Tim Horton: 1964-65 Topps 102

1964-65 Topps 102 Tim Horton Hockey Card (Front)

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Card Notes

Tim has been with Toronto since 1952-53. He played junior hockey with St. Mike’s and spent three years with Pittsburgh before joining the Maple Leafs. Tim was named to the First All-Star Team last winter and was a member of the Second Team twice. He missed much of the 1955-56 season with a broken leg and jaw.

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Tim fit son stage de hockey junior avec St-Michael et demeura trois ans avec Pittsburgh avant de se joindre aux Leafs. Tim fut nommé sur la première équipe des joueurs-étoiles l’hiver dernier et fut un membre de la seconde en deux occasions.

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The Pittsburgh referred to on the back of the card is the Pittsburgh Hornets of the American Hockey League. Tim Horton played three years with that AHL club from 1949-50 to 1951-52. The 1950-51 Hornets reached the Calder Cup final before losing to the Cleveland Barons.

In 1951-52, the team finished first overall during the regular season and captured the championship with a win over the Providence Reds in the final. That team was coached by King Clancy and led by another future Toronto great George Armstrong.

In 1964-65, Horton put up a career high 12 goals for the Toronto Maple Leafs, including three two-goal games. All three of those games were during the month of January. On January 2, in a 3-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings at Maple Leaf Gardens, his second of the game and fourth of the season was scored shorthanded on Detroit goalie Roger Crozier with Carl Brewer in the box for roughing. Horton led the Leafs with six shots on net in the game.

On January 17, his second of the game at 17:53 of the first served as the game winner in a 3-1 win over the Boston Bruins. It was his ninth of the 1964-65 NHL season, scored on Boston goalie Ed Johnston, assisted by Dave Keon and Jim Pappin. He again led Toronto in shots, this time with five.

As far as All-Star Team selections, Horton would be picked First Team two more times in his career and Second Team one more time.

Horton played 1,445 regular season and 126 playoff games between 1949-50 and 1973-74 with the Maple Leafs, New York Rangers, Pittsburgh Penguins and Buffalo Sabres. He was part of four Stanley Cup championship teams in Toronto and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1977.