Tim Horton biography
Tim Horton, byname of Miles Gilbert Horton, (born January 12, 1930, Cochrane, Ontario, Canada—died February 21, 1974, close to St. Catharines, Ontario), Canadian skilled ice hockey participant and entrepreneur, who was a defenseman within the National Hockey League (NHL), serving to the Toronto Maple Leafs win 4 Stanley Cups (1962–64, 1967), and who based the favored North American restaurant franchise Tim Hortons.
After signing with the Maple Leafs in 1947, Horton performed junior hockey at St. Michael’s College, the place he was famous for his consistency and bodily fashion. In 1949 he performed in his first recreation with Toronto, however he did not earn an everyday spot with the membership till the 1952–53 season. Near the tip of the 1954–55 season, Horton was severely injured after colliding with an opponent. Suffering a damaged leg and jaw, he didn't return to the lineup till halfway by way of the next season. With his sound play and slap shot, Horton subsequently helped set up Toronto as a dominant drive within the NHL. Beginning within the 1967–68 season, nonetheless, the Maple Leafs started to battle, and in 1970 Horton was traded to the New York Rangers. He performed a full season with the Rangers earlier than becoming a member of the Pittsburgh Penguins (1971–72) and later the Buffalo Sabres (1972–74). In 1974, whereas returning house to Buffalo after a recreation in Toronto, he died in a single-car accident. Horton, whose profession totals included 518 factors and three All-Star appearances, was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1977.
In addition to hockey, Horton was concerned in numerous enterprise ventures. In 1964 he opened a donut store in Hamilton, Ontario. The enterprise quickly grew into a well-liked franchise, although its biggest success was achieved within the years following Horton’s demise. In 1974 Tim Hortons had 40 areas in Canada, and by the early twenty first century there have been greater than 3,500 eating places in Canada and the United States.