1930 Dunvegan Football (Soccer) Club

Year Inducted: 1996

From the introduction of soccer into Glengarry County at the turn of the century, to the formation of the Glengarry Soccer League in 1924, to the Pioneers to the current successful senior ...

Gerald McDonald

Year Inducted: 1988

Gerald MacDonald was born February 22, 1941, the son of Ranald (Hughie Ranald) McDonald and his wife the former Agnes MacMillan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. “Little Alex” MacMillan. Fourth Lochiel, Gerald was...

Andrew McGillis

Year Inducted: 1998

It is not often that a high school sports coach is so revered that he continues to be honoured 30 years after his retirement.

But that is exactly the way it is with Andy McGillis. Every year, men who were coa...

John W. Sandilands

Year Inducted: 1989

The Sandilands name has a longstanding history as a contributor to Williamstown and Charlottenburgh agriculture, teaching, and sport history. Among the family members who have been prominent in recording th...

Clarence L. MacGregor

Year Inducted: 1989

Clarence MacGregor was a distinguished worker on the Maxville Village Council and various community projects.

In the latter, he was a member of the organizing committee of the Glengarry Highland Games i...

Dr. Donald (Major) MacRae

Year Inducted: 1981

Donald MacRae was born December 23, 1896, son of William Donald MacRae and his wife, the former Agnes Burton Campbell. The MacRae home is one of the head water banks on the Scotch River a short dista...

Angus Simon George

Year Inducted: 1995

Angus George was among the greatest box lacrosse players in North America at the height of the game’s popularity in the 1930's and 1940's.

A native of the village of St. Regis on the Akwesasne Mohawk Res...

Wilbert McDonald

Year Inducted: 2004

Wilbert spent his early years in Greenfield from June 12th, 1944, until he attended St. Patrick's College High School. His parents were Wilfred and Irene (Villeneuve) McDonald. While attending Glengarry Distr...

Dave Lalonde

Year Inducted: 1988

In his youth, born in 1891, Dave Lalonde indicated that he would follow his father's exemplary career. Graduating from Alexandria Separate School his business aptitude and congenial personality soon made young Da...

John Alexander MacDonald

Year Inducted: 1982

In order to distinguish John Alexander MacDonald from Williamstown MacDonalds, it is necessary to insert his life time popular identification, “J.K.” or John Kenneth (Garden field).

Like many pio...

Adrien Andre

Year Inducted: 1991

This is not the first fishing story we have contributed to The Glengarry News. Among the originals was relating a pleasant day on Lake St. Francis, as a guest of Glengarry’s noted sportsman, “Father Ewen” a...

Gordon Mc Neil

Year Inducted: 1989

Gordon McNeil, 79-year-old horseman, Williamstown, is rated among the premier drivers in Eastern Ontario, Western Quebec plus the Ottawa Ex and the Toronto Royal. He established that reputation beginning at the...

John Donald McLaren

Year Inducted: 1996

The saves John McLaren made during his goalie years have been described as “sensational”, “marvelous”, and “spectacular”. Although he has since passed away, his legendary goaltending still live...

Dr. Alexander Tupper McDonald

Year Inducted: 1983

Dr. Alexander Tupper McDonald was born in Williamstown, October 2nd, 1875. He was the second son of John Alexander McDonald and his wife the former Mary Alexander. From his youth he was known as ...

Bernard Major

Year Inducted: 2000

After being a demonstration sport in 1988 and 1992, Taekwon-do makes its debut as a full-medal sport at the Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia this September.

It is the newest of the martial arts established so...

Donald A. MacDonald

Year Inducted: 1986

Donald Sandfield, as he was familiarly known throughout his life, inherited the characteristics of a sport builder from his grandfather, the Hon. D.A. MacDonald and his father, Col. A.G.F. Macdonald, found...

Agnes May Condie McArthur

Year Inducted: 1994

The calling card for many Hall of Fame caliber athletes is their expert proficiency and success in one particular sport. For others, the claim to fame is adeptness at several sporting activities.

Ag...

