Maurice Richard tried a lot of different things to make a few extra bucks during and after his career because he wasn’t rich like any of today’s players. Not even close. (He pulled in $25,000 for the 1959-60 season, his last).
Of course it’s all relative. Fans back then didn’t pay $300 for a ticket either, and if Rocket was the Rocket in 2018 he’d be in the Stamkos, Subban, Crosby, Toews, Weber etc. $10 or 15 million stratosphere.
Rocket’s jobs included, along with the usual team duties – beer rep for Dow and Molsons/O’Keefe; a Laurier Life Insurance PR guy; he owned a pub (Tavern 544/9); General Fishing Lines, which he operated out of his basement; Capri Electronics; and Maurice Richard T.