Doug Harvey
Hockey Fortune:
$152,220
Description
Doug Harvey’s net worth / earnings / salary history: Earned US $152,220 (US $1,679,693 in today's dollars), ranking #5626 in NHL / hockey career earnings.
Birthdate: December 19, 1924|
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| Salary History - Doug Harvey All amounts in US$ unless otherwise noted. |
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| Season | Earnings (US$) |
In today's US$ |
Rank |
| 1947-48 | $9,000 | $129,960 | |
| Amount in Canadian currency: $9,000. | |||
| Prior to the season, signed a contract with the Montreal Canadiens for a salary of $7,000 and a signing bonus of $2,000. This was his first pro-hockey season. | |||
| Source(s): La Presse | |||
| 1948-49 | $7,500 | $100,509 | |
| Amount in Canadian currency: $7,500. | |||
| Signed a one-year contract with the Montreal Canadiens for CAN$7,000. Bonuses: $ 500 if he made the 1st or 2nd NHL All Star Team; $ 500 if goalie Bill Dunham won the Vezina trophy. He did not make an All Star team but earned the bonus for Dunham winning the Vezina. | |||
| Source(s): Copy of contract | |||
| 1959-60 | $15,645 | $172,981 | |
| Amount in Canadian currency: $15,000. | |||
| Source(s): The Hockey News | |||
| 1960-61 | $25,775 | $280,841 | |
| Amount in Canadian currency: $25,000. | |||
| 1961-62 | $27,000 | $291,138 | |
| On May 31, 1961, signed a three-year contract for $81,000 overall, as a player-coach. (Was a contract for $75,000 overall according to The Sporting News and the book The New York Rangers : Broadway's Longest Running Hit / Earned $25,000 according to another edition of La Presse and the Official Sports Inc Hockey Magazine; earned $30,000 according to the book The Red Kelly Story.) | |||
| Source(s): Montreal-Matin / Book: The Lively World of Hockey / Official Sports Inc Hockey Magazine / La Presse / The Hockey News | |||
| 1962-63 | $27,000 | $287,673 | |
| As player only. (According to the book New York Rangers - Greatest Moments and Players, his salary was increased to $30,000. According to Official Sports Inc Hockey Magazine, he earned $25,000.) | |||
| Source(s): Montreal-Matin / Book: The Lively World of Hockey / Official Sports Inc Hockey Magazine / The Hockey News | |||
| 1963-64 | $27,500 | $289,460 | |
| (Earned $27,000 according to the books The Lively World of Hockey and Gordie.) | |||
| Source(s): Montreal-Matin / The Hockey News | |||
| 1966-67 | $12,800 | $127,132 | |
| Signed AHL contracts with the Baltimore Clippers and, later, Pittsburgh Hornets for $11,000. Was to earn a $ 500 bonus if the team made the AHL playoffs and $ 500 for each additional playoff rounds it reached. Pittsburgh won the AHL championship in 3 rounds, earning him a bonus of $ 1,500. Also got a $ 300 bonus for transportation. He played 2 NHL games for the Detroit Red Wings for an unknown salary. | |||
| Source(s): Copy of contracts | |||
| 1988-89 | $0 | $0 | |
| Amount in Canadian currency: $0. | |||
| His yearly NHL pension went up from $6,000 to $8,400 on January 1, 1989. He passed away on December 26, 1989 at age 65. | |||
| Source(s): The Hockey News | |||
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Career Total: US $152,220 (In today's dollars: US $1,679,693) NHL Rank: 5626 (In today's dollars: 3933) |
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