Billy Harris
Hockey Fortune:
$685,000
Description
Billy Harris’s net worth / earnings / salary history: Earned US $685,000 (US $4,310,298 in today's dollars), ranking #4234 in NHL / hockey career earnings.
Birthdate: January 29, 1952Country of birth: Canada
Position: RW
NHL Draft:
- Year: 1972
- Round #1
- Overall Pick: 1
- By: New York Islanders
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| Salary History - Billy Harris All amounts in US$ unless otherwise noted. |
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| Season | Earnings (US$) |
In today's US$ |
Rank |
| 1972-73 | $150,000 | $1,127,690 | |
| After being drafted 1st overall in the 1972 NHL draft, signed a three-year deal with the Islanders for $100,000 per season plus a $50,000 signing bonus. Wanting to play in the NHL, he turned down a five-year contract offer, by the Philadelphia Blazers of the World Hockey Association, for $750,000. (According to La Presse, it was a two-year contract with the New York Islanders for $250,000 overall. According to another edition of La Presse, it was a three-year contract for a yearly salary of $125,000) | |||
| Source(s): NY Times / The Sporting News | |||
| 1973-74 | $100,000 | $708,108 | |
| Source(s): NY Times | |||
| 1974-75 | $100,000 | $637,599 | |
| Source(s): NY Times | |||
| 1975-76 | $100,000 | $584,169 | |
| Source(s): Estimated salary based on documented salaries in 1974-75 and 1977-78. | |||
| 1976-77 | $100,000 | $552,451 | |
| Source(s): Estimated salary based on documented salaries in 1974-75 and 1977-78. | |||
| 1977-78 | $135,000 | $700,280 | |
| Bases salary, not including bonuses, deferred payments and other extras. (Earned $125,000 according to the Globe and Mail.) | |||
| Source(s): The Gazette | |||
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Career Total: US $685,000 (In today's dollars: US $4,310,298) NHL Rank: 4234 (In today's dollars: 2505) |
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