William Addison (1918-2009)

Sports executive.

Born at Carberry, Manitoba on 13 April 1918, he was a lifelong lover of sports. He was involved with the West End Orieoles Community Club, Winnipeg Pony League baseball and managing the Winnipeg Braves hockey team, which in the 1958-59 season won the Memorial Cup, defeating the Petersborough Peters, led by the famous coach Scotty Bowman, the last Manitoba team to win the Memorial Cup. In 1970, he was awarded a Manitoba Centennial Medal by the Manitoba Historical Society. In 1985, he was inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame as a Builder. He was the president of the MAHA and served as the commissioner of the MJHL league for over two decades, ultimately having a division of the league named after him.

He died at Winnipeg on 6 January 2009.

Sources:

Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 10 January 2009.

This profile was written by Kris Keen.

Profile revised: 14 June 2009

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