Dr. Barbara Janet Cook Mutch Cameron

Year Inducted: 1991

The former Barbara Mutch of Maxville has been selected to be enshrined in the Glengarry Sports Hall of Fame at the induction dinner September 4th, in the Glengarry Sports Palace arena, Ale...

Wanda J. Mitchell

Year Inducted: 2005

Wanda Mitchell was one of the biggest supporters of High School female athletes. The Bainsville native left a lasting impression on OFSSA and EOSSAA foundations.

She spent fifteen years as the Eastern Ontar...

1926 Kirk Hill (Soccer) Club

Year Inducted: 1994

The organization of the Glengarry Football (Soccer) Association took place in 1924. In 1927 the Kirk Hill Football Club rose up to become the first dominant team in the fledgling football league.

Denise Lemieux

Year Inducted: 1997

As the only girl in a family with four brothers and living in a community with more boys than girls, it was only natural that Denise Brazeau Lemieux was involved in many sporting activities when young.

Denise ...

Robert Boisvenue

Year Inducted: 2008

Robert Boisvenue has been involved in the local sports scene as a competitor, organizer and coach for over thirty years.

He was born the third of five children to René and Lucille Boisvenue of Alexandria. H...

Samuel J. McLeod

Year Inducted: 1997

Samuel J. McLeod was born on the 8th Concession, Lancaster Township on the sixth generation McLeod dairy farm. His early farming experience, his sports activities at St. Margaret’s Parish School and hockey ...

Cameron McDonald

Year Inducted: 2003

Cameron McDonald was born at the Century Farm, Lot 37, 7th Concession of Lancaster on February 3rd, 1920 and spent his entire life there. His love of everything in nature developed from growing up on the farm...

Ronald Hugh MacLachlan

Year Inducted: 1994

Ronnie MacLachlan was born in Montreal, Que. on January 27, 1919, the son of Neil MacLachlan, a Scottish immigrant, and Jessie MacNeil of Glen Sandfield.

He spent his childhood years both in Montreal a...

Wellington James Cameron Barrett

Year Inducted: 1979

Wellington J.C. Barrett was born June, 10, 1892, a son of Mr. and Mrs. William Barrett, Summerstown Station.

"Wellie" Barrett, as he has been popularly known throughout his life, short for We...

A. Gordon MacDonald

Year Inducted: 1997

A. Gordon Macdonald of Kirkland Lake will be inducted into the Glengarry Sports Hall of Fame later this summer. Macdonald was born in Alexandria in 1885, son of A.D.R. Macdonald and Rachel MacMaster. A loc...

Lawrence Coleman

Year Inducted: 1986

The biographies of two 1986 Sports Hall of Fame inductees, Lawrence Currier and Lawrence Coleman, are unique in Glengarry sport history. They are justifiably classed as builders and stalwart players of the or...

1940 Pine Grove Football (Soccer) Club

Year Inducted: 1997

The Pine Grove team of the 1940's was arguably the best ever to play soccer in the Ottawa and surrounding district. Unfortunately, the greatness of the team was never fully realized beca...

Roderick McRae

Year Inducted: 1987

"Roddy” McRae, as he was popularly known throughout his life, was one of the skilled handlers of a lacrosse stick when the game was transformed from the pioneer field 12 players per team brand to the hockey p...

Connie Kippen Blaney

Year Inducted: 2003

Connie (Kippen) Blaney has called Maxville her home for most of her life. She attended Maxville Public School and Maxville High School. She enjoyed playing sports, especially softball, where pitching was ...

Joan Gormley Gormley O'Hara

Year Inducted: 2002

According to a picture of a May Day concert in Alexandria, it looks like Joan started her fun life in public at the age of six with her close friends in 1929. There were many and varied concerts pu...

Dr. James Arthur Patrick Sullivan

Year Inducted: 1981

The Williamstown surname of Sullivan is synonymous with Glengarry luminaries in lacrosse and hockey. Dr. James Arthur Patrick Sullivan, born January 15, 1895, the second son of Jeremiah “Je...

Seven Charter Directors of Glengarry Golf & Country Club

Year Inducted: 2011

Prior to 1961, talk of having a golf course in Alexandria was just talk. At that time there were about 30 avid local golfers who loved the game, but had to travel to Ha...

