Tim Horton Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
Miles Gilbert "Tim" Horton (January 12, 1930 - February 21, 1974) was a Canadian hockey player and founder of the Tim Hortons donut chain.Tim Horton was born in Cochrane, Ontario and grew up playing hockey in the small leagues of northern Ontario. He was drafted into the NHL by the Toronto Maple Leafs, whom he played with for seventeen years and with whom he won four Stanley Cups. Horton later played with the New York Rangers, Pittsburgh Penguins and Buffalo Sabres. Horton was a steady, if not spectacular, defenseman.
Tim Horton invested some of his money with partner Ron Joyce in a coffee and donut shop in Hamilton, Ontario. Horton had little to do with the chain and it was run and expanded by Joyce.
In 1974, while driving from Toronto to Buffalo in a new sportscar, Horton was killed in a car accident. He had been going over a hundred miles per hour and had had been taking pain killers due to a jaw injury. The entire NHL went into mourning, especially the Buffalo Sabres, a franchise which he had played a crucial role in building. When he died, he left behind a wife, four daughters and a son.
Horton was admitted to the Hockey Hall of Fame, but he is much better known for the doughnut company, which is considered a Canadian national institution. Many maple-flavoured doughnuts pay homage to Timmy's Canadian roots. In addition to thousands of locations across Canada, Tim Hortons also has over 150 locations in the United States. Tim Hortons is now owned by Wendy's International, Inc, which also owns the Wendy's fast food chain.