Who was the original center square on "Hollywood Squares" when it first aired in 1966?

Brainy Blonde says:

Ernest Borgnine was the centre square when the show first aired October 17, 1966.
See http://www.emmytvlegends.org/interviews/shows/hollywood-squares

Mon Jul 02 20:39:35 CDT 2001

Paul Lynde took over the centre square on November 24,1966 after one week of
shows were aired. See the web site I mentioned in my first answer.

Wed Jul 04 04:33:15 CDT 2001
(Reposted as one entry - McG)

Paul Lynde, by the way, was not always the center square, as he didn't become the permanent occupant of that space until October 1968. Before Lynde the permanent center square, comedian Buddy Hackett was the most common celebrity to sit in the center square (on the nighttime edition in 1968). Lynde was the center square on nearly every broadcast until he left in August 1979; he returned to the center square for a part of the 1980-1981 Las Vegas syndicated season and was a special guest for the final syndicated episode in June 1981. Ernest Borgnine was the center square during the debut weekday of October 17-21, 1966, while Wayland Flowers & Madame was the NBC daytime show's last center square on the weekday of June 16-20, 1980 and George Gobel was the last syndicated-version center square.
[From tvtome.com 2005 article, no longer online]