Cliff Malone

{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| image =

| image_size = 230px

| caption =

| position = Right Wing

| played_for = Montreal Canadiens

| shoots = Right

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 10

| weight_lb = 155

| birth_date = {{birth date|mf=yes|1925|09|04}}

| birth_place = Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

| death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|2008|10|08|1925|09|04}}

| death_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada

| career_start = 1944

| career_end = 1954

}}

Clifford Swindell Malone Jr (September 4, 1925 — October 8, 2008) was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played 3 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Montreal Canadiens during the 1951–52 season, recording no points. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1944 to 1954, was mainly spent in the Quebec Senior Hockey League.

Cliff Malone is the son of Cliff Malone Senior, the brother of Hockey Hall of Famer Joe Malone.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7H8tAAAAIBAJ&pg=1561,1522379&dq=hockey+joe+malone&hl=en|access-date=January 18, 2017|newspaper=The Gazette|title=7 Goals Are Tallied By Joe Malone's Kin |page=17 |date=January 11, 1943}}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Ef8uAAAAIBAJ&pg=6135,4962027&dq=cliff-malone+joe-malone&hl=en |access-date=January 18, 2017 |newspaper=The Evening Citizen |date=January 24, 1947 |page=24|last=Shields |first=Tommy|title=Those Pesky Royals}} Cliff Malone Sr played defence for the Sons of Ireland senior team in Quebec City. Cliff Malone Jr died on October 8, 2008, in Toronto.{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/ca/obituaries/theglobeandmail/name/clifford-malone-obituary?pid=189932085|title=Clifford Malone Obituary|date=October 11, 2008|publisher=Globe and Mail|accessdate=March 18, 2022}}

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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! colspan="5"|Regular season

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! colspan="5"|Playoffs

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! Season

! Team

! League

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

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

1943–44

| Montreal Junior Royals

| QJAHA

| 9

88162

| —

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| 1943–44

| Toronto Fuels

| TMHL

| 3

3580

| —

1944–45

| Montreal Junior Royals

| QJAHA

| 13

149232

| 7

73104
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| 1944–45

| Montreal RCAF

| MCHL

| 14

116176

| 1

3030
1944–45

| Montreal Royals

| QSHL

| 2

0000

| 1

0000
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1944–45

| Montreal Junior Royals

| M-Cup

| —

| 8

56110
1945–46

| Montreal Royals

| QSHL

| —

| 2

1010
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| 1946–47

| Montreal Royals

| QSHL

| 31

1619356

| 11

44812
1946–47

| Montreal Royals

| Al-Cup

| —

| 14

813214
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1947–48

| Montreal Royals

| QSHL

| 46

18496721

| 3

1012
1948–49

| Montreal Royals

| QSHL

| 64

35609540

| 9

34710
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1949–50

| Montreal Royals

| QSHL

| 60

21365755

| 6

2134
1950–51

| Montreal Royals

| QSHL

| 60

25244954

| 7

0442
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| 1951–52

| Montreal Canadiens

| NHL

| 3

0000

| —

1951–52

| Montreal Royals

| QSHL

| 56

29376610

| 7

3470
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| 1952–53

| Montreal Royals

| QSHL

| 60

15344942

| 15

3692
1953–54

| Montreal Royals

| QSHL

| 13

0338

| —

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| 1953–54

| Saint Therese Titans

| QPHL

| —

| —

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! colspan="3" | QSHL totals

! 379 !! 159 !! 259 !! 418 !! 228

! 61 !! 17 !! 23 !! 40 !! 34

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! colspan="3" | NHL totals

! 3 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0

! — !! — !! — !! — !! —

References

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