Red Horner
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George Reginald "Red" Horner (May 29, 1909 - April 27, 2005) was an ice hockey defenceman for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League from 1928 to 1940. He was the Leafs captain from 1938 until his retirement. He helped the Leafs win their first Stanley Cup in 1932. Horner was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1965.
Horner spent all of his time playing in Toronto, Ontario. As a junior player, he played for the Toronto Marlboros of the Ontario Hockey League. In his NHL career, Horner had the role of enforcer and retired with 42 goals, 110 assists and 1,264 penalty minutes in 490 regular season games.
Born in Lynden, Ontario, he was the oldest living member of the Hockey Hall of Fame and believed to be the oldest living NHL player at the time of his death.
External links
- TSN.ca NHL - Hall of Famer Horner passes away (http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?id=123134)
- HockeyDB.com career statistics (http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php3?pid=2359)
- NHL.com News (http://www.nhl.com/onthefly/news/2005/04/228596.html)
Categories: 1909 births | 2005 deaths | Canadian ice hockey players | Hockey Hall of Fame | Ontario sportspeople | Toronto Maple Leafs players
