Red Horner

Red Horner, born George Reginald Horner, was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman who lived from 28 May 1909 to 27 April 2005 and played for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League from 1928 to 1940. Born in Lynden, Ontario, he came up through the Toronto Marlboros juniors, served as the Leafs captain from 1938 until his retirement, and helped the club win its third Stanley Cup in 1932. He played the enforcer role and retired with 42 goals, 110 assists and 1,264 penalty minutes in 490 regular season games, having led the league in penalty minutes for a record seven seasons. His election to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1965 rested largely on that record. After hockey he went into business and became president of a coal company.