Jack Couch

1913 - 1974  (61 years)

• Name	Jack Couch
  Born	1913	Clinton, Bruce Co., Ontario
  Gender	Male
  Died	1974
  Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region	Bef 2012	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Jack Couch was born in Clinton, Ontario and at age seven moved to Kitchener with his parents. He received his education at Victoria School and Kitchener Collegiate and later entered the electrical field. He became interested in athletics at an early age and at fifteen was playing senior baseball. Later, he managed and coached championship teams in Kitchener and Waterloo. He was keenly interested in junior baseball and organized the Kitchener Dodgers, a junior team, in 1954. The team made the Inter-County finals ten times, winning seven titles. The Dodgers also won the Ontario honours in 1956. Couch's playing days ended in 1947, two years after returning from service in the Navy. He not only played baseball but over a period of fourteen years played defence on Junior, Intermediate and Senior Hockey Teams. In 1967 he was the recipient of the first K-W Annual Sports Celebrity Citation Award and retired from active sports participation in 1969. Past and Present Inductees. (2017). Waterlooregionmuseum.ca. Retrieved 25 June 2017, from https://www.waterlooregionmuseum.ca/en/exhibits/past-and-present-inductees.aspx
  Honoured	200 East Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Jack Couch Park named in his honour
  Military	WW2
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-116452
  Person ID	I116452	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Jack Couch was born in Clinton, Ontario and at age seven moved to Kitchener with his parents. He received his education at Victoria School and Kitchener Collegiate and later entered the electrical field. He became interested in athletics at an early age and at fifteen was playing senior baseball. Later, he managed and coached championship teams in Kitchener and Waterloo. He was keenly interested in junior baseball and organized the Kitchener Dodgers, a junior team, in 1954. The team made the Inter-County finals ten times, winning seven titles. The Dodgers also won the Ontario honours in 1956. Couch's playing days ended in 1947, two years after returning from service in the Navy. He not only played baseball but over a period of fourteen years played defence on Junior, Intermediate and Senior Hockey Teams. In 1967 he was the recipient of the first K-W Annual Sports Celebrity Citation Award and retired from active sports participation in 1969. The Waterloo Region Hall of Fame

  
  

• Sources

  [S220] Waterloo Region Hall of Fame Waterloo Region Hall of Fame.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1913 - Clinton, Bruce Co., Ontario Hall of Fame - Waterloo Region - Bef 2012 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth