Tim Hortons Donuts

What does hockey have to do with doughnuts? In most ways, not much, except that Tim Horton, a Hockey hall of Farmer from Cochrane, Ontario, helped start the now-famous doughnut chain. Tim Horton was a defenseman who played for the Toronto Maple Leafs from 1952 to 1970. After 18 seasons, Horton was traded to the New York Rangers, then to the Pittsburgh Penguins, and finally to the Buffalo Sabres. Throughout his career; Horton tried a number of business ventures to capitalize on his fame, including an auto dealership and an unsuccessful chicken-and-burger chain. It wasn’t until he and a partner opened Tim Hortons Donuts in 1964 that he achieved business success. It didn’t last long, though. IN 1974, during second season with the Sabres, Horton flipped his Italian sports car after a game and died in the crash. He was 44.