NHL Salaries: 1927-1989
Before 1989, NHL salaries were not widely known. Here are
some of them:
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PLAYER
SEASON
SALARY
HAYWARD, BRIAN 1982-83 $65,000 US
PARENT, BERNARD 1977-78 $1,000,000 US
HULL, BOBBY 1977-78 $1,000,000 US
SANDERSON, DEREK 1977-78 $1,000,000 US
TREMBLAY, MARIO 1974-75 $80,000 CAN
SANDERSON, DEREK 1969-70 $13,000 US
ORR, BOBBY 1967-68
$35,000 US
SANDERSON, DEREK 1967-68 $10,000 US
ORR, BOBBY 1966-67
$35,000 US
WORSLEY, GUMP 1965-66 $28,000 CAN
NHL MINIMUM SALARY 1963-64 $7,000 CAN
ESPOSITO,
PHIL 1963-64 $5,800
US
MAHOVLICH, FRANK 1962-63 $25,000 CAN
RICHARD, MAURICE 1959-60 $25,000 CAN
HARVEY, DOUG 1959-60 $25,000
CAN
BELIVEAU, JEAN 1957-58 $21,000 CAN
BELIVEAU, JEAN 1956-57 $21,000 CAN
BELIVEAU, JEAN 1955-56 $21,000 CAN
BELIVEAU, JEAN 1954-55 $21,000 CAN
BELIVEAU, JEAN 1953-54 $21,000 CAN
FREDERICKSON, FRANK 1925-26 $3,500 CAN
MORENZ, HOWIE 1923-24 $3,500
CAN
LALONDE, NEWSY 1921-22 $2,000 CAN
LALONDE, NEWSY 1917-18 $1,300 CAN
Sources: Maclean's, Inside Hockey,
SportingNewsRadio interview with Phil Esposito, books on Jean Béliveau, Mario
Tremblay and Bernard Geoffrion.