William "Centennial" Grant

Year Inducted: 1988

Cornwall 100 years ago, was in Canada’s top pro lacrosse league and to strengthen their team recruited the best available players. Two Glengarrians were among those selected. They were Jeremiah �...

Joan Ryan

Year Inducted: 2010

Born in August 1943 the middle child of a family of seven Joan moved from St. Polycarpe, Quebec to St. Raphael’s in 1948. After high school she began bowling and excelled at it, having the local high-triple and hi...

Dr. Gustavus MacIntosh

Year Inducted: 1983

Dr. Gustavus McIntosh was born on his parental farm home in the “Gore” of Lochiel Township, July 18, 1874. His parents were Donald McIntosh and his wife, the former Margaret Munro. He was known as �...

Roy Farquhar Calder

Year Inducted: 1990

Roy Calder, a Glengarry Sports Hall of Fame inductee, was a son of Alexander John Calder and his wife the former Flora MacLennan.

Their farm home was of stone architecture and located on the third concess...

Susan Rothgeb

Year Inducted: 2010

Susan Rothgeb began riding at 10 in Roswell, New Mexico. At 19 she was invited to the U.S. trials for the three day eventing team for the 1960 Olympics. While she didn’t make that team, she was certainly succe...

Ken MacDonald

Year Inducted: 2001

Kenneth “Jr.” MacDonald Kenneth “Jr.” MacDonald was born on June 14, 1948 as the only son of Kenneth and Stella MacDonald. His father had a love of sports but was too busy making a living to spend time i...

Roderick R. "Big Rory" MacLennan

Year Inducted: 1979

Roderick R. "Big Rory" MacLennan was born January 1st, 1842, in the pioneer home of his parents Mr. and Mrs. Roderick MacLennan, Glen Donald, the Glen Road west of Williamstown in Charlottenbu...

Ruth Empey

Year Inducted: 1998

Born and raised in Cornwall, Ruth (Mullan) Empey attended Cornwall Collegiate and Vocational School where she played a variety of sports.

Ruth’s athletic prowess developed at a young age as she played street hoc...

Alexander Angus Grant

Year Inducted: 1983

Alexander Angus Grant was born in Dunvegan, August 17, 1897. He was the eldest son of Angus Grant and his wife, the former Katie MacDonald. Like most boys with a lengthy given name, when he attended scho...

Hugh Duncan MacDermid

Year Inducted: 1981

Hugh Duncan MacDermid was born, December, 22, 1882, a son of Duncan MacDermid and his wife the former Catherine MacDermid.

The MacDermid's farm home was in the Indian Lands, ninth concession of Charlott...

Osias F. Villeneuve

Year Inducted: 1995

As an athlete, builder in the field of sports and community leader, Osie F. Villeneuve richly deserves the recognition being accorded him posthumously by the Glengarry Sports Hall of Fame He is one of five...

Paul Pilon

Year Inducted: 1983

Paul Pilon was born in Montreal, June 6, 1915. He was the son of “J.T.” Pilon and his wife, the former Blanche Rochon. Paul Pilon became a Glengarrian by adoption when his family took up residence in Alexandria...

Donald Angus McGillis

Year Inducted: 2011

Donald Angus was born into a family of 13 children in the 5th Concession, Lancaster in 1887. At 15 he left home and moved to Winnipeg where he began working for the CPR. After a few years with the CPR, h...

Baptiste Sauve

Year Inducted: 1982

Baptiste Sauve was one of Alexandria and Glengarry’s great French Canadian sportsman and craftsmen. Baptiste Sauve emigrated with his family to Alexandria from the St. Marthe - St. Clet area of nearby Soulang...

Garry McArthur

Year Inducted: 2006

Born in 1941, Garry McArthur has spent a lifetime both participating in and promoting sport inside and outside of our community. He is indeed an outstanding example of athletic excellence from Glengarry. Garry ...

Bernard Menard

Year Inducted: 2006

Bernard Menard was born on a farm on McCormick Road, approximately 5 miles (8kms) from Alexandria, on April 11th 1952. Bernie was the second of six children with brothers Rejean, Michel, Gilles, Alain and a sis...

