Roy Johnston

1928 - 1989  (61 years)

• Name	Roy Johnston
  Born	7 Aug 1928	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Died	21 Dec 1989
  Hall of Fame - Cambridge Sports Hall of Fame	2005	Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Hockey teacher
  Interesting	Hockey, Sports
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-152517
  Person ID	I152517	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

• Notes

  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]

  
  

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  Born - 7 Aug 1928 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Hall of Fame - Cambridge Sports Hall of Fame - Hockey teacher - 2005 - Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth