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Career Notes: Bob Clarke is in his 16th season as club GM and his 32nd season as a member of the Flyers organization

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The Flyers’ appearance in the 1997 Stanley Cup Finals was the fourth time that Clarke has led a team to the Finals as GM
Served as general manager of the Canadian Olympic Team for the 1998 Winter Games in Nagano, Japan...
Named as The Sporting News’ and The Hockey News’ Executive of the Year for the 1994-95 season after the Flyers advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals and captured the Atlantic Division Championship...
Was the first executive to win The Hockey News award in consecutive years with two different teams...

Named President and General Manager of the Flyers on June 15, 1994...Prior to rejoining the Flyers, he served as Vice President and General Manager of the Florida Panthers... Named The Sporting News’ Executive of the Year for the 1993-94 season after the Panthers set an NHL record for points by a first-year team with 83...Is the first to win The Sporting News awards as rookie, player, and executive...

Named Vice President and General Manager of the Panthers on March 1, 1993... Named Senior Vice President of the Flyers on June 10, 1992...Served as the Minnesota North Stars’ Vice President and General Manager from June 8, 1990 through June 20, 1992...Retired as an active player following the 1983-84 season to become the fourth General Manager in Flyers’ history, ending an unparalleled 15-year playing career in Philadelphia...Named to that position on May 15, 1984...Was a charter inductee, along with Bernie Parent, into the Flyers’ Hall of Fame in March of 1988...Served as one of four general managers for the victorious 1987 Team Canada squad in the Canada Cup Tournament...Was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame on June 15, 1987...Finished his NHL career as the Flyers’ all-time leading scorer with 358 goals and 852 assists for 1,210 points in 1,144 games, averaging over a point per game (1.06) for his entire career...Is 26th on the NHL’s all-time regular season scoring list...

Also recorded 42 goals and 77 assists for 119 points to rank as the Flyers’ all-time leading playoff scorer...Was Flyers’ captain from 1972-73 through 1978-79 and 1982-83 through 1983-84... During his career, he led the Flyers in scoring eight times; participated in nine NHL All-Star Games; was named to the NHL’s First All-Star Team twice (1974-75 and 1975-76), and to the Second Team twice (1972-73 and 1973-74); and won the Hart Memorial Trophy as the NHL’s Most Valuable Player three times (1972-73, 1974-75, and 1975-76)...Other NHL awards include: the Bill Masterton Trophy for perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey (1971-72); the Lester Patrick Award for outstanding service to hockey in the United States (along with co-recipient Ed Snider, 1979-80); and the Frank J. Selke Trophy as the NHL’s top defensive forward (1982-83)...Also won the Philadelphia Sportswriters “Good Guy” Award in 1982-83, giving him the first clean sweep of PSA honors (Athlete of the Year in 1974 and Most Courageous Athlete in 1980)...

Drafted by the Flyers in the second round (17th overall) of the 1969 NHL Amateur Draft from Flin Flon of the WCJHL...Born August 13, 1949, in Flin Flon, Manitoba...Bob and his wife, Sandy, reside in New Jersey and have four children, sons, Wade and Lucas, and daughters, Jody and Jakki, and two grandchildren; Peter Robert Phillip White and Emersyn Sara, children of Jody and Peter White.