Under the training of Bisons' coach Harry Watson he enjoyed four productive seasons, made the AHL's second all star team in 1955, and returned to Chicago to stay in 1958.

Wharram still seemed to struggle to find a spot on the Hawks until he was teamed on a line with Stan Mikita.

After Lindsay retired, Ab McDonald assumed the honors, and it would be this version of the Scooter Line in force when the Hawks won the 1961 Stanley Cup.

Wharram was attending the Black Hawks' training camp on September 16, 1969, when he noticed he was having chest pains.

The process took weeks, and while Wharram's life was eventually out of danger, the stress of playing hockey made a comeback out of the question.