History of The IHHOF
The International Hockey Hall of Fame was founded on September 10, 1943 and incorporated as a non-profit charity by the National Hockey League and the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association. The IHHOF inducted its first members in 1946. In 1958, NHL President Clarence Campbell announced that the NHL was withdrawing its support for the IHHOF in Kingston to establish the NHL Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto. All players inducted by the Hall of Fame committees were included in the Toronto HHOF when it was built.
Despite this major setback, the Board of Directors of the International Hockey Hall of Fame moved forward. In 1962, a grant was awarded by the City of Kingston for the construction of a new building. In 1965 the International Hockey Hall of Fame moved into their new building located on the Memorial Centre grounds in Kingston. In 1969, the NHL and the NHL Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto made unsuccessful overtures to obtain the IHHOF exhibits and the rights to the name “International Hockey Hall of Fame”. In 1992, the IHHOF added new exhibits from the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). The IIHF exhibits were located at the IHHOF from 1992 through 1997. The IIHF relocated them to the HHOF in Toronto, in 1998.
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