Position: Defense Born April 3, 1961 — Parry Sound, Ontario Height 5.11 — Weight 180 Neil Belland grew up in Britt in the early 60’s skating and playing hockey on the Magnetawan River. He and his brothers took to the game, playing it for hours. Gary Sabourin, another Britt resident, was an inspiration for Neil… Read more »
Frank Carson
Position: Right Wing Born January 12, 1902 — Bracebridge, Ontario Height 5.07 — Weight 165 — Shoots R During the lumber boom of the early 1900’s Donald Carson packed up his family in Bracebridge and headed west for Parry Sound. The Carson Family settled in at 33 Church Street, when Frank Carson was just a… Read more »
Floyd Thomson
Position: Left Wing Born June 14, 1949 — Sudbury, Ontario Height 6.00 — Weight 190 Floyd Thomson was born in Capreol, Ontario a healthy thirteen-pound baby. His mother taught him how to skate when he was just a toddler. And skate he did. When he played minor hockey in the Capreol – Sudbury area he… Read more »
Dave Burrows
Position: Defense Born January 11, 1949 — Toronto, Ontario Height 6.01 — Weight 175 Dave Burrows grew up in Toronto and began skating on the Pine Point Outdoor Arena in Etobicoke. Little did he know that his love of skating was an investment in his future. The only reason he started playing hockey was so… Read more »
Bill Beagan
Born: December 1, 1937 – Parry Sound, Ontario Born in Parry Sound, Bill Beagan was the second youngest of twelve children. After completing grade 10 at Parry Sound High he joined the Army Soldier Apprentices. He had an exemplary thirteen year military career serving as a United Nations Peacekeeper in Egypt, working at the National… Read more »
Wayne Clairmont
Position: Left Wing Born July 5, 1943, Parry Sound, Ontario Height 5.09 — Weight 170 Wayne Clairmont grew up on River Street in Parry Sound where he and his brothers Neil and Paul took a real interest in skating and playing outdoor hockey with sister Jean watching from the sidelines. He attended Victory Public School… Read more »
Gerald “Stub” Carson
Position: Defense Born Oct 10 1903 — Parry Sound, ONT Height 5.08 — Weight 175 — Shoots L Gerald “Stub” Carson was born in Parry Sound on October 10, 1903, at 33 Church Street the last of six children of Donald and Elizabeth Carson. He began playing hockey with his brothers Frank and Leslie on… Read more »
1936-37 Junior Shamrocks
As one of the first Parry Sound teams to compete for a provincial trophy, the 1936/37 Parry Sound Junior Shamrocks are remembered for putting Parry Sound on the map as a sports town. During the 1936-37 hockey season the Parry Sound Junior Shamrocks continuously appeared in local newspapers with such comments such as “Sixty minutes… Read more »
Ivan “Ching” Johnson
Ivan Johnson was born in Parry Sound on March 14, 1919 to parents Peter and Matilda. Matilda Johnson was a widow with five children — John, Norm, William, Olga and Ada. The family was on a return trip to Norway when Peter Jensen met Matilda on the ship. On February 10, 1914 Peter and Matilda… Read more »
Neil Clairmont
Neil Patrick Clairmont was born in Parry Sound, Ontario May 16, 1947 to Alvin and Ida Clairmont. Clairmont was the second of four children. His older brother Wayne was inducted into the Bobby Orr Hall of Fame in 2005. Clairmont also has two younger siblings Paul and Jeannie. The Clairmont family grew up on River… Read more »
