{"id":17788,"date":"2011-09-18T22:13:39","date_gmt":"2011-09-19T02:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/team-canada\/george-mara-2\/"},"modified":"2021-12-09T11:35:52","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T16:35:52","slug":"george-mara","status":"publish","type":"athletes","link":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/team-canada\/george-mara\/","title":{"rendered":"George Mara"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">George Mara a fait partie des Flyers de l&rsquo;Aviation royale du Canada, qui ont \u00e9t\u00e9 choisis pour repr\u00e9senter le Canada \u00e0 <a href=\"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/jeux\/1948-st-moritz\/\">Saint-Moritz 1948<\/a>, o\u00f9 il a \u00e9t\u00e9 capitaine de l&rsquo;\u00e9quipe et a remport\u00e9 la m\u00e9daille d&rsquo;or. Mara a disput\u00e9 huit matchs et il a marqu\u00e9 17 buts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00c9duqu\u00e9 au&nbsp;Upper Canada College,&nbsp;o\u00f9 il a commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 jouer au hockey en 1937, Mara a par ailleurs \u00e9volu\u00e9 avec l&rsquo;\u00e9quipe junior des Marlboros de Toronto. Il a refus\u00e9 une offre des Red Wings de Detroit de la Ligue nationale de hockey (LNH) pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, se mettant plut\u00f4t au service de la Marine royale canadienne en tant que lieutenant. Au cours de sa carri\u00e8re au hockey, Mara a port\u00e9 les couleurs de plusieurs \u00e9quipes, notamment le Navy de Halifax, les Staffords de Toronto et le Varsity Blues de l&rsquo;Universit\u00e9 de Toronto. Il a aussi b\u00e9n\u00e9fici\u00e9 d\u2019un essai chez les Rangers de New York de la LNH en 1946 (sans disputer un seul match avec l&rsquo;\u00e9quipe) et ensuite avec les Maple Leafs de Toronto. Dans ce dernier cas, les dirigeants du club ont jug\u00e9 qu&rsquo;il n&rsquo;\u00e9tait pas assez \u00ab col bleu \u00bb \u00e0 leur go\u00fbt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Une fois sa carri\u00e8re de joueur termin\u00e9e, Mara s&rsquo;est consacr\u00e9 \u00e0 ses deux passions&nbsp;: le hockey et les affaires. Il a commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 travailler au sein de l&rsquo;entreprise familiale d\u2019importation de vins et de spiritueux, et l&rsquo;a ensuite vendue pour rejoindre la Jannock Corporation, o\u00f9 il est devenu vice-pr\u00e9sident du conseil d\u2019administration. Mara a \u00e9t\u00e9 un des fondateurs et pr\u00e9sident du conseil&nbsp; du Trust olympique du Canada&nbsp; (l&rsquo;anc\u00eatre de la Fondation olympique canadienne), qui a amass\u00e9 des millions de dollars pour soutenir les athl\u00e8tes canadiens. De 1957 \u00e0 1969, Mara a \u00e9t\u00e9 directeur du Maple Leaf Gardens, et en 1969 il en a bri\u00e8vement \u00e9t\u00e9 le pr\u00e9sident. Il a fait partie du conseil d&rsquo;administration de l&rsquo;H\u00f4pital Wellesley, de la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 ontarienne pour les enfants handicap\u00e9s, de La Conf\u00e9d\u00e9ration et de la branche ontarienne de la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 canadienne du cancer. 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