Roy Johnston

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• Interesting: Hockey, Sports
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-152517
• Hall of Fame - Cambridge Sports Hall of Fame: 2005, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Hockey teacher

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ROY N. JOHNSTON 1928-1989

Member of the Cambridge Hall of Fame (1996) Married: Barbara Webster

Roy Johnston was born in Galt on August 7, 1928 and was a purchasing agent for the Hydro Electric Commission of Cambridge and North Dumfries for 30 years. His real passion, however, was minor hockey in Galt. For over 30 years he dedicated himself to minor hockey in the city, serving as a hockey coach, manager, convenor and on the executive on the Galt Minor Hockey Association including a term as president. His dedication to minor hockey earned him the title of "Mr. Hockey". He was also the founder and the guiding light behind the Galt Minor Hockey School which he started in 1967 to teach young hockey players, aged 6 to 9 the fundamentals of the game including how to skate properly. The program, which is still in operation, uses both on-ice and in class sessions to teach the game. It has been so successful that it has been studied by hockey educators throughout Canada. Mr. Johnston was presented with the Benita and Don Rope Trophy in 1982 as the Sports Contributor of the year at the 7th Annual Cambridge Sports Banquet in recognition of his long term contributions to minor sport in Cambridge. Mr. Johnston died on December 21, 1989

Sources:
1. "Hall of Fame Citation", City of Cambridge Archives, Inducted February 1996.
2. Obituary Cambridge Reporter Saturday December 23, 1989.


Cambridge Mosaic, Jim Quantrell, 1998, City of Cambridge [used with kind permission of Jim Quantrell]