1959 Parkhust hockey card of former NHL coach and general manager George “Punch” Imlach, who served as coach and GM for the Toronto Maple Leafs in 2 different eras, while also helping build the expansion Buffalo Sabres as coach and GM, beginning in 1970. Imlach’s Leaf teams lost in the Stanley Cup finals his first 2 seasons, in 1959 and 1960, but went on to win 4 Cups during the 1960s. His Buffalo club qualified for the playoffs in only their third year of existence, in 1973. He returned to Toronto in 1979, but his old taskmaster style didn’t go over well, as he fueded with Leaf captain Darryl Sittler. Imlach was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1984, and died of a heart attack in 1987.
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When his coaching stint with the team ended, his all-time record was 365-272-123.