[1] Head started out playing in the Grande Prairie Minor Hockey Association at age 13.
[2] He remained with the Athletics until midway through the 1964–65 season, where he received an invite from the Edmonton Oil Kings.
Head remained with the Oil Kings during the 1965–66 season, where he faced off against the Oshawa Generals, a team led by future Hockey Hall Of Fame member Bobby Orr.
[4] Head received an invitation from the National Hockey League's Detroit Red Wings to attend training camp in the fall of 1967.
As a result, Head was recalled by Detroit where he would "play six or seven shifts" in his only game with the Red Wings, on March 21, 1968, against the Toronto Maple Leafs.
[6] His wife, Grace Head, had a credited speaking part as "Pam", one of the hockey wives in the movie.