- Chuck Blair (ice hockey)
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Chuck Blair Born July 23, 1928
Edinburgh, Scotland, GBRDied December 14, 2006 (aged 78)Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Weight 175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb) Position Right wing Shot Right Played for Toronto Maple Leafs Playing career 1948–1961 Charles Blair (July 23, 1928 – December 14, 2006) was a Canadian ice hockey player.
Blair was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and while still an infant, he immigrated with his family to Canada. He played junior hockey with the Oshawa Generals before he was called up by the Toronto Maple Leafs to play his one and only NHL game. After spending time with the Toronto Marlboros, Blair signed with the American Hockey League's Pittsburgh Hornets in 1950. In 1953, Blair was traded to the Cleveland Barons and a year later, he was traded again to the Buffalo Bisons. In 1957, Blair moved to the Western Hockey League and signed for the Calgary Stampeders and after two years he returned to the AHL with the Quebec Aces. He played one more season in the Eastern Hockey League with the Clinton Comets before retiring in 1961.
External links
- Chuck Blair (ice hockey)'s career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
- Chuck Blair (ice hockey)'s biography at Legends of Hockey
Categories:- 1928 births
- 2006 deaths
- Buffalo Bisons (AHL) players
- Calgary Stampeders (WHL) players
- Canadian ice hockey right wingers
- Cleveland Barons (1937–1973) players
- Eastern Hockey League players
- Oshawa Generals alumni
- Pittsburgh Hornets players
- Quebec Aces (AHL) players
- Toronto Maple Leafs players
- Toronto Marlboros alumni
- Canadian ice hockey winger, 1920s births stubs
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