Red Horner

Red Horner
Hockey Hall of Fame, 1965
Born	(1909-05-28)May 28, 1909 Lynden, ON, CAN
Died	April 27, 2005(2005-04-27) (aged 95) Toronto, ON, CAN
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight	190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position	Defence
Shot	Right
Played for	Toronto Maple Leafs
Playing career	1928–1940

George Reginald "Red" Horner (May 28, 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 second Stanley Cup in 1932. Horner was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1965.

Born in Lynden, Ontario, 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. His election to the Hall of Fame has been controversial, as he never before his final two seasons was regarded as even the best defenceman on his own team—his contemporaries for most of his career were the Hall of Famers King Clancy and Hap Day, who were—and seems to rest more on his unprecedented and unequaled seven seasons as the NHL penalty minute leader. He retired the league's all-time penalty minute leader, a mark he held until Ted Lindsay broke it in the late Fifties.

After retiring from hockey in 1940, Horner lived in Florida, and Toronto, where he became involved in business ventures for several companies including the Elias Rogers Fuels Limited and the Canada Coal Company Limited, where he later became President before retiring. On February 13, 1999, Horner was involved in the opening ceremonies for the 65th anniversary of Maple Leaf Gardens and its closing the same day. Horner was also involved in the opening of the Air Canada Centre.

Horner was last surviving member of Toronto's 1932 Stanley Cup team. As of February 3, 2014, the oldest living members of the Hockey Hall of Fame are Elmer Lach and Milton Schmidt. Horner was the oldest living NHL player at the time of his death in Toronto, Ontario. Horner was buried in Mount Hope Catholic Cemetery in Toronto.

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1926–27	Toronto Marlboros	OHA-Jr.		9	5	1	6	—		2	0	0	0	—
1927–28	Toronto Marlboros	OHA-Jr.		9	4	5	9	2		2	0	0	0	0
1927–28	Toronto Marlboros	OHA-Sr.		1	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
1927–28	Toronto Marlboros	M-Cup		—	—	—	—	—		11	7	5	12	—
1928–29	Toronto Marlboros	OHA-Sr.		2	0	0	0	—		—	—	—	—	—
1928–29	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		22	0	0	0	30		4	1	0	1	2
1929–30	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		33	2	7	9	96		—	—	—	—	—
1930–31	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		42	1	11	12	71		2	0	0	0	4
1931–32	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		42	7	9	16	97		7	2	2	4	20
1932–33	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		48	3	8	11	144		9	1	0	1	10
1933–34	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		40	11	10	21	146		5	1	0	1	6
1934–35	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		46	4	8	12	125		7	0	1	1	4
1935–36	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		43	2	9	11	167		9	1	2	3	22
1936–37	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		48	3	9	12	124		2	0	0	0	7
1937–38	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		47	4	20	24	82		7	0	1	1	14
1938–39	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		48	4	10	14	85		10	1	2	3	26
1939–40	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		31	1	9	10	87		9	0	2	2	55
NHL totals				490	42	110	152	1254		71	7	10	17	170

See also

• List of NHL players who spent their entire career with one franchise

External links

• TSN.ca NHL - Hall of Famer Horner passes away
• NHL.com News
• Red Horner biography at Legends of Hockey
• Red Horner career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database