Tom Bladon

Infobox Ice Hockey Player


image_size =
position = Defence
played_for = Philadelphia Flyers
Pittsburgh Penguins
Edmonton Oilers
Winnipeg Jets
Detroit Red Wings
shot = Right
height_ft = 6
height_in = 1
weight_lb = 195
nationality = CAN
birth_date = Birth date and age|1952|12|29|mf=y
birth_place = Edmonton, AB, CAN
draft = 23rd overall
draft_year = 1972
draft_team = Philadelphia Flyers
career_start = 1972
career_end = 1981

Tom George Bladon (born December 29, 1952 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played 610 NHL games over a nine-season career mostly with the Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins. He won the Stanley Cup with the Flyers in 1974 and 1975. He also had brief stops with the Edmonton Oilers, Winnipeg Jets and Detroit Red Wings. He is best remembered for the game played on December 11, 1977, against the Cleveland Barons, in which he scored four goals and added four assists, becoming the first defenceman and only the fourth person in NHL history to score 8 points in one game (only 12 have done it as of 2008). His plus/minus of +10 in that game is also an NHL record. He currently lives in Alberta, where he owns a Tim Hortons Fact|date=February 2007.

External links

* [http://www.flyershistory.net/cgi-bin/hm.cgi?008hm Tom Bladon Sets Defenseman Record]
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