Tim Horton

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CanadaCanada  Tim Horton Ice hockey player
Hockey Hall of Fame , 1977
Tim Horton
Date of birth January 12, 1930
place of birth Cochrane , Ontario , Canada
date of death February 21, 1974
Place of death St. Catharines , Ontario , Canada
size 178 cm
Weight 82 kg
position defender
Shot hand Right
Career stations
1946-1947 Copper Cliff Junior Redmen
1947-1949 Toronto St. Michael's Majors
1949-1952 Pittsburgh Hornets
1952-1970 Toronto Maple Leafs
1970-1971 New York Rangers
1971-1972 Pittsburgh Penguins
1972-1974 Buffalo Sabers

Miles Gilbert "Tim" Horton (born January 12, 1930 in Cochrane , Ontario ; † February 21, 1974 in St. Catharines , Ontario) was a Canadian ice hockey player and entrepreneur who, in the course of his active career between 1951 and 1974, among other things, 1572 games for the Toronto Maple Leafs , New York Rangers , Pittsburgh Penguins and Buffalo Sabers in the National Hockey League on the position of defender . In the service of the Toronto Maple Leafs, Horton, who is one of the best defensive players of the 1960s and was posthumously inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1981, won the Stanley Cup four times between 1962 and 1967 . During his active time as a hockey player, he was already an entrepreneur and founded Canada's largest coffee and donut chain that bears his name . Horton died in a car accident on the way from Toronto to Buffalo .

Career

Horton in the jersey of the Toronto Maple Leafs (1965)

At the age of five, Horton began playing ice hockey in the youth leagues of Northern Ontario. As a junior he played for St. Michael's College Majors in the Ontario Hockey Association . He was considered one of the greatest defensive talents of his time, but the start in the NHL was not as successful as expected.

In the 1949/50 season he made his NHL debut with the Toronto Maple Leafs , but except for a game in the regular season and a playoff game, he spent the time until late in the 1951/52 season with the Pittsburgh Hornets in the American Hockey League . The high expectations still weighed on his shoulders, but now he made the breakthrough and developed into a top defender. After his first appointment to the Second All-Star Team in 1954, he was thrown back towards the end of the coming season by a tough check from Bill Gadsby . He broke his leg and seriously injured his face. He only returned to the ice in the middle of the 1955/56 season. For the 1958/59 season he got the defensively strong Allan Stanley to the side, which gave him more freedom on the offensive.

As the top defender of the Maple Leafs, he led his team to three Stanley Cup wins in a row from 1962 to 1964 . The attempt of coach Punch Imlach to put him in the attack with center George Armstrong and another defender Red Kelly failed thoroughly, even if Horton set a personal best with 12 goals in one season. After another Stanley Cup victory in 1967, in which the Leafs were the oldest cup-winning team in history, the team fell apart. Many players ended their careers and Horton also considered giving up ice hockey for his donut chain. By doubling his salary, the Leafs persuaded him to extend his contract, with 16 years of experience making him the longest serving defender in the squad.

In 1969 he moved to the New York Rangers , for whom he played two years. A season with the Pittsburgh Penguins was followed by a move to the Buffalo Sabers . From there he could also drive to Toronto between games. On one of these trips home he had a fatal accident near St. Catharines, when he his De Tomaso Pantera - sports car h at a speed of 160 km / lost control and was thrown from his car. He was found to have twice the amount of blood alcohol above the legal maximum . In 1977, Tim Horton was posthumously inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame .

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1946/47 Copper Cliff Junior Redmen NOJHA 9 0 0 0 14th 5 0 1 1 0
1947/48 St. Michael's College OHA Jr. 32 6th 7th 13 137 - - - - -
1948/49 Toronto St. Michael's Majors OHA Jr. 32 9 18th 27 95 - - - - -
1949/50 Pittsburgh Hornets AHL 60 5 18th 23 83 - - - - -
1949/50 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2
1950/51 Pittsburgh Hornets AHL 68 8th 26th 34 129 13 0 9 9 16
1951/52 Pittsburgh Hornets AHL 64 12 19th 31 146 11 1 3 4th 16
1951/52 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 4th 0 0 0 8th - - - - -
1952/53 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 70 2 14th 16 85 - - - - -
1953/54 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 70 7th 24 31 94 5 1 1 2 4th
1954/55 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 67 5 9 14th 84 - - - - -
1955/56 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 35 0 5 5 36 2 0 0 0 4th
1956/57 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 66 6th 19th 25th 72 - - - - -
1957/58 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 53 6th 20th 26th 39 - - - - -
1958/59 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 70 5 21st 26th 76 12 0 3 3 16
1959/60 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 70 3 29 32 69 10 0 1 1 6th
1960/61 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 57 6th 15th 21st 75 5 0 0 0 0
1961/62 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 70 10 28 38 88 12 3 13 16 16
1962/63 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 70 6th 19th 25th 69 10 1 3 4th 10
1963/64 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 70 9 20th 29 71 14th 0 4th 4th 20th
1964/65 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 70 12 16 28 95 6th 0 2 2 13
1965/66 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 70 6th 22nd 28 76 4th 1 0 1 12
1966/67 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 70 8th 17th 25th 70 12 3 5 8th 25th
1967/68 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 69 4th 23 27 82 - - - - -
1968/69 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 74 11 29 40 107 4th 0 0 0 7th
1969/70 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 59 3 19th 22nd 91 - - - - -
1969/70 New York Rangers NHL 15th 1 5 6th 16 6th 1 1 2 28
1970/71 New York Rangers NHL 78 2 18th 20th 57 13 1 4th 5 14th
1971/72 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 44 2 9 11 40 4th 0 1 1 2
1972/73 Buffalo Sabers NHL 69 1 16 17th 56 6th 0 1 1 4th
1973/74 Buffalo Sabers NHL 55 0 6th 6th 53 - - - - -
OHA Jr. total 65 15th 25th 40 232 - - - - -
AHL total 192 25th 63 88 358 24 1 12 13 32
NHL overall 1446 115 403 518 1611 126 11 39 50 183

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

Tim Horton's fast food chain

Showcase with Maple Leafs jersey in Tim Horton's Donut Shop in Hamilton

In 1964, Horton opened its first Tim Hortons donut shop in Hamilton . In 1965, his partner and investor Ron Joyce joined the company, which from then on expanded rapidly and became Canada's largest coffee and donut chain. At the time of Tim Horton's death in 1974, the chain, which was continued by Ron Joyce, had 40 branches. In 2014, the year it was acquired by Restaurant Brands International (the owner of Burger King ), the chain had 4,590 stores in Canada, the United States and Gulf Cooperation Council countries .

Horton's stake was sold by Tim Horton's widow, Lori, to his partner Ron Joyce in 1975 for a million Canadian dollars and a Cadillac Eldorado .

Web links

Commons : Tim Horton  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Fresh Facts. In: timhortons.com. Retrieved May 20, 2016 .
  2. Tim Horton: hockey's brand name ( memento from July 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) by Adrian Dater, Sports Illustrated (engl.)