| Position: | Centre |
| Shoots: | Left |
| Height Ft: | 5 |
| Height In: | 8 |
| Weight Lb: | 157 |
| Birth Date: | May 11, 1943 |
| Birth Place: | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Career Start: | 1963 |
| Career End: | 1978 |
| Played For: | Los Angeles Kings Buffalo Sabres |
William John Inglis (born May 11, 1943) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre. He played 36 games in the National Hockey League: 22 games with the Los Angeles Kings and 14 with the Buffalo Sabres between 1967 and 1970. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1963 to 1978, was spent in various minor leagues. He later coached the Sabres for part of the 1978–79 season.
Inglis's professional hockey career outside the NHL was far more extensive, playing for several teams in the American Hockey League, Western Hockey League and Central Professional Hockey League over a 15-year career. He served as the head coach of the Sabres for the final 56 games of the 1978–79 season, as well for the team's first-round playoff loss that season to the Pittsburgh Penguins.[1]
Inglis also served as head coach for the American Hockey League's Rochester Americans, the International Hockey League's Toledo Goaldiggers[2] and Kalamazoo Wings,[3] and the Central Hockey League's Fort Worth Brahmas until 2004.[4]
In his NHL playing career, Inglis recorded one goal and three assists. As the Sabres' head coach, his records were 28–18–10 (regular season) and 1–2 (playoffs).
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
| 1960–61 | Pembroke Lumber Kings | OVJHL | 18 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 16 | 13 | 24 | 16 | 40 | 8 | ||
| 1960–61 | Pembroke Lumber Kings | M-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 1961–62 | Montreal Junior Canadiens | OHA | 50 | 22 | 28 | 50 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | ||
| 1962–63 | Montreal Junior Canadiens | OHA | 50 | 30 | 39 | 69 | 64 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | ||
| 1962–63 | Hull-Ottawa Canadiens | EPHL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1963–64 | Omaha Knights | CPHL | 60 | 20 | 16 | 36 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | ||
| 1964–65 | Omaha Knights | CPHL | 70 | 29 | 34 | 63 | 44 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | ||
| 1965–66 | Houston Apollos | CPHL | 69 | 34 | 36 | 70 | 61 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1966–67 | Houston Apollos | CPHL | 70 | 33 | 34 | 67 | 50 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | ||
| 1967–68 | Springfield Kings | AHL | 59 | 22 | 24 | 46 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| 1967–68 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 14 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1968–69 | Springfield Kings | AHL | 57 | 26 | 30 | 56 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1968–69 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 1969–70 | Springfield Kings | AHL | 72 | 31 | 44 | 75 | 25 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 6 | ||
| 1970–71 | Salt Lake Golden Eagles | WHL | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1970–71 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1971–72 | Salt Lake Golden Eagles | WHL | 71 | 24 | 36 | 60 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1972–73 | Cincinnati Swords | AHL | 75 | 40 | 57 | 97 | 29 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 12 | ||
| 1973–74 | Cincinnati Swords | AHL | 76 | 35 | 36 | 71 | 48 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 1974–75 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 72 | 27 | 43 | 70 | 42 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | ||
| 1975–76 | Springfield Indians | AHL | 70 | 19 | 48 | 67 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1976–77 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 75 | 21 | 47 | 68 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1977–78 | Phoenix Roadrunners | CHL | 9 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1977–78 | Binghamton Dusters | AHL | 11 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1977–78 | New Haven Nighthawks | AHL | 20 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| AHL totals | 587 | 225 | 333 | 558 | 230 | 56 | 19 | 19 | 38 | 33 | ||||
| NHL totals | 36 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||