Bob Wall (ice hockey)

{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| name = Bob Wall

| image =

| image_size = 230px

| played_for = Detroit Red Wings
Los Angeles Kings
St. Louis Blues
Edmonton Oilers
San Diego Mariners

| position = Defence

| shoots = Left

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 10

| weight_lb = 186

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|12|01|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Elgin Mills, Ontario, Canada

| career_start = 1962

| career_end = 1976

}}

Robert James Albert Wall (born December 1, 1942) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. Wall played for several teams in the National Hockey League (NHL). Wall was the first team captain of the Los Angeles Kings.

Playing career

Wall was born in Elgin Mills, Ontario. Wall played junior hockey in the Ontario Hockey Association. While playing junior hockey, Wall was part of the 1962 Memorial Cup champion Hamilton Red Wings.

The majority of his 14 professional seasons were split between the NHL and the World Hockey Association.

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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! colspan="5"|Regular season

! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"|

! colspan="5"|Playoffs

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! Season

! Team

! League

! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM

! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM

1958–59

| Montreal Snowdon Ponsards

| MMJHL

| —

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1959–60

| Hamilton Tiger Cubs

| OHA

| 48

3111444

| —

1960–61

| Hamilton Red Wings

| OHA

| 48

281030

| 12

13429
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| 1961–62

| Hamilton Red Wings

| OHA

| 44

7222928

| 10

33626
1961–62

| Hamilton Red Wings

| M-Cup

| —

| 14

213156
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| 1962–63

| Hamilton Red Wings

| OHA

| 36

5303527

| 5

0662
1962–63

| Pittsburgh Hornets

| AHL

| 3

0222

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1962–63

| Edmonton Flyers

| WHL

| 7

0000

| —

1963–64

| Cincinnati Wings

| CPHL

| 59

10203016

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1963–64

| Quebec Aces

| AHL

| 8

1234

| —

1963–64

| Omaha Knights

| CPHL

| —

| 10

1784
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1964–65

| Detroit Red Wings

| NHL

| 1

0000

| 1

0000
1964–65

| Memphis Wings

| CPHL

| 70

8384683

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1965–66

| Detroit Red Wings

| NHL

| 8

1128

| 6

0002
1965–66

| Pittsburgh Hornets

| AHL

| 63

10354526

| 3

0118
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| 1966–67

| Detroit Red Wings

| NHL

| 31

22426

| —

1966–67

| Pittsburgh Hornets

| AHL

| 41

7253229

| 9

2244
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1967–68

| Los Angeles Kings

| NHL

| 71

5182366

| 7

0110
1968–69

| Los Angeles Kings

| NHL

| 71

13132616

| 8

0220
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1969–70

| Los Angeles Kings

| NHL

| 70

5131826

| —

1970–71

| St. Louis Blues

| NHL

| 25

2464

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1970–71

| Kansas City Blues

| CHL

| 18

0774

| —

1971–72

| Detroit Red Wings

| NHL

| 45

2469

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1971–72

| Tidewater Wings

| AHL

| 17

24612

| —

1972–73

| Alberta Oilers

| WHA

| 78

16294520

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1973–74

| Edmonton Oilers

| WHA

| 74

6313746

| 5

0222
1974–75

| San Diego Mariners

| WHA

| 33

09915

| 10

0332
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1975–76

| San Diego Mariners

| WHA

| 68

1202132

| 11

1344
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! colspan="3" | WHA totals

! 253 !! 23 !! 89 !! 112 !! 113

! 26 !! 1 !! 8 !! 9 !! 8

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! colspan="3" | NHL totals

! 322 !! 30 !! 55 !! 85 !! 155

! 22 !! 0 !! 3 !! 3 !! 2