deaths
August 15, 2007
Sam Pollock, Canadian businessman (born 1925)
Sam Pollock
Samuel Patterson Smyth Pollock, OC, CQ was a Canadian sports executive who was general manager of the National Hockey League's Montreal Canadiens for 14 years during which they won 9 Stanley Cups. Pollock also was chairman and CEO of the Toronto Blue Jays baseball club.
August 15
August 15 is the 227th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 138 days remain until the end of the year.