| Played For: | Toronto Maple Leafs Chicago Black Hawks |
| League: | NHL |
| Position: | Left Wing |
| Shoots: | Left |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 1 |
| Weight Lb: | 180 |
| Birth Date: | 4 January 1933 |
| Birth Place: | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Death Place: | Guelph, Ontario, Canada |
| Career Start: | 1952 |
| Career End: | 1961 |
Earl Frederick "Spider" Balfour (January 4, 1933 – April 27, 2018) was a Canadian ice hockey player. He played in the National Hockey League from 1952 to 1961 with the Toronto Maple Leafs and Chicago Black Hawks. He was a defensive forward and penalty-killing expert. Balfour won the Stanley Cup with Chicago in 1961. He retired after 288 games, posting 30 goals, 22 assists, 52 points and just 78 penalty minutes. He died April 27, 2018, after having lived in the Cambridge, Ontario area.[1]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
| 1949–50 | Toronto Marlboros | OHA | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1950–51 | Toronto Marlboros | OHA | 53 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 53 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 16 | ||
| 1951–52 | Toronto Marlboros | OHA | 51 | 10 | 29 | 39 | 75 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | ||
| 1951–52 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1952–53 | Pittsburgh Hornets | AHL | 63 | 14 | 30 | 44 | 33 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 14 | ||
| 1953–54 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1953–54 | Pittsburgh Hornets | AHL | 51 | 16 | 22 | 38 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1954–55 | Pittsburgh Hornets | AHL | 63 | 17 | 31 | 48 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 9 | ||
| 1955–56 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 59 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1956–57 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 63 | 21 | 16 | 37 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | ||
| 1957–58 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1957–58 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 70 | 27 | 31 | 58 | 58 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1958–59 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 70 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1959–60 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 70 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1960–61 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 68 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1961–62 | Pittsburgh Hornets | AHL | 64 | 19 | 19 | 38 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1962–63 | Pittsburgh Hornets | AHL | 71 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1964–65 | Galt Hornets | OHA Sr | 34 | 19 | 23 | 42 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | ||
| 1965–66 | Galt Hornets | OHA Sr | 42 | 22 | 28 | 50 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1966–67 | Galt Hornets | OHA Sr | 39 | 21 | 15 | 36 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1967–68 | Toronto Marlboros | OHA Sr | 36 | 22 | 22 | 44 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1968–69 | Orillia Terriers | OHA Sr | 37 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| AHL totals | 445 | 121 | 164 | 285 | 258 | 34 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 29 | ||||
| NHL totals | 288 | 30 | 22 | 52 | 78 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||||