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A little relic from the past (1965)



This is a letter from "Punch" Imlach to Eddie Shack from 1965. My uncle has had it for decades, and recently made a copy of it and gave it to me.

He first showed it to me in the 90s and told me that his uncle had a used car lot in the Toronto area and found this in the glove box of one of the cars.

It's somewhat faded, but reads:

Mr. E. Shack,
Maple Leaf Gardens, Limited,
Toronto, Ont.,

Dear Mr. Shack:

This is to inform you that you have been fined the sum of $100.00 for failing to make cerfew on Monday March 29th at Dearborn Inn.

I take a dim view of this situation because of the upcoming playoffs and I want it on record and understood that if I catch you missing cerfew again you will no longer be employed by the Maple Leafs hockey club.

Yours truly,
G. Imlach,
General Manager.

by witwar101

8 Comments

  1. Eddie was out late giving free moustache rides in Dearborn heh

  2. BigDaddyQP

    100 bucks must have been a heck of a lot back then

  3. Randomredditor416

    That almost sounds like it was written by 1965 AI

  4. ostracize

    Miss curfew once: $100 fine

    Miss curfew twice: Fired

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  5. AuNaturellee

    “CERFEW” (sic) – twice! So professional….

  6. Shrek_DeMar

    Punch was a man of his word, spent 8 games in the minors the next season lol

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