George Cottrelle

George R. Cottrelle was an executive with the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1930s and 1940s. He helped to finance the building of Maple Leaf Gardens in Downtown Toronto (on the northwest corner of Carlton Street and Church Street) in 1931. He won the Stanley Cup with the Maple Leafs in 1942. He was a banker by profession and was appointed Oil Controller for Canada on June 29, 1940 by the wartime government of MacKenzie King on the recommendation of his Minister of Transport C. D. Howe.

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* [http://www.hhof.com/html/exSCJ05_21.shtml Picture of George Cottrelle's Name on the 1942 Stanley Cup Plaque]
* [http://www.nickles.com/history/article.asp?article=history%5Chistory_0133.html George Cottrelle Appointed National Oil Controller June 29, 1940]