| Round | Overall |
| 4 | 54 |
Clyde Simon
Selected by
Chicago from St. Catharines (OHA)
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5-foot-10, 170 pounds
Right-hand shot
Right Wing
Pre-Draft Statistics
| Year | Team | League | GP | G | A | TP | PIM |
| 1968-69 | London | OHA | 54 | 19 | 25 | 44 | 21 |
| 1969-70 | Lon.-St.Cath | OHA | 51 | 33 | 37 | 70 | 24 |
| 1970-71 | St. Catharines | OHA | 59 | 44 | 37 | 81 | 26 |
Pre-Draft Notes
Traded by London (OHA) to St. Catharines for Dennis Giannini on Dec. 28, 1969.
Canadian • Born
September 3, 1951 in Sarnia, Ontario • Hometown:
Sarnia, Ontario
NEVER PLAYED IN NHL
Miscellaneous
- Played Junior B for Strathroy Rockets in
1967-68.
- Played for St. Catharines (OHA) in 1971
Memorial Cup tournament.
- Played on 1972-73 Dallas team that won CHL regular-season title.
- Missed start of 1973-74 season with injury suffered
during Chicago's 1973 training camp.
- Missed part of 1974-75 season with knee
injury, suffered while playing for Flint (IHL).
- Played on line with Kirk Bowman for
Flint (IHL) in 1975-76.
- Represented Flint in 1976 IHL All-Star Game at Muskegon, Mich.
Additional Facts
Full Name:
Clyde Eldon Simon
Nickname: "Chief"
Post-Draft Teams: Greensboro (EHL); Dallas, Tulsa (CHL); Flint (IHL)
Career Beyond Hockey: Remained
in the Flint, Mich., area after retirement, often appearing at reunions
of former Flint Generals players.
Family: Uncle of former NHL player Jason Simon.
Personal: Full-blooded Ojibwa
(Chippewa)
Indian and member of the Aamjiwnaang First Nation, who grew up on a
reserve just south of Sarnia, Ontario. He made draft history as first full-blooded
Ontario First Nations player ever selected by an NHL team.
| SNAPSHOT '71 | |
| Total Selected: | 117 |
| Forwards: | 63 |
| Defense: | 45 |
| Goaltenders: | 9 |
| Major Junior: | 84 |
| College Players: | 19 |
| Canadian: | 107 |
| Euro-Canadian: | 2 |
| American: | 8 |
| European: | 0 |
| Reached NHL: | 50 |
| Won Stanley Cup: | 5 |
| Hall of Fame: | 3 |
| All-Star Game: | 10 |
| Year-end All-Star: | 5 |
| Olympians: | 4 |
| Picks Traded: | 18 |
| 1971 PICKS BY TEAM | ||
| Boston | Buffalo | California |
| Chicago | Detroit | Los Angeles |
| Minnesota | Montreal | New York |
| Philadelphia | Pittsburgh | St. Louis |
| Toronto | Vancouver | |
OTHERS DRAFTED IN 1971