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Ballard was an owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL) as well as their home arena, Maple Leaf Gardens. A member of the Leafs organization from 1940 and a senior executive from 1957, he became part-owner of the team in 1961 and was majority owner from February 1972 until his death.
The Maple Leafs are affiliated with the Toronto Marlies of the American Hockey League, the Marlies play from Coca-Cola Coliseum in Toronto. The Maple Leafs' parent company has owned the Marlies franchise since 1978. [272] [273] A Maple Leafs–branded zamboni during an AHL game between the Grand Rapids Griffins and the Toronto Marlies. The ...
Constantine Falkland Cary Smythe MC (/ ˈ s m aɪ θ /; February 1, 1895 – November 18, 1980) was a Canadian businessman, soldier and sportsman in ice hockey and horse racing.He is best known as the principal owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1927 to 1961 and as the builder of Maple Leaf Gardens.
Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd. (MLSE) is a professional sports and commercial real estate company based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.With assets that include franchises in four of the six major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada, it is the largest sports and entertainment company in Canada, and one of the largest in North America.
General managers of the Toronto Maple Leafs No. Name Tenure Accomplishments during this term Ref(s) 1 Charles Querrie: 1917 – February 14, 1927: Won Stanley Cup 2 times (1918, 1922) 4 playoff appearances [8] 2 Conn Smythe† February 14, 1927 – September 1, 1957: Won Stanley Cup 7 times (1932, 1942, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951)
Both the Toronto Maple Leafs and the NHL arose from disputes between Eddie Livingstone, owner of the National Hockey Association's Toronto Blueshirts, and the other team owners of the Association. In November 1917, these other team owners founded the NHL, and granted Toronto a temporary franchise in their new league.
SAINT-ETIENNE, France (AP) — Storied French soccer club Saint-Étienne said on Monday it was in exclusive talks for a sale to the owner of the Toronto Raptors and Toronto Maple Leafs. The full ...
Tanenbaum was born to a Jewish family, son of Max (owner of York Steel) and Anne Tanenbaum, [2] and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in economics from Cornell University in 1968. [3] The family's patriarch, Abraham Tanenbaum, left Parczew, Poland, north of Lublin, for New York in 1911. Two Toronto-bound friends from the same town persuaded ...