Ted Kennedy (HHOF ’66)

One of the game’s greatest face-off men, Teeder Kennedy played for the Maple Leafs because Frank Selke acquired him in a trade with Montreal – unbeknownst to GM Conn Smythe.  Joining the Leafs full-time in 1943, Kennedy helped Toronto win the Stanley Cup in 1945 as the leading scorer in both the regular season and playoffs.  He won three more Cups in consecutive years from 1947 to 1949.  In that last year, Kennedy became team captain.  After losing to Detroit in a nasty battle in 1950 -- involving Kennedy and Gordie Howe – Toronto won yet another Cup in 1951.  Kennedy would win the Hart Trophy in 1995 and then promptly retired.  He returned briefly in 1956 to play 30 games on an injury-laden Leaf team.

Ted Kennedy is the oldest living Toronto Maple Leaf captain.

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