Shot Left Height 1.83 m Playing career Weight 84 kg | Name Bobby Simpson Position Winger Role Ice hockey player | |
Born November 17, 1956 (age 67)
Caughnawaga, QC, CAN ( 1956-11-17 ) NHL Draft 28th overall, 1976
Atlanta Flames WHA Draft 4th overall, 1976
Indianapolis Racers | ||
Robert Samuel Simpson (born November 17, 1956 in (Kahnawake) Caughnawaga, Quebec) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. Simpson was a forward who played 175 games in the National Hockey League for the Atlanta Flames, Pittsburgh Penguins, and St. Louis Blues. He played three years of major junior hockey in the QMJHL for the Sherbrooke Castors and had a ten-year career as a professional. Drafted as the fourth overall pick in the WHA Amateur Draft, Bobby Simpson still went on to play in the NHL instead where he was the twenty-eighth draft pick. During his three years in the QMJHL, Simpson collected 245 points and another 64 at the NHL level. Bobby Simpson is also a full blood Native American from the Mohawk band near Kahnawake.