Howie Morenz
NHL Fortune:
$87,346
Description
Howie Morenz’s net worth / earnings / salary history: Earned US $87,346 (US $1,796,637 in today's dollars), ranking #5945 in NHL / hockey career earnings.
Birthdate: June 21, 1902Country of birth: Canada
Position: C
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| Salary History - Howie Morenz All amounts in US$ unless otherwise noted. |
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| Season | Earnings (US$) |
In today's US$ |
Rank |
| 1922-23 | $800 | $15,393 | |
| Amount in Canadian currency: $800. | |||
| With the Stratford Indians in the Ontario Hockey Association Senior League. | |||
| Source(s): Book: Shoots and Scores | |||
| 1923-24 | $1,746 | $33,005 | |
| Amount in Canadian currency: $1,800. | |||
| Prior to his first year in the NHL, signed a two-year contract with the Montreal Canadiens for a salary of CAN$ 1,600 per season and bonuses of $200 if the team won the Championship and $100 if it finished second in the Championship. Earned the $200 bonus. (According to Maclean's, he earned CAN$3,500. According to the books Hockey - A People's History and 99 Stories of the Game, he signed a three-year contract with the Montreal Canadiens for $2,500 per season plus a $850 signing bonus. According to another edition of The Hockey News, it was a $1,500 contract.) | |||
| Source(s): Copy of contract / Book: La glorieuse histoire des Canadiens / The Sporting News / The Hockey News | |||
| 1924-25 | $4,800 | $90,364 | |
| Amount in Canadian currency: $4,800. | |||
| Prior to the season, the Montreal Canadiens replaced the last year on his contract with a new contract that included a bonus of an undisclosed amount and a yearly salary of $4,800. | |||
| Source(s): The Sporting News | |||
| 1925-26 | $4,800 | $88,201 | |
| Amount in Canadian currency: $4,800. | |||
| Estimated minimum salary based on documented salary for 1924-25 and 1926-27. | |||
| Source(s): HockeyZonePlus | |||
| 1926-27 | $5,500 | $100,150 | |
| Amount in Canadian currency: $5,500. | |||
| Source(s): Classic Auctions | |||
| 1927-28 | $5,500 | $102,111 | |
| Amount in Canadian currency: $5,500. | |||
| Estimated minimum salary based on documented salary for 1926-27 and 1928-29. | |||
| Source(s): HockeyZonePlus | |||
| 1928-29 | $10,000 | $187,930 | |
| Amount in Canadian currency: $10,000. | |||
| Source(s): The Sporting News | |||
| 1929-30 | $10,000 | $187,930 | |
| Amount in Canadian currency: $10,000. | |||
| Estimated minimum salary based on documented salary for 1928-29 and 1931-32. | |||
| Source(s): HockeyZonePlus | |||
| 1930-31 | $10,000 | $192,994 | |
| Amount in Canadian currency: $10,000. | |||
| Estimated minimum salary based on documented salary for 1928-29 and 1931-32. | |||
| Source(s): HockeyZonePlus | |||
| 1931-32 | $10,000 | $211,900 | |
| Amount in Canadian currency: $10,000. | |||
| Source(s): Book: The Lives of Conn Smythe | |||
| 1932-33 | $8,000 | $188,894 | |
| Amount in Canadian currency: $10,000. | |||
| Estimated minimum salary based on documented salary for 1931-32 and 1933-34. | |||
| Source(s): HockeyZonePlus | |||
| 1933-34 | $9,200 | $229,147 | |
| Amount in Canadian currency: $11,500. | |||
| Source(s): Book: Hockey - A People's History | |||
| 1934-35 | $7,000 | $168,617 | |
| Had a verbal agreement with the Montreal Canadiens to be paid $11,500 despite the league's maximum salary of $7,000 but ended up being traded, right before the season, to the Chicago Blackhawks where he earned an assumed $7,000. | |||
| Source(s): Book: Hockey - A People's History | |||
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Career Total: US $87,346 (In today's dollars: US $1,796,637) NHL Rank: 5945 (In today's dollars: 3769) |
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