Canada Archive

  • Armstrong Murray

    Murray Armstrong

    Murray Armstrong was born in Manor, Saskatchewan on New Year’s Day 1916. He grew up to enjoy a long and successful career in hockey as both a player and a coach. After a ten year stint in the National Hockey Read more →

  • Abel Sid

    Sidney “Sid” Abel

    Melville’s Sid Abel began his career in the National Hockey League with the 1938-39 Detroit Red Wings. In 1937, he had tried out with Detroit but returned to Saskatchewan to play one season with the 1938 Saskatchewan Senior Hockey Champion Read more →

  • George Abel

    An outstanding stickhandler and playmaker, Melville’s George Abel was a member of the Edmonton Mercurys Hockey Team that captured Olympic gold for Canada during the 1952 Winter Games in Oslo, Norway. Abel’s fans called him “Mr. Production” because he centred Read more →

  • Jim Scissons

    James “Jim” Scissons

    Jim Scissons began his golf fame by taking the provincial junior title in 1960. Jim was Saskatoon City Golf Champion six times (1964-1966, 1968, 1969, and 1971) and Central Saskatchewan Champion seven times (1962, 1964-1968, and 1971). On a provincial Read more →

  • Keith Rever

    Keith Rever

    Keith Rever has been involved in golf for many years. He won the city amateur championship nine times; the Saskatchewan Amateur Golf Championship in 1959 and 1962; was a member of nine Willingdon Cup teams 1959 and 1962-1969, including the Read more →

  • Young Andy

    Andrew “Andy” Young

    Andrew “Andy” Young had a successful athletic career.  In football, Andy participated in midget, juvenile, and junior levels. He joined the Regina Pats Junior Football Club before playing for the Regina Roughriders from 1932 to 1937, winning western titles and Read more →

  • Wilson Fred

    Frederick “Fred” Wilson

    Having spent his early years in Balgonie, Saskatchewan, Frederick “Fred” Wilson began his outstanding athletic career in Regina in 1908.  He joined the Regina Rugby Club in 1913 (the year they won the Western Canada Football Championship) and over the Read more →

  • West Dale

    Dale West

    By the age of ten, Dale West was the Canadian Bantam Boys Speed Skating Champion.  In 1960, he was named an alternate for the Winter Olympic Games. He held high school track and field titles in 100-yard and 220-yard sprints, Read more →

  • Taylor Neil

    Neil J. “Piffles” Taylor

    As a member of the 1915 Regina Rugby Club Piffles, Taylor led the team to the Western Rugby Championships in 1913, 1914, and 1915.  In 1919, he won the coveted Hugo Ross Trophy. Taylor became the president of the Regina Read more →

  • John F. “Jack” Stewart

    John Francis “Jack” Stewart is a name synonymous with sport and recreation, particularly football in Saskatchewan and Canada for over 50 years. Jack played guard for the Ottawa Rough Riders during the 1933 and 1934 seasons.  After World War II, Read more →

  • Shepherd

    Thomas “Tom” Shepherd

    Regina born Tom Shepherd has never put on a uniform for the Saskatchewan Roughriders, but he has been one of the most valuable players for the team over the years. Tom’s commitment to the team and efforts to raise funds Read more →

  • Shaw Wayne

    Wayne Shaw

    Wayne Shaw began to show his athletic abilities while attending Notre Dame College, where he excelled in track and field, hockey, and football.  Upon graduation, Wayne moved up to the Saskatoon Hilltops and helped them win the Canadian championship in Read more →

  • Preston Ken

    Kenneth “Ken” Preston

    Ken Preston played with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers as a fullback, and helped the Bombers to win the 1941 Grey Cup. In 1946, Ken was back in Regina, and devoted the next ten years as a part-time manager of the Read more →

  • Phillips Kent

    Kent Phillips

    Kent Phillips played football for the University of Saskatchewan Huskies.  Upon graduation, he was appointed Associate Professor at the university and continued his involvement with football as the coach of the Huskies. Kent became heavily involved in the work of Read more →

  • Molle Bob

    Robert “Bob” Molle

    In 1980, he won the provincial heavyweight championship in wrestling. Molle’s wrestling career included four Canadian heavyweight championships; a fifth place at the 1983 world championships; a bronze medal at the 1983 Pan American Games; a bronze medal at the Read more →