Frank J. Selke
Francis "Frank" J. Selke ( born May 7, 1893 in Berlin, Ontario; † 3 July 1985) was a Canadian ice hockey manager and coach.
Career
At the age of 14 years, took over Frank J. Selke management of the Hockey Teams Iroquois Bantams and with 26 years he led the University of Toronto as a coach to win the inaugural Memorial Cup.
Finally into the big business, he joined, as a Conn Smythe, the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1927 and bought Selke as Assistant General Manager made . Even as a coach, he still enjoyed success and won with the Toronto Marlboros, the junior team of the Maple Leafs, his second Memorial Cup. The Maple Leafs Selke a good eye for young talent was known to have, he brought in the NHL and Smythe helped particularly strong in the realization of Maple Leaf Gardens.
1942 took over the business of the Selke Maple Leafs, as Smythe for Canada moved into the Second World War. In the absence of transferred Smythe Selke Frank Eddolls to the Canadiens and was awarded Theodore Kennedy. Smythe learned of this transfer business and was thus anything but agree, as he expressed sympathies for Eddolls. In the following years, however, Kennedy became one of the best players in the Maple Leafs, while Eddolls could not start a great career, why Selke was right in this decision. Another point that drove the two friends apart even more, was the release of the Maple Leaf Gardens by Selke for events that had nothing to do with hockey. As Smythe in 1945 returned from Europe, he was faced with a large group of officials of the Maple Leafs, who argued that Frank J. Selke should continue to operate as a general manager. Smythe fought it and was finally back in control of the team, but his friendship with Selke was destroyed. Selke left the team in 1946 after it three times was the Stanley Cup win under the direction Smythe Selke.
Shortly after he took over the post of General Manager of the Montreal Canadiens, who are the arch-enemy of the Maple Leafs. In the fifties the farm system flourished, he had built in Montreal and many great talents emerged from this, such as Jean Beliveau, Dickie Moore and Henri Richard.
1960 Frank J. Selke was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame and finally ended his career in 1964. Six times could Montréal win under his leadership as General Manager of the Stanley Cup. In 1978, the NHL Selke Trophy Frank J. the one which is awarded annually to the striker with the best defensive qualities. 1985 Frank J. Selke died at the age of 92 years.