As the man who was part of the last Leafs team who won the Cup, or as the man who created the coffee mega-chain in Canada? (And a few stores in New York state.)
2007-10-04 12:46:16 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Hockey
Zap: Starbucks is bitter crap compared to Canada's Timmy's Ho's. lol
Mich & LITY: I never knew about this Ron Joyce. I've always thought that it was more like an empire with Horton being in a CEO-type role.
Bob: can you roll your tongue while you say that? Actually, who here can roll their tongue and say that? lol
PuckDat: No kidding..............you're that old? lol j/k
2007-10-04 14:41:53 · update #1
TDR: the, uh, "Make Beliefs" nation honoured his memory by making a ton of noise when his name was announced at the 40th anniversary of the Cup win last season. Leafs fans knows what Horton has contributed to hockey and to the country. I think it's safe to say that you are one of the few smart people in Buffalo who knew what he did, too.
2007-10-04 14:45:54 · update #2
I remember Tim as a great solid, all-star defenceman.
I also know his as a whiney salesman. In his last year in the league, he spent more time hawking franchises than playing hockey.
He sold Pierre Pilote two stores in Georgetown and Milton Ontario. He sold Lee Fogolin Sr a store in Manitoba, . Ron Joyce once told me that in 1980, 50% of the franchises were either owned, or had been owned by ex-NHL players.
There used to be a website with dealt with all of them, but I can no longer find it.
Oh, there are almost 400 Timmies in 16 states now
2007-10-04 14:33:06 · answer #1 · answered by Like I'm Telling You Who I A 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
As a hockey player, not old enough to have watched him play, but as a Sabres fan I have the priviledge of seeing his number 2 hang from the rafters here in Buffalo. Was a good hockey player.
A lot of people don't know that they are one and the same (my wife had no idea until I told her). We were at a game and she was wondering why their was a Tim Horton's advertisement hanging from the rafters. (Give my wife some credit, she never knew hockey until we got together and she is slowly learning the game now. Only been married a year, ill have her broken in soon.)
It is currently under remodelling but the Sabres Alumni website is www.sabresalumni.com
Not sure how much the Make Beliefs honor Horton.
2007-10-04 14:37:43 · answer #2 · answered by tdr8256 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I remember him as a solid physical d man for the Leafs. Ask any guys from his era and they'll tell you they hated to see him come over the boards when they did.
Get this his real name is Miles Gilbert Horton, no idea where Tim came from.
Got his autograph at the Pens camp in Brantford in 1972. I remember he was nice to me and tossed me a puck when he went on the ice.
I guess for many he's a picture in a donut shop but for me he'll be the guy i met that September afternoon 35 years ago.
2007-10-04 13:31:38 · answer #3 · answered by PuckDat 7 · 7⤊ 0⤋
I prefer to remember him as a hockey player. Nothing against the chain, just that Ron Joyce really had a lot more to do with the success of the business.
2007-10-04 12:55:49 · answer #4 · answered by michinoku2001 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
I don't remember him as a player at all, but I was in Maine in August and after hearing all the talk about his donuts here in the hockey section I was compelled to stop and have a taste. His stores make a damned good donut.
2007-10-04 17:11:48 · answer #5 · answered by Lubers25 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Double Double and Roll up the Rim. I know the man who took control after him, Ron Joyce. Well, I don't really know him, I met him. You should see the golf course he built in Fox Harbour, NS. Spectacular. I don't know if just anyone can play it now but when it first opened, green fees would set you back 375$, that's alot of coffee.
He had a discrepancy with Tim Horton's wife because he bought out her shares but she was drinking/on depression meds when she sold them for a song so she took him to court.
2007-10-04 12:58:08 · answer #6 · answered by Bob Loblaw 7 · 4⤊ 2⤋
as a philanthropist hockey player who did amazing things for children...but thats the repressed mother of 45 in me! and i'm a big fan of his vanilla dip donuts and medium decaf triple triples ;)
ps- jenni! come visit me in buffalo, we have a timmy ho's on every corner! i will help you make up for lost time! you don't know what you're missing!
2007-10-05 03:19:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Definitely not on the Make Beliefs as I was not into hockey (Apollo missions ruled) until the kinescope disappeared. Remember him vaguely with Buffalo.
As far as the donut/coffee shop, I've been out of BC since 1985 and when I came back they finally have Tim Hortons. All can say is their coffee is horrible. LCDs like 'em so there ya go.
2007-10-04 12:53:07 · answer #8 · answered by fugutastic 6 · 2⤊ 5⤋
Dog-nuts. Not old enough to have seen him play.
A Canadian buddy of mine actually has Horton coffee shipped to California from Winnipeg because he insists there is nothing better.
2007-10-04 12:55:09 · answer #9 · answered by zapcity29 7 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Their coffee sucks, and the donuts are sh!t.......And the Canadian students at school leave those damned cups all over campus.
I'm definitely too young to remember him as a Hockey player.
2007-10-04 16:09:27 · answer #10 · answered by Wings Fan! 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