Jim Gregory is a former general manager

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 and league executive in the National Hockey League

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. Before his NHL career, Gregory also led the Toronto Marlboros

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 to the 1964 Memorial Cup

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, and coached the Toronto St. Michael's Majors

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 and Toronto Neil McNeil Maroons

Toronto Neil McNeil Maroons

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Gregory was the general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs

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 from 1969 to 1979, where he led the Leafs to eight playoff appearances. After 1979, he became the director of the NHL Central Scouting Bureau

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. In 1986, he became the Executive Director of Hockey Operations.

Gregory was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame

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 in 2007. He is also the current chairman of the Hockey Hall of Fame

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selection committee.

On February 27, 2009, Gregory suffered a heart attack at the NHL office in Toronto.

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