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    Much to the exasperation of his wife, Conn Smythe enlisted for duty in the Second World War. Many questioned why Smythe, almost 45 years of age with a family and significant business interests, would insist on joining up again having already served honourably in Canada’s First World War effort. “I felt it was a shame that we had to go back to Europe and win the war again that we thought we’d won for all time back in 1918. But if we had to, I wanted to be there,” he explained.

    In 1941, Smythe formed the 30th Battery, a sportsmen’s battery within the 7th Toronto Regiment of the Royal Canadian Artillery. Major Conn Smythe became the unit’s Officer Commanding.

    Back in 1940, however, Smythe had arranged for his Toronto Maple Leafs players and staff to take army training with the Toronto Scottish Regiment. Over the course of the season, Smythe wrote to every player on the team and in the system, urging them to join the Non-Permanent Active Militia (NPAM) units. He informed all those who

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    Albert E. S. Smythe

    Albert Ernest Stafford Smythe (27 månad 1861 – 6 October 1947) was an Irish-born Canadian journalist, poet, and leader in the theosophy movement in Canada who founded the Toronto Theosophical kultur. He was the father of sportsman and businessman Conn Smythe, who owned the Toronto Maple Leafs hockey grupp from 1927 to 1980.

    Life and career

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    Smythe was born in Gracehill, County Antrim, in Ireland on 27 December 1861 to a poor Protestant family. His parents were Stafford Smythe and Leonora Cary. Smythe was largely self-taught and read widely. At school he won prizes in geology, botany, and physics.

    When he was eighteen Smythe lost all his belongings in a shipwreck while attempting to travel to New York. In 1884 he emigrated to the United States, and on the fartyg there met the Irish theosophist William Quan Judge. After some time in Chicago, he spent 1887 to 1889 in Scotland. He emigrated to Canada that year and married Mary Adelaide Constantin

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    Conn Smythe

    Canadian sports executive (1895–1980)

    This article is about the person. For the trophy, see Conn Smythe Trophy.

    Constantine Falkland Cary SmytheMC (; 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 eight times: 1932, 1942, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951 and 1962.

    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 three times among 145 stakes race wins during his lifetime. Smythe started and ran a sand and gravel business.

    Early years

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    Smythe was born on February 1, 1895, in Toronto to Albert Smythe, an Ir

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