CBC Archives: Tim Horton Gets Emotional, 1967

[bmcmvox]

You always have time for Tim Horton

[leafyutube]

Tim Hortons. Eat fresh. Or was that Subway?

[gklr]

One of the toughest guys I have ever seen. He died when he ran from the cops when he was drinking and driving... which was a lesson I never forgot

For those people who think of coffee and not hockey with the mention of Tim Horton, I just laugh. Horton established the company to offset his large debts after hockey and it didn't make any big money until after his family sold their shares for about a million, more than 25 years ago. What he set up to hopefully care for them, pays them zero now.

[UglySean]

@rudrapsarkar Of course. How Canadian can you get?

[ralphyization]

Too bad Tim Horton's ancestors got royally screwed!

[bluebear1985]

It would have been nice for him to win the Conn Smythe trophy as playoff MVP, but it went to Dave Keon instead.

[InquisitorDracomual]

It's called humor assclown

you might wanna get a sense of it

[InquisitorDracomual]

i really don't wanna sound offensive but i have to say it

Tim Hortons a great man died so that we could have Tidbits

[SOLIDSNAKEXXX360]

@InquisitorDracomual if he was alive you would still have timbits you dumbass

[pwea1]

..... Tim ws one tough defencemaan ... he was a 60's star and just git caught driving too fast in a Porshe on a late night ..... donuts was a minimal sideline and very small buisiness that has now mushroomed to a stratospheric Canadian adiction to most people here now .. God bless Tim H and the TMLeafs

[banjer4u]

@pwea1 God HELP the Toronto Maple Leafs!

[MrLulzmaker]

R.I.P. Timmy your one of the greatest canadians.

[jagrmari]

Well Timmy.....you helped the Leafs win their last cup, and made a huge franchise. That was a long time between achievements.

[athar077]

Shit I wish he was alive , so I can complain about the drive thru always fuckin up my order.

[HUTINAK]

I always wanted to know what he looked like. He would have been 36 yrs old then

[coolguy845]

R.I.P Tim Horton great NHL player and a great franchise i will never forget you tim

[britneystakes]

Alot of you young cocksuckers HAVE NO FUCKING idea what Tim Horton is and was. All you know is DONUTS and COFFEE. Learn about history. Learn. The man, the legacy. He was a great defenceman, able to leap tall donuts in a single boyunce. Now stick that in your fucking non historical pipe and smoke it.

[classicNHLfights]

Tim Horton only knew what a monopoly his name would carry... r.i.p. tim horton.

[jsilence418]

Poor tim ,probably saw into the future and saw how his poor wife practically gave his coffee empire away !

[vinnynumbnuts]

tim horton, in a class of his own.

[jtoshawa]

The strongest man to ever play the game.

[gundamWWW]

I don't know about the Strongest man, but check out that Jaw!

Dear God, it's soo defined it's as if it was chiseled from stone, lol!

[toonguy85]

As a 5 year-old, I remember taking the train from central Grey County to Toronto and seeing a Tim Horton's Donuts shop on the way. I honestly thought he must be behind the counter selling the donuts!

[sjunor]

interesting how calm and quiet things used to be in locker room after "winning it all." I think I can hear crickets.

They should have gone nuts, if they only knew that it would be about 40+ more years before they win it again.

[103Uke]

Same thing happed with the Isles after they beat the Oilers for they're 4th stright cup. I'm not an Isles fan but that's fairly compared.

[2cool4skule]

@sjunor Back then there were only 6 teams in the entire league. Imagine that. The last time Toronto won the Stanley Cup they only had to beat 5 teams to do it. Maybe that's why it wasn't such a big deal. It seems impossible for them now that there are 29 other teams to compete against. Damn expansion. The NHL needs to fold 24 teams to give the Leafs another chance.

[ChrisSousaPortugal]

@2cool4skule Less teams means less crap to play against to beat up on. Fact is, sure lesser teams people automatically means its easier but hell no. It means teams were full of great players. Just imagine if the league had only 6 teams today or even 12, look at how many fantastic teams there would be there today. People seem to forget that when mentioning they only had 6 teams in the 60's

[rama771]

WOW tim Horton was a real person! >?;-)

[sukkkmyballs]

of course he was real!! BUMBACLUT

[andrewcbro]

@rama771

ur obviously not Canadian (originally)



[UglySean]

@rama771 I just had to reply to this. Are you for real? YES, my friend. He was quite real. Ronald McDonald wasn't - but Tim Horton was real. He played on the Leafs when they last won the Stanley Cup. That's part of why it may seem so unbelievable. Both of those concepts are. I believe it was a licensing hassle that ended it. Before then his image used to be in every store, usually a full action shot in his Sabres uniform. Yes, my friend. He was quite real.

[milepost53]

People forget he was with the 70-71 Rangers who came within one game of the finals. That was the season they won the Vezina with Giacomin and Villemure. I saw them whip the Habs 5-4 at the Forum , Bow legs Dave Balon scored 2 goals.

[ottvalley]

Best damn coffee in the world

[type2mike]

Used to be.

[Forsure3333]

I drink it black! It is indeed the best!

[CYRAPHYM]

lol...I hung out with Tracy (daughter) early '70's.

To bad they screwed his family out of the business.

[phicubed]

a man above men

[vidlivs]

@phicubed Poignant statement, our society does not produce men like him anymore and that's a shame. Although he was not perfect, (who is or was) I get the impression he was a humble man who never boasted about his acheivements and always gave his all. He never played dirty despite being pound for pound, one of the strongest guys to ever play in the NHL. He rarely got any penalties, and played rock steady. With character men like Horton and Carl Brewer on Defence, no wonder the Leafs were tops.

[Tsnore]

His companys sandwiches are pretty darn good.

[Forsure3333]

Horton's sandwiches are far from being the best. But their donoughts are the best. I could five a day.

[swittzman]

tim hortans is great..........but make better commercials...they make no sence

[jasonkucherawy]

@swittzman "sense"

[swittzman]

@jasonkucherawy how asked you

[shenobee]

i love the Timbits =D

[ramona7609]

Thanks for the coffee!!! Always Tim Horton's!!