Robert Earl Winograd (b: June 6, 1950 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a retired Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 professional ice hockey

Ice hockey

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 player. He played professionally in the World Hockey Association

World Hockey Association

The World Hockey Association was a professional ice hockey league that operated in North America from 1972 to 1979. It was the first major competition for the National Hockey League since the collapse of the Western Hockey League in 1926...

 (WHA), the North American Hockey League

North American Hockey League

The North American Hockey League is one of the top junior hockey leagues in the United States and is enterting its 36th season in 2011-12. It is currently the only Junior A Tier II league, sanctioned by USA Hockey. The NAHL currently acts as an alternative to the United States Hockey League...

 and the American Hockey League

American Hockey League

The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League...

 from 1972 until 1977.

Playing career

Winograd played junior hockey in his hometown of Winnipeg, Manitoba. He then went to college at Colorado College

Colorado College

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. After one season at college, he was drafted by the St. Louis Blues in the ninth round (108th overall) of the 1970 NHL Amateur Draft

1970 NHL Amateur Draft

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. After college, he joined the New York Raiders of the WHA for the 1972-73 season. The following season he played for the New York Golden Blades/New Jersey Knights of the WHA as well as several minor league teams. He returned to the WHA for one season in 1976-77 with the San Diego Mariners

San Diego Mariners

The San Diego Mariners were an ice hockey team based in San Diego that played in the World Hockey Association. They played from 1974 to 1977. Their home ice was San Diego Sports Arena...

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