Frank Mahovlich

Francis William Mahovlich, born January 10, 1938, is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and former Liberal member of the Canadian Senate. The son of Croatian immigrants, he was nicknamed "The Big M." He was scouted by several National Hockey League teams while playing for the Schumacher Lions of the Northern Ontario Hockey Association, and signed with the Toronto Maple Leafs, who assigned him to one of their Ontario Hockey Association affiliates, the Toronto St. Michael's Majors. He played there while attending St. Michael's College School from 1954 to 1957, receiving instruction from Joe Primeau, whom he later called the best coach he ever had. In the 1956–57 season he scored 52 goals in 49 games and received the Red Tilson Trophy as the top player in the OHA. He joined the Maple Leafs in 1957. Over his career he played on six Stanley Cup-winning teams. His brother Peter also played in the NHL. Mahovlich was inducted into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 1999 and into the Hockey Hall of Fame. In 2017 he was named one of the "100 Greatest NHL Players" in history.