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Builders

Myers, Ed

 (1946 – )

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SPORT | Basketball, Minor Baseball, Track & Field

POSITION | Coach, Administrator

YEAR OF INDUCTION | 2006

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Career

1965-74 – minor baseball supervisor for mite through bantam houseleague and travel teams

1971-76 – hockey school organizer for Chatham Maroons

1968-77 – coached football at CCI – was instrumental in restoring this program

1972 – won Kent and SWOSSA championships

1969-78 – coached CCI senior boys basketball

1974 – won OFSAA silver medal

1978-90 – convened Kent and SWOSSA track and field meets

1978-97 – coached CKSS senior boys basketball for 20 years

1978-98 – organized as many as 8 Jaycee sponsored basketball tournaments a year for 20 years – these included senior, junior, midget, and elementary for both boys and girls

1995 – 2002 – coached CKSS senior girls basketball

1995 – won OFSAA Bronze Medal

1998 – won OFSAA Gold Medal

2002 – 2004 – coached CKSS junior girls basketball

1997 – 2012 – convened Chatham Legion track and field meets

has served on executive of Chatham Kent Phys Ed Heads Association and Kent County Secondary Schools Athletic Association


Accomplishments

1985 – as a result of his involvement with the Jaycee basketball tournaments, was made a member of the Honourary Board of Governors of the Canadian Jaycees, becoming only the 60th non-Jaycee in all of Canada to be so honoured

1998 – received the prestigious OFSAA Award for Leadership in Athletics


In Addition

Ed has been active in his community. In 1987 he became a member of the inaugural Board of Directors for Active Living/Participaction Canada and served in that capacity for seven years. As co-chairman of the Chatham-Kent Community Athletic Complex development committee, he was one of the leaders in establishing the first-class championship caliber track and field facility behind Chatham-Kent Secondary School.

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