Munro Table Hockey History
The best known munro is ben nevis beinn nibheis the highest mountain in the british isles at 1345 metres 4411 ft. By 1936 don munro was back in his basement making the games and never looked back.
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Munro table hockey history. Don like so many canadians in the depths of the depression was short of cash for christmas presents. He had a wife and three young children. That year the family all pitched in and made the first table hockey game.
Table hockey was invented in 1932 in toronto by the canadian donald h. Gendron only produced the nail game for one year. New listing munro canadian hockey vintage game made in canada rare model 965.
That year the family all pitched in and made the first table hockey game. Submit search form. Munro sr in toronto.
We look at concepts and products that for better and worse were developed in toronto. Munros are named after sir hugh munro 4th baronet 18561919 who produced the first list of such hills known as munros tables in 1891. Table hockey originated in the same wintry clime that developed real ice hockey.
Made of wood and scrap metal found in his neighborhood munro built his first game as a christmas present for his children at a time when he could not afford to buy gifts. In his toronto home in 1932 33. All star hockey all star hockey 1972 model 61337.
Munro built an early prototype of a table hockey game as a christmas gift. The game of table hockey was invented in 1932 by the canadian donald h. Enter your search terms.
All stars bobby hull canadian hockey bobby orr hockey canadas national game. Don like so many canadians in the depths of the depression was short of cash for christmas presents. Diagram of the original table hockey game from donald munros american patent issued 1936.
A century after the first patent for mechanical rod players in england and decades after donald munro built a mini hockey rink from spare parts for his kids in depression era toronto the little. Munro couldnt afford to buy his children presents that year so he built his game from scavenged scraps of wood and metal. The earliest type of these mechanical hockey games was built by donald h.
Of toronto in 1935 under license from don munro. Canadas national game table hockey game was made by gendron manufacturing co. In 1933 toronto resident donald h.
Photos of munro table hockey games. He had a wife and three young children.
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