Miles Gilbert " Tim" Horton , (January 12th 1930 - February 21st 1974) was a professional player of Canadian Hockey and founder of the chain of restaurants Tim Hortons. The popularity of its chain of restoration completely occulted the career of this hockey player who, with Gordie Howe, Bobby Orr, Bobby Hull, Maurice Richard and Wayne Gretzky, is one of the most famous players of Canadian hockey.

Career

The history of Tim Horton belongs to these truths symbols of the Canadian identity. It was one of the rare high-speed motorboats of the Maple Leafs of Toronto to come from the mining cities of the north of Ontario in the years 1940 when, during the long winters, it improved its play and became hardened in the cold arenas of Cochrane or Copper Creek. At the 17 years age, it with the badge honor to be recruited by Maple Leafs of Toronto via their junior team of St-Michael. Five years later, with the autumn 1952, it is pointed with the Maple Leafs Gardens. During the two following decades, definite Horton its style of robust and reliable defender who can pass the disc and to go there from some launched struck.

Tim Horton belongs to the first team of stars of the American Ligue of hockey in 1952, of the first team of stars of the LNH into 1964,1968 and 1969 and of the second team of stars of the LNH into 1954,1963 and 1967. It also took part in seven matches of stars of LNH.

Like its contemporaries Gordie Howe, Bobby Hull or Jean Béliveau, Tim Horton has to help to build the bridge between the hockey of antan and modern hockey. He saw being born the Evening from hockey of Saturday evening, the market of the charts of hockey and the passage of the Télévision in black and white on television color. Its wages passed from 9.000 CAD to 150.000 CAD. He played with max Bentley and against Denis Potvin. He was pilot expansion of the LNH where the 6 original teams passed to 14. The league that Horton knew had the air of a family industry at its beginnings. Before he played his last match in 1974, the NHL was transferred in a corporation of lucrative entertainment.

Businessman

22 seasons a long career led it to the Temple of re-elected hockey. But its statute of defender, even dominating, will enable him to reach only one limited celebrity. It will rise with the statute of symbol that as from 1964, year when him and a associate opened “Tim Horton Donut Drive-in” (where one sold fritters and coffee) with Hamilton in Ontario. At the time of its death, one decade later, its name will decorate the banner of 35 stores.

Died and continuation

February 21st, 1974, Tim Horton is killed in an car accident, whereas it returns to Buffalo after a match to Toronto against its former team. The police force affirmed that the sports car slipped by to more than 100 Miles per hour before it is sent in the decoration, not far from Saint Catharines in Ontario.

Tim Horton will still make the cuffs in Canada in 2002. The police force seizes its ring of the Coupe Stanley of 1967 to an auction of Toronto, where it was about to be offered in batch. The ring had been brought back stolen by the woman of Horton, Lori, in 1998.

He was in addition freemason.

See too

• the restaurants Tim Hortons
• National league of hockey
• Maple Leafs of Toronto

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