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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 35. Chapters: Conn Smythe, Pat Quinn, List of Toronto Maple Leafs head coaches, Red Kelly, Punch Imlach, Roger Neilson, Dick Irvin, Art Duncan, Joe Crozier, Ron Wilson, Pat Burns, King Clancy, Hap Day, Keith Acton, George Armstrong, Paul Maurice, Dick Duff, Howie Meeker, John Brophy, Rob Zettler, Mike Kitchen, Rick Ley, Joe Primeau, John McLellan, Dan Maloney, Tom Watt, Mike Rodden, Dallas Eakins, Floyd Smith, Mike Nykoluk, Nick Beverley, Mike Murphy, Dick Carroll, Doug Carpenter, Frank Heffernan, Harvey Sproule, Alex Romeril, Garry Lariviere, Frank Carroll, Eddie Powers. Excerpt: Constantine Falkland Cary Smythe MC (February 1, 1895 - November 18, 1980) was a Canadian businessman, soldier and sportsman in ice hockey and horse racing. He is best known as the principal owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1927 to 1961 and as the builder of Maple Leaf Gardens. As owner of the Leafs during numerous championship years, his name appears on the Stanley Cup eleven times: 1932, 1942, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1962, 1963, 1964, and 1967. Smythe is also known for having served in both World Wars, organizing his own artillery battery in the Second World War. The horses of Smythe's racing stable won the Queen's Plate twice among 145 stakes races wins during his lifetime. Smythe started and ran a successful sand and gravel business. He was a big supporter of the Ontario Society for Crippled Children and the Variety Club and founded the Conn Smythe Foundation philanthropic organization. Conn Smythe was born on February 1, 1895, in Toronto to Albert Smythe, an Irish Protestant from County Antrim who immigrated to Canada in 1889, and Mary Adelaide Constantine, an English woman. Mary and Albert were married in the 1880s while immigrating to Canada. Albert and Mary had a rocky marriage and did not live toge...