Tim Horton
Tim Horton was born in Cochrane, Ontario, Canada on January 12th, 1930 and is the Hockey Player. At the age of 44, Tim Horton biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Miles Gilbert "Tim" Horton (January 12, 1930-1974) was a professional ice hockey defenceman who served in the National Hockey League for 24 seasons (NHL).
He played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Rangers, Pittsburgh Penguins, and the Buffalo Sabres.
In 2017, Horton was named one of the 100 Greatest NHL Players in history.
He died after a single-vehicle accident in 1974 at the age of 44.
Horton, a successful businessman, was the co-founder of the Tim Hortons fast-food restaurant chain.
Early life
Horton was born in Cochrane, Ontario, to Ethel May (née Irish) and Aaron Oakley Horton, a Canadian National Railway mechanic, respectively. Gerry Horton, his brother, was a member of one of his brother.
The family immigrated to Duparquet, Quebec, in 1935, heading to Cochrane, and then to Sudbury in 1945.
Playing career
Horton grew up playing ice hockey in Cochrane and later in a mining town near Timmins. In 1948, the Toronto Maple Leafs signed him; he went to Toronto to play junior hockey and attended St. Michael's College School.
He made the Toronto Maple Leafs' farm team, the Pittsburgh Hornets of the American Hockey League, two years later. He appeared in his first NHL game on March 26, 1950, when he spent the majority of his first three seasons with Pittsburgh. In the fall of 1952, Horton appeared in the NHL for the second time. He was a Leaf until 1970, winning four Stanley Cups. Horton played for the New York Rangers, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Buffalo Sabres later in life. He was known for his extreme stamina and calm under pressure. He had very few penalty minutes for an enforcer-type defenseman, despite being a hard-working and durable defenseman. He was also a good puck carrier, and he played right wing for the Leafs from 1964 to 1965. Horton appeared in seven National Hockey League All-Star Games. He was named an All-Star appearance in the NHL for three years (1964, 1968, and 1969). He was admitted to the NHL Second Team three times (1954, 1963, 1967).
Horton played in 486 regular season games between February 11, 1961 and 1968; this is the Leafs' highest number for consecutive games by a defenceman until broken by Krlis Skrasti in February 8, 2007.
Horton had a reputation for enveloping players in a tense bear hug.
Horton was generally considered the best player in the game while playing; injuries and age were little more than minor inconveniences; For one, Eddie Shore, a left wing of the Chicago Black Hawks said, "You had to be concerned because they were vicious and would smash you into the boards from behind." Tim Horton was respected because he didn't need that kind of coercion. "He used his ingenuity and intelligence to keep you in check."
He scored three goals and 13 assists in 12 playoff games, the highest number by a defenseman in the NHL. Ian Turnbull (1978, who played 13 games), but it wasn't broken until 1994, when David Ellett scored 18 points (although in 18 games).
Horton was traded by the Maple Leafs to the New York Rangers in March 1970 for future considerations; he played the last fifteen games of the season in New York and all of the following followed. In the 1971–72 season, he was claimed by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the intra-league draft, and at age 41, he signed a one-year deal for an estimated $100,000, the first contract for the five-year-old franchise at the time. Horton was limited to 44 games for the Penguins with a broken ankle and shoulder separation.
Despite Horton's age, 42, and nearsightedness, the Buffalo Sabres' general manager, Punch Imlach, acquired Horton in the Intra-league draft and signed him in 1972. In 1973, he played for the Sabres in their first playoff appearance. In the offseason, Horton signed a contract extension.
Horton wore the number 7, the same number worn by King Clancy from 1930 to 1937, while playing for the Leafs. At a reception on November 21, 1995, the team formally acknowledged Horton and Clancy as honoured guests, but did not exclude the number 7 from team use; despite this, it became a coveted jersey number, honoring the Leafs' honors policy. The Leafs updated their retirement plan in 2016, and the number 7 was withdrawn on October 15 in honour of both Horton and Clancy.
Horton ranked second in Buffalo (as Rick Martin already had the number 7). Both numbers have since been decommissioned.
Awards and achievements
- Named to NHL first All-Star team in 1964, 1968, and 1969
- Named to NHL second All-Star team in 1954, 1963, and 1967
- 1961–62 – Stanley Cup champion
- 1962–63 – Stanley Cup champion
- 1963–64 – Stanley Cup champion
- 1966–67 – Stanley Cup champion
- 1977 – inducted (posthumously) into the Hockey Hall of Fame
- 1982 – inducted (posthumously) into the Buffalo Sabres Hall of Fame
- 1996 – number 2 jersey retired by the Buffalo Sabres
- 1998 – ranked number 43 on The Hockey News list of the 100 Greatest Hockey Players
- 2004 – ranked number 59 in The Greatest Canadian list by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- 2015 – recipient of the Bruce Prentice Legacy Award by the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame
- 2016 – number 7 jersey retired by the Toronto Maple Leafs
- In January 2017, Horton was part of the first group of players to be named one of the "100 Greatest NHL Players in history" by the league.