"New York Rangers" Bronco Horvath Hand Signed 3X5 Card JG Autographs COA

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"New York Rangers" Bronco Horvath Hand Signed 3X5 Card .
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Bronco Joseph Horvath
(March 12, 1930 – December 17, 2019) was a Canadian professional
ice hockey
player who played 434 games in the
National Hockey League
(NHL) between 1955 and 1968. Horvath was born to an ethnic Hungarian family that emigrated from
Transcarpathia
after the end of World War I, when it became part of Czechoslovakia.
Horvath was signed by the
Detroit Red Wings
as an amateur. On August 18, 1955, the Red Wings traded Horvath and
Dave Creighton
to the New York Rangers in exchange for
Aggie Kukulowicz
and
Billy Dea
.
Horvath is perhaps best remembered for his time playing on the famous "Uke Line" with the
Boston Bruins
, with fellow
Ukrainian-Canadians
Johnny Bucyk
and
Vic Stasiuk
. Horvath missed out on the
Art Ross Trophy
in
1959–60
by a single point to
Bobby Hull
, however he tied with Hull for the
goal-scoring lead
, with 39. He played for five of the
Original Six
teams in the NHL (only missing Detroit), He did apprentice with the Edmonton Flyers, Detroit's WHL farm team, along with John Bucyk & Vic Stasiuk, his future Uke Linemates. He was demoted to the minors in 1963. He played most of the next six seasons with the
Rochester Americans
of the
American Hockey League
(AHL). He was on three AHL
Calder Cup
championships for Rochester in 1964–65, 1965–66 and 1967–68. and was among the league's scoring leaders for several seasons. With the increased demand for players with the NHL expansion in 1967, Horvath found himself back in the league with the
Minnesota North Stars
. At mid-season of that year he returned to the Rochester Americans and helped lead them to the championship. He would finish his career with Rochester and ultimately retired from playing in 1970. Horvath is a charter member of the Rochester Americans Hall of Fame. The following year, he became coach of the
London Knights
of the OHL, from 1971–72. He moved to
South Yarmouth, Massachusetts
, when he was named coach of the
Cape Cod Cubs
, an expansion team in the
Eastern Hockey League
, in 1972. He coached the Cubs to a regular-season divisional championship and a sweep of their first-round playoff series with the
Long Island Ducks
before a powerful
Syracuse Blazers
team ended Cape Cod's league championship hopes. Horvath returned as coach for the 1973–74 season with the Cubs, who were charter members of the new
North American Hockey League
, but was fired after the team got off to a slow start. His last coaching job was a brief stint at
Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School
. He resided on Cape Cod, where he enjoyed an occasional round of golf. Horvath was inducted in the
AHL Hall of Fame
in 2015. He died on December 17, 2019 in Hyannis, Massachusetts.