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Canada Bill Barilko
#5 Toronto Maple Leafs / NHL - 50/51
4-time NHL Stanley Cup Champion 4
Date of Birth
Mar 25, 1927
Position
D
Age
Height
5'11" / 180 cm
Place of Birth
Timmins, ON, CAN
Weight
181 lbs / 82 kg
Nation
Canada
Shoots
R
Youth Team
-
Contract
-

Barilko, 24, died on August 26, 1951, in a private plane crash, near Cochrane, Ontario.

Family relations
Brother: Alex Barilko

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Bill Barilko Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
1942-43 Holman Pluggers NOHA -* -* -* -* -* -* |
1943-44 Holman Pluggers NOHA -* -* -* -* -* -* |
1944-45 Timmins Canadians NOHA -* -* -* -* -* -* |
Porcupine Combines NOHA -* 3* 2* 5* -* -* |
1945-46 Hollywood Wolves PCHL 38* 4* 5* 9* 103* -* | Playoffs 12 2 3 5 26 -
1946-47 Hollywood Wolves PCHL 47* 9* 2* 11* 69* -* |
Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 18* 3* 7* 10* 33* -* | Playoffs 11 0 3 3 18 -
1947-48 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 57* 5* 9* 14* 147* -* | Playoffs 9 1 0 1 17 -
1948-49 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 60* 5* 4* 9* 95* -* | Playoffs 9 0 1 1 20 -
1949-50 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 59* 7* 10* 17* 85* -* | Playoffs 7 1 1 2 18 -
1950-51 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 58* 6* 6* 12* 96* -* | Playoffs 11 3 2 5 31 -

Bill Barilko Career Totals

League Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/- | Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/-
NHL 5 252* 26* 36* 62* 0.25* 456* -* | 5 47 5 * 7 * 12 * 0.26 * 104 * - *
NOHA 3 -* 3* 2* 5* -* -* -* | 0 * * * * * *
PCHL 2 85* 13* 7* 20* 0.24* 172* -* | 1 12 2 * 3 * 5 * 0.42 * 26 * - *
* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Bill Barilko Career Highlights

Season
Awards by season
Player Biography and Trivia

Number 5 retired by Toronto Maple Leafs

Cult/Star player for Toronto Maple Leafs

William "Bashin' Bill" Barilko died on August 26, 1951. He had joined his dentist Henry Hudson on Hudsons aeroplane for a fishing trip to Seal River, Quebec. However, the plane and its passengers went missing. The bodies were recoverd on June 7, 1962, when the wreckage of the plane was found about 35 miles (56 km) off course.