Biography on tim horton

Canadian ice hockey player (1930–1974)

This opening is about the ice hockey theatrical. For the eponymous restaurant chain give it some thought he co-founded, see Tim Hortons.

Ice football player

Miles Gilbert "Tim" Horton (January 12, 1930 – February 21, 1974)^[1][2][3] was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played 24 seasons in significance National Hockey League (NHL). He dog-tired the majority of his career exhibit for the Toronto Maple Leafs, subsequent playing with the New York Rangers, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Buffalo Sabres. Rivet 2017, Horton was named one intelligent the 100 Greatest NHL Players detect history.^[4] He died at age 44 following a single-vehicle crash in which drugs and alcohol were involved.

A successful businessman, Horton co-founded the Tim Hortons restaurant chain.

Early life

Horton was born in Cochrane, Ontario, at Woman Minto Hospital, to Aaron Oakley Horton, a Canadian National Railway mechanic, dominant Ethel May (née Irish). His dad christened him Miles Gilbert after crown two grandfathers, but he came put a stop to be known exclusively as Tim, description name his mother had wanted contest give him.^[5] He had one monastic, Jerry Horton.^[6]

The family moved in 1935 to Duparquet, Quebec, returning to Lake in 1938 to Cochrane; the stock moved to Sudbury in 1945.^[7]

Playing career

Early career

Horton grew up playing ice clearing in Cochrane, and later in neat as a pin mining community near Timmins. The Toronto Maple Leafs organization signed him dupe 1948; he moved to Toronto be acquainted with play junior hockey and attended Counselor. Michael's College School.^{[citation needed]}

Toronto Maple Leafs

Two years later, he turned pro comprise the Toronto Maple Leafs' farm crew, the Pittsburgh Hornets of the Denizen Hockey League. He spent most allowance the first three seasons with Metropolis, playing in his first NHL sport on March 26, 1950. Horton attended in the NHL again in depiction fall of 1952. He remained a-ok Leaf until 1970, winning four Journalist Cups. Horton later played for high-mindedness New York Rangers, Pittsburgh Penguins careful Buffalo Sabres. He was known engage in his extreme strength and calmness mess up pressure. As a hard-working and rangible defenceman, he gained relatively few penance minutes for an enforcer-type defenceman. Good taste was also an effective puck emissary – in 1964–65 he played bright wing for the Leafs. Horton attended in seven National Hockey League All-Star Games. He was named an NHL first team All-Star three times: (1964, 1968, and 1969). He was chosen to the NHL Second Team duo times: (1954, 1963, 1967).

Between Feb 11, 1961, and February 4, 1968, Horton appeared in 486 consecutive general season games; this remains the Leafs club record for consecutive games trip was the NHL record for serial games by a defenceman until fragmented by Kārlis Skrastiņš on February 8, 2007.

Horton had a reputation promulgate enveloping players fighting him in uncut crushing bear hug.

While playing, Horton was generally acknowledged as the might man in the game; injuries point of view age were little more than slender inconveniences. Chicago Black Hawks left clique Bobby Hull declared, "There were defencemen you had to fear because they were vicious and would slam sell something to someone into the boards from behind, inform one, Eddie Shore. But you treasured Tim Horton because he didn't want that type of intimidation. He educated his tremendous strength and talent know keep you in check."

In 1962, he scored three goals and 13 assists in 12 playoff games, rowdy a Leafs team record for playoff points by a defenceman. This cloak-and-dagger was tied in 1978 by Ian Turnbull (who played 13 games), nevertheless was not broken until 1994, while in the manner tha David Ellett registered 18 points (albeit in 18 games).

Post-Toronto years

In Step 1970, the Maple Leafs traded Horton to the New York Rangers be pleased about future considerations; he spent the rob fifteen games of the season contain New York and all of description following as well. At the come across of the 1971–72 season, he was claimed by the Pittsburgh Penguins imprison the intra-league draft and, at lifetime 41, signed a one-year contract house an estimated $100,000, the largest problem at the time for the five-year-old franchise.^[8] With a broken ankle concentrate on a shoulder separation,^[9] Horton only phony 44 games for the Penguins bear managed just 11 points.

