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Kusler, Karen

  • SCN00154
  • Person
  • 1955?-

Karen Kusler Young, a graduate of Maple Creek High School, enrolled at the University of Saskatchewan (B.S. P.E., 1975; B. Ed., 1977) in 1971. She was on the Huskiettes basketball team for five seasons, scoring 1,899 points for an average of 11.7 per game and grabbing 978 rebounds. Karen was in the top 10 in conference scoring each of her last four seasons and among the top 10 in rebounds the last three years. The Huskiettes won the Eastern Division of the WCIAU title in her rookie season and were 128-34 in her five years. She missed only four games. While a student at the University of Saskatchewan, Karen represented Canada at the World University Games in Moscow in 1973.

Maguire, Webster T.

  • SCN00153
  • Person
  • 1911-2002

Webster T. Maguire (1911-2002), a graduate of Nutana Collegiate in Saskatoon, enrolled at the University of Saskatchewan (B.Sc., 1933; Med., 1933) in 1928. He was a city and provincial high school champion in sprints and continued the title run at university. As captain of the Huskies, he twice led the team to the Cairns Cup as WCIAU champions. At one time, Webster held WCIAU records in the 440 yards, the 880 and the broad jump. Webster also played on the Huskies basketball team for five years, winning the Rigby Trophy as Western Incollegiate champions in 1931-32. In 1931, he received a Major Athletic Award.

McKenzie (Dean), Dorothy

  • SCN00152
  • Person
  • 1909-1981

Dorothy (McKenzie) Walton (1909-1981), a graduate from high school in Swift Current, enrolled at the University of Saskatchewan (B.A., 1929; M.A., 1931) in 1926. From 1926 to 1930, she won more than 50 championships at the local, provincial and intervarsity levels. Walton played on 14 U of S athletic teams and was the first female awarded the Oak Shield as the University's outstanding athlete. While a student at the University of Saskatchewan, she represented the school on the intervarsity debate team, was a member of the Athletic Directorate and served as vice president of the Students Representative Council. Walton moved to Toronto in 1931 where she took up badminton. In 1939-40, she became the first player to hold Canadian, United States and All-England badminton titles concurrently and was recognized as the premier player in the world. In 1940, she was runner up in voting for the Lou Marsh Trophy as Canada's athlete of the year. In a poll by the Canadian Press, Dorothy was named one of the top six female athletes in Canada for the first half of the 20th century. She was a founding member of the Consumers' Association of Canada and was president from 1950 to 1953. In 1973, Walton was made a Member of the Order of Canada, Canada's highest civilian honour. She is an inductee into the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame, the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame and the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame.

Harradence, Asa Milton

  • SCN00151
  • Person
  • 1922-2008

Asa Milton "Milt" Harradence (1922-2008) was a Canadian criminal lawyer, pilot, politician and judge of the Court of Appeal of Alberta. Harradence was born in Blaine Lake, Saskatchewan and earned his law degree at the University of Saskatchewan in 1949. An outstanding middleweight boxer, Harradence was on the intervarsity boxing team for three years. He led the University to two Intervarsity Assault-at-Arms victories. He competed at both the interfaculty and intervarsity level at tennis. He captured singles and doubles titles while representing the University. In 1946-1947, he was part of the Western Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Union championship team that travelled to McGill University in Montreal for the unofficial Canadian university championship. Harradence became a member of the University of Saskatchewan Athletic Wall of Fame in 1984. He was a Calgary alderman from 1957-1959, president of the Calgary Bar Association in 1960 and the leader of the PC party in Alberta between 1962-1964. In 1975 he was named one of Canada's top lawyers by Canadian Magazine. He served as judge with Alberta's Court of Appeal from 1979 to 1997.

Cartwright, Ethel Mary

  • SCN00150
  • Person
  • 1880-1955

A pioneer in women's athletics, Ethel Mary Cartwright was born on 1 October 1880 in Clapham, England. Appointed as an instructor at McGill's Royal Victoria College in 1906, she taught there until 1927, where she had been a coach, teacher and administrator for 22 years. While at McGill Cartwright devised eligibility and playing rules for women's basketball, organized a women's intercollegiate league, coached the Royal Victoria College team and established the "Bronze Baby Trophy" in 1921-1922, still awarded today to the CIAU (now CIS) women's basketball champions. Cartwright arrived at the University of Saskatchewan in 1928, where she was a leader and innovator for women in physical education and sport. She organized the women's physical education department. By 1931 a School of Physical Education had been established and under Cartwright’s leadership, women's sports at the university flourished and received autonomous recognition with the establishment of the Women's Athletic Directorate. Cartwright served at the U of S for 15 years as coach, teacher and administrator. Cartwright was also influential in the fight to employ women coaches and officials. In 1942 she established the Spirit of the Youth award, presented annually to the woman who best demonstrated the qualities of leadership, sportsmanship, idealism and academic ability, character and athleticism. The Canadian Association for Health, Physical Education Recreation, and Dance (CAHPERD) presented Cartwright with the R. Tait McKenzie Honour Award, its highest distinction, in 1948. She was named Professor Emerita after retirement. Cartwright died in Magog, Quebec on 18 September 1955. The Ethel Mary Cartwright Trophy is presented annually to the Huskie Athletics female athlete of the year. Cartwright was posthumously enshrined in both the University of Saskatchewan Athletic Hall of Fame (class of 1984) and McGill University Athletics Hall of Fame (1996).

