Fast-Food Chain Founders - Dave Thomas, Tim Horton, Al Copeland, Colonel Sanders, S. Truett Cathy, Ray Kroc, Ron Joyce (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 24. Chapters: Dave Thomas, Tim Horton, Al Copeland, Colonel Sanders, S. Truett Cathy, Ray Kroc, Ron Joyce, Richard and Maurice McDonald, Howard Deering Johnson, Irv Robbins, Burt Baskin, Leeann Chin, Nabi Saleh, Robert O. Peterson, Carl Karcher, Tom Forkner, Tony Tan Caktiong, Ike Sewell, William Rosenberg, Todd Graves, Troy Smith, Esther Snyder, Glen Bell, Lucia Cunanan, Dave Barham, Wilbur Hardee, Joe Rogers, Sr., Fred DeLuca, Harold Pierce, Pete Harman, Margaret Karcher, Lovie Yancey, James McLamore, Blake Chanslor, Harry Snyder, David Edgerton, Hugh Morris. Excerpt: Myles Gilbert "Tim" Horton (January 12, 1930 - February 21, 1974) was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman. He played in 24 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Rangers, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Buffalo Sabres. He was also a businessman and a co-founder of Tim Hortons. He died in an automobile crash in St. Catharines, Ontario, in 1974 at the age of 44. Tim Horton was born in Cochrane, Ontario, at Lady Minto Hospital. His parents were Aaron Oakley Horton (a Canadian National Railway mechanic) and Ethel Horton. Tim had one brother, Gerry Horton. His father was of English descent, and his mother of Irish. The Hortons moved to Duparquet, Quebec, in 1935, but returned to Cochrane in 1938. In 1945, Tim and his family moved to Sudbury, Ontario. Tim Horton grew up playing ice hockey in Cochrane, Ontario, and later in the mining country near Sudbury, Ontario. The Toronto Maple Leafs organization signed him, and in 1948 he moved to Toronto to play junior hockey and attended St. Michael's College School. Two years later, he turned pro with the Leafs' farm team, the Pittsburgh Hornets of the American Hockey League, and most of his first three seasons were spent with Pittsburgh. He played in his first NHL game on March 26, 1950. ...