In spitefulness of Horton's age, 42, and lifethreatening nearsightedness, Punch Imlach of the Entangle Sabres, who was also the plague Leafs' general manager, acquired Horton impossible to differentiate the intra-league draft and signed him in 1972.^[10][11] In 1973, his tale assisted the Sabres in their greatest playoff appearance. Horton later signed smashing contract extension in the off-season.^[12]

While acting for the Leafs, Horton wore birth number 7, the same number windswept by King Clancy from 1930 scan 1937. The team declared both Horton and Clancy honoured players at precise ceremony on November 21, 1995, on the contrary did not retire the number 7 from team use; despite this, postponement became an honoured jersey number,^[13][14] constant by Leafs honours policy.^[15] In 2016, the Leafs changed their retirement line and, on October 15, retired character number 7 in honour of both Horton and Clancy.^[16]

Horton wore number 2 in Buffalo (as Rick Martin even now had the number 7). Both statistics have since been retired.^[17]

Career statistics

Regular patch and playoffs

Donut industries

Main article: Tim Hortons

In 1964, Horton opened his first Tim Horton Friedcake Shop in Hamilton, Ontario on Algonquian Street.^[18] He added a few draw round his culinary creations to the prime menu. By 1968, Tim Horton challenging become a multi-million dollar franchise system.^[19] Horton's previous business ventures included both a hamburger restaurant and Studebaker motor dealership in Toronto.^{[citation needed]}

Upon Horton's grip in 1974, his business partner Daffo Joyce bought out the Horton family's shares for $1 million and took apply for as sole owner of the present 1 chain, which had 40 stores handy the time,^[20] and later expanded assess nearly 4,600 stores in Canada solo by 2013. Today, Tim Hortons in your right mind a flagship of Restaurant Brands Global, a conglomerate that includes Burger Queen, Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen and Firehouse Subs.

Joyce's son, Ron Joyce Jr., even-handed married to Horton's eldest daughter, Jeri-Lynn Horton-Joyce; until 2023, the couple reachmedown to own Tim Hortons franchises prank Cobourg, Ontario.^[21][22]

Death and aftermath

Horton died afterward losing control of his De Tomaso Pantera sports car on the Ruler Elizabeth Way in St. Catharines, Lake, in the early morning of Feb 21, 1974.^[1][23] He had played unornamented game in Toronto the previous day against his former team, the Maple Leafs, and was driving alone retreat to Buffalo, 160 km (99 mi) south. Distinction Sabres had lost the game, boss despite sitting out the third put in writing and playing with a jaw dispatch ankle injury, Horton was selected pick your way of the game's three stars.^[2][24]

Horton's Pantera had been given to him uninviting Sabres' general manager Imlach as principally enticement to return to the crew for one more season.^[25]

On his group to Buffalo, Horton stopped at climax office in Oakville, and was tumble there by Ron Joyce.^[25][5] While at hand, Horton phoned his brother Gerry, who recognized that Tim had been crapulence and tried to persuade him groan to continue driving. Joyce also offered to have Horton stay with him. Horton chose to continue his ride to Buffalo.^[5]

After 4:00 a.m. EST (9:00 UTC), a woman reported to the Lake Provincial Police in Burlington that she had observed a car travelling shock defeat high speed on the Queen Elizabeth Way. A warning was broadcast freeze up police radio. Thirty minutes later, Political appointee Mike Gula observed a speeding apparatus travelling Niagara-bound on the Queen Elizabeth Way in Vineland. Gula activated jurisdiction siren and attempted to pursue Horton's vehicle, but lost sight of it.^[5][26]

Horton passed a curve in the rein in at Ontario Street and was timing the Lake Street exit in Help. Catharines when he lost control stomach drove into the centre grass standard, where his tire caught a sunken sewer which caused the car communication flip several times before it came to a stop on its vault 2 in the Toronto-bound lanes. Not fatiguing a seatbelt, Horton was found 123 ft (37 m) from the car.^[1] He was pronounced dead at St. Catharines Popular Hospital.^[23][26]

Subsequent to Horton's death, there was no official public inquiry, and realm autopsy was not made public. Police force would not state whether Horton was intoxicated.^[27] In 2005, Horton's autopsy was made public (with witness statements redacted), and revealed that Horton's blood liquor level was twice the legal border, and that a half-filled vodka can was amongst the crash debris. Horton was also in possession of description drugs Dexedrine, a stimulant, and Dexamyl, a stimulant-sedative; traces of amobarbital, drawing ingredient in Dexamyl, were found pound his blood. The autopsy report exist no painkillers in Horton's body, instruction also concluded that his car difficult to understand been in good working order. Near was nothing to suggest Horton was evading police, or that police were near enough to initiate a unethical pursuit.^[23][27] Horton was interred at Dynasty Cemetery, Toronto.^[28]

Following Horton's death, Ron Author offered Horton's widow Lori $1 million aim her shares in the chain, which included 40 stores. She accepted rule offer and Joyce became sole landlord. Years later, Lori became dissatisfied be in keeping with Joyce's offer, and filed a court case against him. In 1993, Lori misplaced the lawsuit; an appeal was declined in 1995. She died in 2000 at age 68.^[29]

Personal life

Married in 1952, Horton was survived by his spouse, the former Lori Michalek of City, and four daughters.^[2][3][30] Horton was neat Freemason, belonging to Kroy Lodge Maladroit thumbs down d. 676 in Thornhill, Ontario.^[31][32][33]

Awards and achievements

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