Derek Sanderson
NHL Fortune:
$279,501
Description
Salary history of Derek Sanderson, who earned US $279,501 (US $1,549,597 in today's dollars) in his career, ranking #3660 in NHL career earnings / fortunes accumulated.
| Season | Salary ($US) |
In today's $ |
NHL Rank |
+/- ($) |
+/- (%) |
| 1965-66 | $13,167 | $104,709 | |||
| Signed a 3-year contract with Boston for $39,500 | |||||
| Source: Book: The Rebel League | |||||
| 1966-67 | $13,167 | $101,487 | |||
| Source: Book: The Rebel League | |||||
| 1967-68 | $13,167 | $98,753 | |||
| Source: Book: The Rebel League | |||||
| 1968-69 | $25,000 | $179,957 | |||
| Signed a one-year deal with Boston for $25,000 | |||||
| Source: Book: The Rebel League | |||||
| 1969-70 | $13,000 | $88,733 | |||
| 1970-71 | $13,000 | $83,930 | |||
| 1971-72 | $13,000 | $80,407 | |||
| 1972-73 | $13,000 | $77,907 | |||
| Signed a contract with the Philadelphia Blazers of the World Hockey Association. Received $600,000 in cash as part of a $2.65?million, five? year deal (some source say that he got a 10-year deal for $2.6M). Regardless, after only 8 games in which he got injured and played poorly, a new owner came in and bought back his contract for $1M. He then went back to Boston in the NHL. | |||||
| Source: NY Times; Book: The Rebel League | |||||
| 1973-74 | $13,000 | $73,345 | |||
| 1976-77 | $150,000 | $660,369 | |||
| Source: The Hockey News 1978 Yearbook | |||||
| Total: $279,501 In today's dollars: $1,549,597 |
NHL Rank: 3660 In today's dollars: 2459 |
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