Professional Hockey Team Manager. He was the general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League, whose teams won the Stanley Cup on nine occasions. Born Francis Joseph Aloysius Selke, he had a passion for hockey as a youth and was managing his hometown team, the Iroquois Bantams, at the age of 14. From 1912 to 1915 he coached the Berlin Union Jacks junior team in the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA), reaching the finals of the league championship in his final season. In 1919 he coached the University of Toronto Schools hockey team to the first Memorial Cup title. He then became the coach of the St. Mary's junior OHA team to its third-straight SPA junior championship in the 1924 to 1925 season, with a team that included future Toronto Maple Leafs star Joe Primeau. In 1926 the team became the Toronto Marlboros, and again won the junior SPA championship. Eventual Hall of Famer Red Horner was a star defenseman on the Toronto team. During his time with the organization, he also coached the Marlboros senior team. In 1927 he became coach and manager of the Toronto Ravinas of the Canadian Professional Hockey League, with Joe Primeau as the team's leading scorer. The team was bought by the Toronto Maple Leafs and renamed the Toronto Falcons in mid-season. Later in the year, the team played some of its home games in Brantford, Ontario, after drawing poor crowds in Toronto. In September 1929 he became the top assistant to Maple Leafs managing director Conn Smythe, remaining in that position until 1946. In 1931 he assisted in raising money for the construction of the Maple Leaf Gardens hockey arena in Toronto. While Smythe served in World War II, he filled in as acting manager of the Leafs and Maple Leaf Gardens. In May 1946 he resigned his position from the Maple Leafs and was hired as manager of the Montreal Forum and became general manager of the Montreal Canadiens, who had just come off of two Stanley Cup championships in the previous three seasons. The team was experiencing financial problems, but he signed many top players and created an extensive farm system. Anchored by Hall of Famers Maurice Richard, Elmer Lach, Doug Harvey and Jacques Plante, he won his first Stanley Cup with the Canadiens in 1953. By the mid-1950s, the farm system that he had established began to put life into the Canadiens, producing additional Hall of Famers Jean Beliveau, Dickie Moore, Tom Johnson and Henri Richard. After falling to the rival Detroit Red Wings in seven games in 1954 and 1955, the Canadiens won a record five consecutive Cups from 1956 through 1960. He retired after the 1963-1964 season and was succeeded by Sam Pollock. During his time as general manager, he won three Stanley Cup championships with the Toronto Maple Leafs (1932, 1942, and 1945) and six Stanley Cup championships with the Montreal Canadiens (1953, 1956 through 1960). In 1960 he was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame and in 1978 the National Hockey League established the Frank J. Selke Trophy that is awarded annually to the best defensive forward in the league.