A Century of Memories Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/8/2009
Always the bridesmaid, never the bride - that was the fate of the great Toronto Maple Leafs squads of the 1930s following the team's first Stanley Cup win in 1932. The signatures of Hall-of-Famers Turk Broda, Syl Apps, Hap Day, Gord Drillon and Red Horner all appear on the two vintage 1930s autograph sheets in this framed display. The Maple Leafs appeared in the finals six times throughout the rest of the decade and lost each time: to the New York Rangers in 1933, the Montreal Maroons in 1935, the Detroit Red Wings in 1936, the Chicago Black Hawks in 1938, to the Boston Bruins in 1939 and to the Rangers again in 1940. Bill Thoms has signed both autograph sheets which also feature the individual signatures of Reg Hamilton, Nick Metz and Bob Davidson on the sheet on the lefthand side of the display, and those of Frank Finnigan and Pep Kelly on the sheet on the right. The Maple Leafs finished atop the Canadian Division four times during the decade, including 1937-38, Broda's second season with the team. Day moved behind the bench after he retired, replacing Dick Irvin as the team's coach and helping lead the Leafs - behind Apps' outstanding leadership and Broda's stellar goaltending - to a whole new level of success throughout the 1940s. A retro Leafs crest rests atop a white matte background in a cutout of the blue matte mounted within the montage's 16 1/2" X 13 1/2" simple wood frame.
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