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NHL Fortune: $820,700

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Bill Goldsworthy’s net worth / earnings / salary history: Earned US $820,700 (US $5,037,740 in today's dollars), ranking #4082 in NHL / hockey career earnings.

Birthdate: August 24, 1944
Country of birth: Canada
Position: RW
Salary History - Bill Goldsworthy
All amounts in US$ unless otherwise noted.
Season   Earnings
(US$)
In today's
US$
Rank
1967-68 $10,700 $103,376
Source(s): The Hockey News
1971-72 $0 $0
At the same time as his linesmates Jude Drouin and Danny Grant, prior to the season, was negotiating with the Minnesota North Stars a new contract that would have brought the collective yearly salary of the line to $100,000.
Source(s): Podcast: 50 Years Ago in Hockey
1972-73 $50,000 $385,342
Turned down a three-year contract offer from the Minnesota Fighting Saints, of the WHA, for $75,000 per year plus a $25,000 signing bonus. In March 1972, signed a three-year contract with the Minnesota North Stars for a base salary of $50,000 in the first season and $60,000 for each of the two others and performance bonuses that could increase his compentation to $200,000 overall.
Source(s): The Sporting News / The Hockey News
1973-74 $60,000 $435,541
Base salary of $60,000 plus bonuses.
Source(s): The Sporting News
1974-75 $175,000 $1,143,835
Signed a four-year contract with the Minnesota North Stars for $175,000 per season as he was getting offers from teams in the World Hockey Association. (According to La Presse, it was a four-year contract at $150,000 per season / According to another edition of The Hockey News, it was a five-year contract that could earn him $200,000 per season including performance bonuses.)
Source(s): The Sporting News / The Hockey News
1975-76 $175,000 $1,047,984
Source(s): The Sporting News / The Hockey News
1976-77 $175,000 $991,082
(Earned $150,000 according to another edition of The Hockey News.)
Source(s): The Sporting News / The Hockey News
1977-78 $175,000 $930,581
Source(s): The Sporting News / The Hockey News
Career Total: US $820,700
(In today's dollars: US $5,037,740)

NHL Rank: 4082
(In today's dollars: 2446)