- A-3239
- Item
- [between 1937 and 1953]
Head and shoulders image of Hugh Carson, instructor, Physical Education.
Bio/Historical Note: Hugh Carson.was born in Scotland and emigrated with his family to Drumheller, Alberta, in 1923. A building boom was underway in Saskatoon and Carson was hired as a bricklayer on the Bessborough Hotel. Eventually, during the Great Depression, "Hughie" joined the University of Saskatchewan in 1926 on a part-time basis as soccer coach and athletic trainer. In 1937 he joined the Physical Education Department as a full-time teacher, coach and trainer. During Carson’s 27 years he devoted countless hours to the athletic success of the Green and White, coaching countless soccer, fencing and boxing teams. Carson retired in 1953.