05/20/2026
Former Maple Leafs Captain Darryl Sittler has beautifully hand-signed and career inscribed this Maple Leaf Gardens Original Red Seat #7. The inscriptions read: HHOF 1989, Named Captain 9/10/75, 1096 Games Played, 484 Goals, 637 Assists, 1121 Career Points, 4 x All Star
Maple Leaf Gardens Original Red Seat #7 On Custom Wood Base With MLG Plaque. This seat was originally situated in the reds at Maple Leaf Gardens. The seat has been attached to a custom wooden base for display with a MLSE 1931-1999 Maple Leaf Gardens Memories & Dreams plaque affixed. Serial No: 54-087.
If this seat could talk; the stories it could tell. From seeing Muhammad Ali fight Canadian boxing legend George Chuvalo to the 1964 Beatles shows not to mention the Maple Leafs winning Stanley Cups. A lifetime of history and iconic events!
Maple Leaf Gardens was designated a national historic site of Canada in 2006 because: one of the most renowned “shrines” in the history of hockey and home to the Toronto Maple Leafs for sixty-eight years, it was associated with many of professional hockey’s legendary players and with many of the game’s most exciting and exhilarating moments; the largest arena in the country when it was built, it was one of the country’s foremost venues for large-scale sporting events such as boxing matches and track meets, and non-sporting events such as concerts, rallies and political gatherings, religious services and opera at a time when no other indoor location in Toronto could accommodate such large numbers; and, the Gardens holds a special place in the country’s popular culture: here Canadians welcomed a wide range of cultural icons from the Beatles to the Metropolitan Opera, from Tim Buck to Team Canada vs. the Soviets, from Winston Churchill to the Muhammad Ali-George Chuvalo fight.
