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| 1977 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Bob Gladney
Selected in second round
No.
24 overall by Toronto Maple Leafs
Born August
27, 1957
 | Position:
Defense
Height: 5-11 Weight: 184
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Oshawa (OMJHL)
Birthplace: Come By Chance, Nfld. (Canada)
Hometown:
Clarenville, Newfoundland |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1973-74 |
Clarenville | NFAHA |
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-- | -- |
-- | -- | | |
Clarenville | Nfld. Sr. |
2 |
4 | 2 |
6 | 0 | | 1974-75 |
Oshawa | OMJHL |
68 | 12 |
50 | 62 |
84 | | 1975-76 |
Oshawa | OMJHL |
66 | 26 |
52 | 78 |
47 | | 1976-77 |
Oshawa | OMJHL |
54 | 20 |
42 | 62 |
56 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
OMJHL All-Star Game: 1977
(Oshawa)
Oshawa Captain:
1976-77
Miscellaneous: Missed parts of 1976-77 season with mononucleosis and
fractured thumb. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: December 15, 1982 (Los Angeles at
N.Y. Rangers)
Numbers: 2 (Los Angeles); 33 (Pittsburgh)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1984 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1982-1983 |
Los Angeles, Pittsburgh | 14 |
1 | 5 | 6 |
4 |
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| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Saginaw (IHL); New
Brunswick (AHL); New Haven (AHL); Baltimore (AHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
IHL Turner Cup: 1981 (Saginaw)
AHL
All-Star First Team: 1982-83 (New Haven)
IHL All-Star Second Team:
1980-81 (Saginaw)
WHA Draft Pick: 1977 (by
Cincinnati, No. 26 overall in Round 3)
1983-84: Played on AHL
regular-season champion (Baltimore).
Miscellaneous: Missed part of
1978-79 season with broken jaw. ... Suffered
career-ending eye-injury in Baltimore's Dec. 9, 1983, AHL game vs. Rochester.
... Member of the Newfoundland Hockey Hall of Fame.
Personal: Full name is Robert
Lawrence Gladney. ... Also known as Rob Gladney in playing days. ... Son of a Clarenville, Newfoundland, city employee. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: Toronto traded Gladney and future
considerations (1983
sixth-round pick -- Kevin Stevens) to Los Angeles in exchange for Don Luce on August 10,
1981. |
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SNAPSHOT '77 | | Total Selected: |
185 | | Forwards: |
104 | | Defense: |
57 | | Goaltenders: |
24 | | Major Junior: |
123 | | College Players: |
51 |
| Canadian: |
141 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
2 | | USA Citizens: |
37 | | U.S.-Born: |
36 |
| European: |
5 |
| Reached NHL: |
97 |
| Won Stanley Cup: |
8 | | Hall of Fame: |
2 |
| All-Star Game: |
13 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
5 |
| Olympians: |
9 |
| Picks Traded: |
37 |
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