Ronald James Villeneuve

Year Inducted: 2002

Ronald James Villeneuve was born on July 5, 1935 in Cornwall, Ontario, the eldest son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Osie Villeneuve.

Ronald played minor hockey at various levels in Maxville, Bantam to Juni...

Hubert Hay

Year Inducted: 2003

Hubert Hay was born February 27, 1928 and resides on Lot 33, Concession 4 of Lochiel where he was born. Soccer was Hubert's main sports interest and talent. He quickly established himself as a leader on the Lochiel...

Cliff Rae

Year Inducted: 2008

Cliff Rae was born in Montreal, on August 30th, 1928. He was educated in Greenfield Park Royal George School, and St. Lambert High School. He moved to Toronto in 1948 and began his career in purchasing while taking ...

Margaret Josephine Cook Mutch

Year Inducted: 1996

Margaret Mutch, who helped spearhead an extensive minor sports program in Maxville in the 1950's, will be inducted September 4th as a member of the Glengarry Sports Hall of Fame.

She will be joi...

Dougal MacGillivary

Year Inducted: 1980

Dougal MacGillivray is a son of the late “John Archie” MacGillivray and his wife the former Mary MacMaster. Dougal was born April 16th, 1918, on the original MacGillivray homestead farm, Pine Grove, Lo...

Nick Haramis

Year Inducted: 2010

When Nick Haramis moved to Maxville in 1958, he brought a background in athletics that was a welcome addition to a village already known for its involvement in sports.

Born in January 1928, Nick's love of sports...

John D. MacLeod

Year Inducted: 1989

A native of Skye area of Dunvegan, John was a budding soccer star in his youth. In maturity he was popularly known as "Big John" and became outstanding in the position of fullback.

John was a member of the 19...

Glen Nevin Whitford

Year Inducted: 1996

Glen Nevin Whitford of Martintown forced people to reevaluate the traditional relationship between the disabled and athletics. Despite his affliction with Cerebral Palsy, Glen became active in sports at a ...

Julie Rouette-Hope

Year Inducted: 2007

Julie Rouette-Hope was born in 1964. Julie loved sports from a very young age, playing soccer, baseball, hockey, and football with the neighbours. At the age of 12, Julie joined the Glengarry Soccer League ...

William Keith MacLeod

Year Inducted: 1980

William Keith MacLeod is the son of the late Duncan William MacLeod and his wife the former Catharine Chisholm. He was born on the MacLeod farm homestead-Skye, January 29th, 1904.

He was named William K...

William Gilbert James Hay

Year Inducted: 1985

William Gilbert James Hay was born March 7, 1885 in Lochiel, Glengarry. His parents were Mr. and Mrs. John Hay.

William G. Hay, following his elementary public school education, left his Glen Sandfi...

Benjamin Francis Villeneuve

Year Inducted: 1980

Ben Villeneuve is the son of the late Francis Benjamin Villeneuve and his wife the former Fabiola Marion. Christened Benjamin Francis, he has been affectionately known from boy-hood as Benny. Benny...

Roger Levert

Year Inducted: 2011

Born in Cornwall in 1947, Roger Levert came to Alexandria with his family when they opened a convenience store and restaurant on the present Alexandria Pizzeria site. Roger's favourite sports were football, lacro...

Charles Francis Gauthier

Year Inducted: 1979

Charles Francis Gauthier was born August 21, 1886, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Nappie Gauthier, lot one in the 4th, Kenyon. He was educated in Alexandria separate and high schools. He continued his studies ...

Archibald J. "Archie" MacDonald

Year Inducted: 1993

Mention the word “Archie’s” to residents of Cornwall and area and they immediately tink of golf. Archie’s Golf Range was started in 1955 by Glengarry native, Archie T. Macdonald, who ne...

Clarence Alexander Cattanach

Year Inducted: 1984

Clarence Alexander Cattanach was born in Williamstown, December, 23rd, 1885. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Cattanach.

Clarence Cattanach as he was known throughout his life was one of Gleng...

