Earl Balfour

{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player (1933–2018)}}

{{for|the British peerage title|Earl of Balfour}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| image = 1959 Topps Earl Balfour.JPG

| image_size = 230px

| played_for = Toronto Maple Leafs
Chicago Black Hawks

| league = NHL

| position = Left Wing

| shoots = Left

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lb = 180

| birth_date = {{birth date |1933|1|4}}

| birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada

| death_date = {{death date and age|2018|4|27|1933|1|4}}

| death_place = Guelph, Ontario, Canada

| career_start = 1952

| career_end = 1961

}}

Earl Frederick "Spider" Balfour (January 4, 1933 – April 27, 2018) was a Canadian ice hockey player. He played in the National Hockey League from 1952 to 1961 with the Toronto Maple Leafs and Chicago Black Hawks. He was a defensive forward and penalty-killing expert. Balfour won the Stanley Cup with Chicago in 1961. He retired after 288 games, posting 30 goals, 22 assists, 52 points and just 78 penalty minutes. He died April 27, 2018, after having lived in the Cambridge, Ontario area.{{cite web|title=EARL FREDERICK BALFOUR's Obituary on Toronto Star|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thestar/obituary.aspx?pid=188899953|website=Toronto Star|accessdate=2 May 2018}}