Birth Date: | September 2, 1939 |
Birth Place: | Hespeler, Ontario, Canada |
Height Ft: | 5 |
Height In: | 10 |
Weight Lb: | 165 |
Position: | Goaltender |
Catches: | Left |
Played For: | Los Angeles Sharks San Diego Mariners |
Career Start: | 1960 |
Career End: | 1976 |
Russell Howard Gillow (born September 2, 1939 in Hespeler, Ontario) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 109 games in the World Hockey Association with the Los Angeles Sharks and San Diego Mariners. As a 32-year-old rookie in the 1972–73 WHA season, Gillow was 2nd to Cleveland's Gerry Cheevers in lowest goals against average and helped the Los Angeles Sharks to a 3rd-place finish and playoff berth.
Gillow was an emergency backup goalie for the Philadelphia Flyers on February 1, 1972, against the California Golden Seals.