Gwen Cleary Morris

Year Inducted: 2000

Sports have always been a part of Gwen Morris’ life, from games of shinny on the streets of Maxville where she was raised, to the cinder tracks and hockey arena of local politics. After graduating from Ma...

Donnie Morris

Year Inducted: 2005

Donnie Morris has been involved in sports in some capacity for most of his 52 years. In minor hockey, the native of the 4th of Kenyon was fortunate to take advantage of the opportunities provided for him by his ...

Burns McPherson

Year Inducted: 2002

As a boy growing up on a farm in Kenyon Township Burns played the regular boy/girl games of minor soccer and hockey - two of Glengarry's favorite pastimes. He was born February 23, 1948 the son of Ranald and E...

William Gebbie

Year Inducted: 1991

From his youth in minor hockey, at the one-time Glengarry Gardens, "Billy" Gebbie of Alexandria was a devoted sports fan. He was especially interested in minor hockey, the Junior B. Alexandria Glens,and the Old...

Russell Raymond

Year Inducted: 1999

The majority of Glengarry soccer players never earn the opportunity to hoist the championship trophy. Russel Raymond savored this act of celebration on 18 occasions, 11 as a coach and seven as a player.

Atten...

Nancy Graham MacKenzie

Year Inducted: 2004

Beginning High School in 1949 Nancy looked forward to Field Day as both her older brother and sister had been active in sports. She vividly remembers her first race which was held on Bishop Street and w...

John Joseph MacDonald

Year Inducted: 1987

“Joe,” “J.J.” or “Joe Blue Room” as he was popularly known was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. John Laughlin MacDonald, lot 22, 2nd Concession, Lochiel (Glen Robertson road). He was born April...

Johanne Lynne Cholette Pattyn

Year Inducted: 1996

Johanna Cholette first picked up a barbell in 1981. By the end of 1982, she was Ontario’s female powerlifting champion and a few months later she captured the Canadian title. By the time she re...

Donald Jr. Gamble

Year Inducted: 1998

Ottawa would be a much different place if Don Gamble Jr. had not made sports and recreation his life’s choice. From his early days until his untimely death from cancer in 1995, Don lived sports.

He was no...

Alex Sullivan

Year Inducted: 1986

Williamstown was the home of pioneer tinsmith and lacrosse great Jeremiah "Gerry" Sullivan and his wife the former Theresa MacPherson.

Emerging from this home, in addition to one daughter, were six boys, all at...

Don Blaney

Year Inducted: 2008

Don was born January 19th, 1950, at home on the farm, to parents Charles and Doris Blaney. He is the fourth child of six (Joan, Doug Susan, Don, Neil and Charlene). He began to work on the farm at the early age of ...

Joan Benton

Year Inducted: 2008

Joan Benton was born in Apple Hill to parents Myles and Edna Benton. She attended the local primary school, then Maxville Public, graduating from Maxville High School. In high school she played volley ball, basket...

John Chafee

Year Inducted: 2001

John Chafee John Chafee was born and raised in Summerstown, Ontario and has lived in Glengarry County for most of his life. He is an avid sportsman and has been an enthusiastic and dedicated participant, coach, or...

Duncan A. Macdonell

Year Inducted: 2002

Seccess is measured in terms of the contribution an individual has made to fellow human beings and community. To this day, Duncan Macdonell has dedicated himself to his home community of Glengarry County t...

Joseph Andre Marcoux

Year Inducted: 1980

Joseph Andre Marcoux was the son of Osias Marcoux and his wife the former Marie Demontigny. He was born on the Marcoux farm homestead a short distance east of Alexandria on the Glen Roberston road at MacP...

Laurent Ladouceur

Year Inducted: 2009

Laurent Ladouceur, from Alexandria, started out as an amateur Mini Stock racer and now 3 decades later he has reached a current status as a professional pilot in the world of DIRTcar Modified Racing.

Lauren...

Kaye Hay

Year Inducted: 2006

Kaye Hay was born October 14, 1934 to parents Christina Ross and Thomas Hay and he continues to reside on the family farm today. Kaye attended the local elementary school and later Alexandria High School.

As the you...

