Don Blackburn • John Donald Blackburn

Height: 6-0
Weight: 175
Shoot: L
Born: 14 May 1938, Kirkland Lake ON (d. 2023)

Regular Season & Playoff Scoring Record (key)

year	team	gp	g	a	pts	pim		gp	g	a	pts	pim
1973-74	New England	75	20	39	59	18		7	2	4	6	4
1974-75	New England	50	18	32	50	16		5	1	2	3	2
1975-76	New England	21	2	3	5	6
	Totals:	146	40	74	114	40		12	3	6	9	6

Regular Season & Playoff Coaching Record

Regular Season

Playoffs

year	team	w	l	t	pts	pct	finish	w	l	pts	pct	finish
1975-76	New England	14	18	3	31	.443	DNF
1978-79	New England	4	5	0	8	.444	4-L	5	5	10	.500	SF
		18	23	3	39	.443		5	5	10	.500

• Succeeded Jack Kelley on December 26, 1975, succeeded by Harry Neale on March 10, 1976.
• Succeeded Bill Dineen on March 30, 1979.

Excerpts from Pro Hockey, WHA 1975-76 (by Dan Proudfoot) Time is running out, Don Blackburn knows it. His boss keeps telling him that he's looking for a younger man to replace him, but Blackburn is stubborn. After years of bouncing around the minor leagues, he has no intention of giving in quietly just because he's 37. Last season he averaged a point a game in 50 appearances. "We made it tough for him," says Whaler manager-coach Jack Kelley, "We used a lot of kids in his place. I've told him it will be the same this season. We have to develop the kids. But he's a smart old cougar. I can't rule him out."

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