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Queen's Athletics Coaching History 1873-2003In the year 2003, Queen's University Athletics and Recreation supported fifty Interuniversity teams and clubs. This is quite the accomplishment given the size of the university and its student population number, yet without the dedication and persistence of coaches many of these sports would not be offered today. Queen's University has a reputation of producing strong competitors, however, athletes need guidance and coaching to attain their best possible performance and Queen's Athletics has had its share of excellent and dedicated coaches. This inclusive coaching summary is a testament to the hard work and dedication shown by our coaching and medical staff over one hundred and thirty years from 1873-2003. As a number of our athletes have gone onto greater success in both their athletic and personal careers so to have a number of our coaches. The likes of Dr. Harry Batstone, "Pep" Leadlay, Ted Reeve, Frank Tindall have received many accolades and have been inducted into the Canadian Sport Hall of Fame or the Canadian Football Hall of Fame or both. Others such as John Armitage, Katherine "Cookie" Cartwright, John "Jake" Edwards, Doug Hargreaves, Al Lenard, Rolf Lund, and Annabelle Twiddy have been inducted into the Kingston Sport Hall of Fame as an acknowledgement of their hard work and dedication to sport in Kingston and surrounding area. Still others, such as Marion Ross, Anne Turnbull and other female coaches, while not recognized nationally or by local Sport Hall of Fames, have made a lasting contribution to women's intercollegiate sports. The coaching record took over five years to compile using old athletic records, student newspapers, university publications and local newspapers in order to verify and validate the years of service and accomplishments of our coaching staff. With over 2,000 plus head and assistant coaches, doctors, athletic trainers, and student trainers the purpose of this mostly primary research was to ascertain the dates and coaching history of our coaching staff and associated personnel. While the first recorded Intercollegiate athletic event at Queen's University took place in 1873, the first actual and formalized game was an association football championship (now known as soccer) which was held in the Fall of 1883. From 1873 until the later part of the 1890's much of the coaching expertise came from faculty members and from the players themselves. As such, early coaching records are very sparse and team photos do not accurately include the names of coaches. This explains hopefully the gaps in our early coaching history. Also, given the fact that some early historical records were lost due to renovation work on the Physical Education Centre in the early 1970's, this is the most complete coaching record of Queen's University Intercollegiate - Interuniversity team coaches to date. While this document was compiled mainly as a historical overview, the main focus of the research was to determine likely candidates for induction into a Coaches Hall of Fame. On May 21, 2003 after five years of successful primary research was finally completed, the Hall came to fruition as 275 coaches were inducted. In the three to nine year category 198 coaches were inducted, in the ten to nineteen category 30 retired coaches were so honoured while 10 still active coaches were recognized for their work. Finally, in the twenty year plus category 20 retired coaches were inducted into the Hall while 7 continuing coaches and team doctors in this category were recognized also. The coaches were inducted into the Hall during a public ceremony and were given either a certificate or a plaque based on their years of commitment. The author wishes to acknowledge Julie Sharrard, a work bursary student, for her efforts and assistance in compiling this extensive coaching record. Also, the author wishes to thank Paul Banfield, and staff at the Queen's Archives for their assistance on creating this record. Finally, the author wishes to acknowledge the support of John McFarlane, Chair of Queen's Athletics and Recreation, and the University Council on Athletics for sponsoring this very worthwhile research. Hendrik (Henk) Willem Pardoel
June 18, 2003
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