Hec Highton | |||
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Born |
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada | December 10, 1923||
Died |
September 28, 1985 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | (aged 61)||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
Weight | 175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb) | ||
Position | Goaltender | ||
Caught | Right | ||
Played for | Chicago Black Hawks | ||
Playing career | 1943–1951 |
Hector Salisbury Highton (December 10, 1923 – September 28, 1985) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played twenty-four games in the National Hockey League with the Chicago Black Hawks during the 1943–44 season.[1] On January 7, 1944, he was sent to the Providence Reds of the American Hockey League with Gord Buttrey and $10,000 for goaltender Mike Karakas. He retired in 1951 after a stint with the Pacific Coast Hockey League.