James Patrick McCaffrey

Year Inducted: 1985

With this week’s brief biography of one of Alexandria’s great lacrosse players and a successful builder-manager of championship hockey and football teams in Canada, we add the name of James Patrick...

1923 Lancaster Tug-of-War Team

Year Inducted: 2007

Tug of War was a popular sport nearly one hundred years ago. Every town/village had a team and there was great rivalry when their teams met on a regular schedule. The Lancaster Tug of War team w...

Lawrence Currier

Year Inducted: 1986

The biographies of two 1986 Sports Hall of Fame inductees, Lawrence Currier and Lawrence Coleman, are unique in Glengarry sport history. They are justifiably classed as builders and stalwart players of the or...

Frank McCormick

Year Inducted: 1990

Tawaarathon, the Indian name for lacrosse, was popularily played in Glengarry from the 1880s to the 1920s when interest declined until the later revival of box lacrosse. The sodded, lengthy field game was play...

Edmond Rochon

Year Inducted: 2004

In the thirties lacrosse players had many fans, among them were the Rochon boys. They were great stick handlers, but because of their age and the fact that the brand of lacrosse being played at that time was in ...

John Howard Carey

Year Inducted: 1990

Howard Carey, an induction nominee in the Glengarry Sports Hall of Fame, September 12th, Maxville, may be fittingly classed as a descendant of Glengarry’s cradle of athletes, Williamstown and area.

Althou...

Gilles Joanette

Year Inducted: 2001

Gilles was born September 14, 1940 the only son of Alfred and Cecile Joanette who lived on a dairy farm east of Glen Robertson. Gilles and his wife Madeleine Levac live in the same farm and now keep beef cattl...

Alexander MacDonald

Year Inducted: 1984

Athletes of the Scottish Games, and track and field, generally speaking, are in two separate classes. For instance, rarely does an athlete enter competition in both groups. However, in Glengarry at the tur...

Margaret Cattanach

Year Inducted: 2004

Margaret Cattanach was born February 20, 1896 the daughter of John and Margaret Cattanach of Williamstown, Ontario. She attended Williamstown Public School and then Williamstown High School where she was an...

1920's Martintown Tug-of-War Team

Year Inducted: 1984

The famous Martintown Tug-of-War Team of the 1920's won many a pull. They competed and conquered in tug-of-wars outside the county, and cherish two of these victories in particular. The first...

Dr. Donald MacIntyre Gamble

Year Inducted: 1982

Dr. Don Gamble of the Russell Gambles, became a Glengarrian by adoption in late 1939 when he began his Veterinary practice in Maxville and area. His ice leadership promptly enhanced his professiona...

Roddy McLeod

Year Inducted: 2007

Roddy McLeod Sr. was born in Lancaster, Ontario in 1947. His heavyweight career started in 1975 while he was attending The Glengarry Highland Games. He decided that he'd like to try the Heavyweight Events. And so...

Robert MacKinnon

Year Inducted: 2006

Bob MacKinnon had a positive impact on amateur hockey locally and nationally for almost four decades. Mr. McKinnon, 64, of Oakville was the chairman of the Canadian Hockey Association from 1997 to 1999 and wa...

Viola McRae

Year Inducted: 2001

At a time when a lot of ladies start to think of leading a more sedate life style, Viola McRae is an exception. She is still on the mound hurling strikes in a ball game, sometimes playing along with her daughter. ...

James Stuart Rayside

Year Inducted: 1980

Stuart Rayside was a son of Big Jim Rayside and his wife the former Janet Grant of Martintown. Stuart Rayside was born in 1874 on the Rayside farm homestead on the fringe of Martintown. Stuart Rayside rec...

Pipe Major John Thomas MacKenzie

Year Inducted: 1984

Pipe Major John Thomas MacKenzie is another rightfully classed as a Glengarrian by adoption. Pipie, as he is popularly known among his legions of friends, was born September 16th, 1920, as the...

Brian Filion

Year Inducted: 2003

Brian Filion was born September 29, 1956 and spent all of his life in Glengarry County, with the exception of his years away at school. After graduating from Glengarry District High School, Brian attended Waterlo...