Lorne Tudhope was born in Parry Sound, Ontario, on July 1, 1925. Lorne went on to join the armed forces in January of 1944, where he became a member of the first parachute battalion during WWII, jumping from planes onto enemy grounds, a daring and brave task. While hitchhiking back to his base in Niagara… Read more »
Doug Orr
Doug Orr was born in Parry Sound on January 15, 1925. He attended Victory School where he excelled as a gifted athlete. He particularly liked hockey and played on the 1937 Victory School Hockey Team. In high school hockey, fastball and track & field were his sports of choice. As a highly skilled hockey player,… Read more »
Don Cherry
Donald Cherry was born in Kingston Ontario, February 5, 1934. Don grew up at 518 Albert Street and attended Rideau Elementary School where he excelled in sports, particularly hockey and baseball. Even though he disliked school, his mother often pleaded, “Donald is smart. If he would only apply himself, I know he can do it.”… Read more »
James “Frosty” Hannon
James Frances was born to Hubert and Theresa Hannon on October the 4th, 1928 in Placentia, Newfoundland. Jim’s father ran a business in the town delivering furnace oil while his mother was a homemaker who cared for her family as well as her ailing father. When Jim was six years old, his father Hubert passed… Read more »
Raymond Barks
Raymond William Barks played and coached hockey the way he lived his life: always at 110 percent. This Bobby Orr Hall of Fame inductee was born on July 22nd, 1936 at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Parry Sound, the only child of Thora and Raymond Barks. Though his family lived briefly in Toronto, Raymond and his… Read more »
