What is Jim Gregory?
[[File:Jim Gregory 1961.png|right|200px]] '''James M. Gregory''' (November 4, 1935 &ndash; October 30, 2019) was a Canadian hockey league executive and [[general manager]]. He worked in the [[National Hockey League]]. He was born in [[Port Colborne, Ontario|Port Colborne]], [[Ontario]]. He coached and manage the [[Toronto Marlboros]], winning two championships. He then moved to the [[National Hockey League]]'s (NHL) [[Toronto Maple Leafs]], becoming their [[general manager]]. In 2007, Gregory was elected to the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=369734|title=Gregory mastered every task - NHL.com - Hall of Fame|publisher=NHL.com|access-date=3 February 2014}}</ref> Gregory was diagnosed with [[amyloidosis]] in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/sports/leafs/2011/10/18/exleafs_gm_gregory_fights_off_blood_disorder.html|title=Ex-Leafs GM Gregory fights off blood disorder &#124|publisher=The Toronto Star|date=18 October 2011|access-date=4 February 2014}}</ref> He died on October 30, 2019 at his home in [[Toronto]] from the disease at the age of 83.<ref>{{cite web|title=Longtime NHL executive Jim Gregory dies at 83|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nhl/2019/10/30/longtime-nhl-executive-jim-gregory-dies-at-83/40501425/|publisher=Associated Press|date=October 30, 2019|access-date=October 30, 2019}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gregory, Jim}} [[Category:1935 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from amyloidosis]] [[Category:Canadian ice hockey coaches]] [[Category:Ice hockey people from Ontario]] {{sports-bio-stub}}