Carson, Fred (Bud)

  • SCN00148
  • Person
  • 1923-2013

Fred (Bud) Carson (1923-2013) enrolled at the University of Saskatchewan (B.E.,1945) in 1942. He was a member of the Huskies football team for three years and was captain of the team in 1945. He was a guard on the basketball team for three years and also played water polo. Fred was president of the Men's Athletic Board for two years (1943-1945). He also coached the Huskiette basketball team for one year. In 1945, he received the Rusty McDonald Trophy for sportsmanship, leadership and athletic ability during his undergraduate years. He married Aldis Peterson, also an inductee into the University of Saskatchewan Athletic Wall of Fame. Carson died in Brockville, Ontario, in 2013 at age 90.

Giles, Larry

  • SCN00147
  • Person
  • 1955?-

Larry Giles attended Bedford Road Collegiate in Saskatoon. He won all-star honours as a Huskie in 1974 and 1975.

Redl, Doug

  • SCN00146
  • Person
  • 1956-

Doug Redl (b. 1956) enrolled at the University of Saskatchewan (B.S.P.E.1982; B.Ed. 1983) in 1974. He played on the Huskies football team from 1974 to 1977. Redl was named to the Canada West conference all-star team at offensive guard in 1976 and 1977. He also earned CIAU All-Canadian honours both years. Redl was named to the Canadian team for the Can-Am Bowl in Tampa, Florida, featuring college all-stars from Canada and the U.S, in 1977. Redl was selected by the Saskatchewan Roughriders as a territorial exemption in the 1978 CFL Draft. He played for the Toronto Argonauts from 1978 to 1979. Redl played for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in 1980 and 1982. His career ended due to a leg injury. Redl was an assistant coach for the Saskatchewan Huskies in 1984.

Gibbons, Robert (Bob)

  • SCN00144
  • Person
  • 1954-

Robert Gibbons, a native of Balcarres, enrolled at the University of Saskatchewan (B.S. A, 1979) in 1972. He played from 1972 to 1976 for the Huskies football team and was named a conference all-star offensive lineman in the Western Intercollegiate Athletic Association in 1974 and 1975. In wrestling, Gibbon won the CIAU heavyweight championship in 1977. Gibbons represented Canada at the World Cup in both 1976 and 1977. In 1978, he was named the most outstanding wrestler at the Canadian championships after winning titles in both freestyle and Greco-Roman categories. Later that year Gibbon won the gold medal in the super heavyweight class at the Commonwealth Games in Edmonton. Gibbons was awarded the E. Kent Phillips Trophy in 1977 as male athlete of the year at the University of Saskatchewan.

Phillips, Kent

  • SCN00143
  • Person
  • 189-?-197-?

E. Kent Phillips coached the Huskies football team from 1928-1937 and was an assistant coach from 1941-1943. Colb McEown was coach of the team in 1939, 1940, 1943, 1944 and 1945.

Clark, Wally

  • SCN00142
  • Person
  • 1918-2010

Wallace (Wally) Clark (1918-2010) attended the University of Saskatchewan and earned a degree in Agricultural Economics. Clark played varsity football, was an all-star in his first year and team captain in his final year, and won the Tommy Fraser Memorial Athletic Award.

Anderson, Evelyn

  • SCN00141
  • Person
  • 1913-197-?

Evelyn Anderson (nee Goodson) was born August 10, 1913. Her parents, William Hayle Goodson and Mary Goodson (nee Bevington), had emmigrated from Nebraska, USA to the Naisberry, Saskatchewan district ca. 1911. As William Goodson had poor health, the family spent time both on the farmstead and in nearby Melfort, Saskatchewan. Evelyn's education was obtained at the Naisberry school, the Melfort Public School, and the Melfort High School. She briefly joined her sister in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, but did not enjoy city life, so returned to Melfort. Evelyn worked at Stewart's Store and Harry Hunter's Bookstore in Melfort during the 1930s. She married Bert Anderson in 1932. Following the marriage, the two moved to a farmstead, but would later move back to the town. The Andersons had five children.

Pinder, Herbert, Sr.

  • SCN00140
  • Person
  • 1923-2014

Herbert Charles Pinder Sr. (1923-2014), a graduate of City Park Collegiate in Saskatoon, enrolled in the University of Saskatchewan (BA 1942) in 1939. He starred as an offensive end for the Huskies football team for two seasons and was quarterback of the team in his senior season with the Huskies won the Hardy Cup as Western Canadian champions. Pinder also played on the basketball team for two years, with the Huskies winning the Rigby Cup both seasons. He received his senior 'S' in 1941 and was on the swimming team in 1942. Pinder was also a member of the Men's Athletic Board for two years. He was a member of the Board of Governors for the University of Saskatchewan, serving as chairman from 1961 to 1963. He was named to the Order of Canada in 1997.

Abraham, Maxwell

  • SCN00139
  • Person
  • [1951]?

Maxwell Abraham graduated from high school in Cabri and enrolled at the University of Saskatchewan in 1969. He joined the Huskies football team in 1969 after playing for the Saskatoon Hilltops and winning a Canadian Junior Championship in 1968. During his three-year career with the Huskies, from 1969 to 1971, Abraham was selected to both the Western all-star and All-Canadian team, each season at a different defensive position. Abraham was also a member of the Huskies wrestling team for one year. He was an assistant coach with the Huskies football team in 1972. He graduated with a B.Ed. in 1973.

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