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Born	March 31, 1936 (age 73),; Newton Robinson, ON, CAN
Height; Weight	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m); 188 lb (85 kg; 13 st 6 lb)
Position	Forward
Shot	Left
Pro clubs	Toronto Maple Leafs; Los Angeles Kings
Pro career	1956 – 1972
	Hall of Fame, 1991

Robert Jesse "Bob" Pulford (born March 31, 1936 in Newton Robinson, Ontario) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played for the Toronto Maple Leafs and Los Angeles Kings in the National Hockey League. He has been a coach and executive for the Chicago Blackhawks for the past thirty years.

Pulford played junior hockey for the Toronto Marlboros for three seasons from 1953 to 1956, winning two Memorial Cups under coach Turk Broda. He moved up to the Maple Leafs for the 1956–57 season and remained with the team for 14 seasons. Pulford was an important member of the Leaf teams that won four Stanley Cups in 1962-63-64-67. The Leafs traded him to the Los Angeles Kings on September 3, 1970, where he played two seasons and retired as a player in 1972.

Pulford became head coach of the Kings for the 1972–73 season and led the team for five years before becoming coach and general manager of the Chicago Blackhawks in 1977. He served as coach on three separate occasions from 1977 to 1987. He was promoted to senior vice president in 1990, but took on the general manager's duties again from 1992 to 1997, from 1999 to 2000, and from 2003 to 2005. During his third stint as general manager, Pulford nominally doubled as head coach. However, Lorne Molleken remained the team's main operator on the bench, with Pulford as more or less a senior consultant.

In 7 seasons: 426 games as Hawks coach, Bob Pulford won 182, lost 176, and tied 68. His win percentage was .507 and he is ranked second behind Billy Reay in most regular season games won as Hawk coach.

He won the Jack Adams Award for best coach in the NHL in 1975.

He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1991.

On October 11, 2007; Pulford was named an officer with the Wirtz Corporation and is no longer part of the day to day management of the Blackhawks.

His son-in-law is Dean Lombardi, a former assistant general manager for the Minnesota North Stars, former GM of the San Jose Sharks, and current president and general manager of the Los Angeles Kings since April 2006.

[edit] Career statistics

			Regular season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1954–55	Toronto Marlboros	OHA	47	24	22	46	0	—	—	—	—	—
1955–56	Toronto Marlboros	OHA	48	30	25	55	0	—	—	—	—	—
1956–57	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	65	11	11	22	32	—	—	—	—	—
1957–58	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	70	14	17	31	48	—	—	—	—	—
1958–59	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	70	23	14	37	53	12	4	4	8	8
1959–60	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	79	24	28	52	81	10	4	1	5	10
1960–61	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	40	11	18	29	41	5	0	0	0	8
1961–62	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	70	18	21	39	98	12	7	1	8	24
1962–63	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	70	19	25	44	49	10	2	5	7	14
1963–64	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	70	18	30	48	73	14	5	3	8	20
1964–65	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	65	19	29	39	46	6	1	1	2	16
1965–66	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	70	28	28	56	51	4	1	1	2	12
1966–67	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	67	17	28	45	28	12	1	10	11	12
1967–68	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	74	20	30	50	40	—	—	—	—	—
1968–69	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	71	11	23	34	20	4	0	0	0	2
1969–70	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	74	18	19	37	31	—	—	—	—	—
1970–71	Los Angeles Kings	NHL	59	17	26	43	53	—	—	—	—	—
1971–72	Los Angeles Kings	NHL	73	13	24	37	48	—	—	—	—	—
NHL totals			1079	281	362	643	792	89	25	26	51	126

[edit] Coaching record

Team	Year	Regular season						Post season
Team	Year	G	W	L	T	Pts	Division rank	Result
LA	1972–73	78	31	36	11	73	6^th in West	Missed playoffs
LA	1973–74	78	33	33	12	78	3^rd in West	Lost in first round
LA	1974–75	80	42	17	21	105	2^nd in Norris	Lost in first round
LA	1975–76	80	38	33	9	85	2^nd in Norris	Lost in second round
LA	1976–77	80	34	31	15	83	2^nd in Norris	Lost in second round
CHI	1977–78	80	32	29	19	83	1^st in Smythe	Lost in first round
CHI	1978–79	80	29	36	15	73	1^st in Smythe	Lost in first round
CHI	1981–82	28	12	14	2	(72)	4^th in Smythe	Lost in Conf Champ
CHI	1984–85	27	16	7	4	(83)	2^nd in Smythe	Lost in Conf Champ
CHI	1985–86	80	39	33	8	86	1^st in Smythe	Lost in first round
CHI	1986–87	80	29	37	14	72	3^rd in Smythe	Lost in first round
CHI	1999–00	58	28	24	6	62	3^rd in Central	Missed playoffs
Total		829	363	330	136

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Ted Lindsay (1958)	NHLPA President 1967–1972	Succeeded by Ken Dryden
Preceded by Larry Cahan	Los Angeles Kings captains 1971–73	Succeeded by Terry Harper
Preceded by Fred Glover	Head coaches of the Los Angeles Kings 1972–1977	Succeeded by Ron Stewart
Preceded by Bill White	Head coaches of the Chicago Black Hawks 1977–1979	Succeeded by Eddie Johnston
Preceded by Keith Magnuson	Head coaches of the Chicago Black Hawks 1981–1982	Succeeded by Orval Tessier
Preceded by Orval Tessier	Head coaches of the Chicago Blackhawks 1984–1987	Succeeded by Bob Murdoch
Preceded by Lorne Molleken	Head coaches of the Chicago Blackhawks 1999–2000	Succeeded by Alpo Suhonen

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