Richard Charles Hampton (born June 14, 1956) is a Canadian former professional
ice hockey
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defenceman
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. He was born in
Toronto
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,
Ontario
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, but grew up in
King, Ontario
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The rolling hills of the Oak Ridges Moraine are the most prominent visible geographical feature of King. The Holland ...
, and attended
King City Secondary School
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.
Hampton started his
National Hockey League
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(NHL) career with the
California Golden Seals
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in
1974, staying with the team when it relocated to become the
Cleveland Barons; he later played for the
Los Angeles Kings
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. He left the NHL after the
1979–80 season. He played several more seasons in the minor leagues and retired from hockey after playing the
1983–84 season with the
Rochester Americans
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.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
International
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1956 births
Living people
Binghamton Dusters players
California Golden Seals draft picks
California Golden Seals players
Canadian ice hockey defencemen
Cleveland Barons (NHL) players
HC Ambrì-Piotta players
Houston Apollos players
Ice hockey people from Ontario
King City Secondary School alumni
Los Angeles Kings players
National Hockey League first-round draft picks
New Brunswick Hawks players
Sportspeople from King, Ontario
Rochester Americans players
Sportspeople from Toronto
St. Catharines Black Hawks players
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