April 20, 2011). "The legend of Bill Barilko". The Toronto Sun. Retrieved April 20, 2011.
- ↑ "Maple Leafs History: 1940s". Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment. Archived from the original on 2007-08-18. Retrieved 2007-08-01.
- ↑ "Maple Leafs History: 1950s". Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment. Archived from the original on 18 August 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-01.
- 1 2 3 4 Template:Cite news 1.html
- ↑ Victims of Aviation Accidents or Incidents in Canada: Cal Jones, Billy Joe Booth, Jonathan Mann, Brice Herbert Goldsborough, Bill Barilko, ISBN 978-1-155-40830-9
- 1 2 3 Fitzpatrick, Todd (1999-06-07). "Bashin' Bill". The Sporting News. Retrieved 2007-08-01.
- 1 2 "Millennium Moment: Fifty Mission Cap". University of Western Ontario Gazette. 1999-05-28. Archived from the original on 12 September 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-01.
- 1 2 "Bashing Bill Barilko is Missing". CBC. p. "Did you know". Retrieved 2007-08-01.
- ↑ "Maple Leafs History: 1960s". Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment. Archived from the original on 18 August 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-01.
External links
- Bill Barilko's biography at Legends of Hockey
- Bill Barilko's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database
- Ron Boyd wreckage discovery.
- Hockey-Reference.com
- FindAGrave: Bill Barilko