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Stories And More About The People In Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry with Area Senior : Glen Grant
was a good Center and could check, few people when I suggested that Bob
Bordie (former Cornwall Royal) be inducted in the Builders category.
could put the puck in the net, and I never held a grudge once I came off
I was the guy that got the puck out of the sporting field, - I had deserved
of the corner. I didn’t have soft the suspension. However, in my final
By Jim Riddell hands like some of the guys. While year in the JOC we had a good team
playing with the Cornwall Oldtimers and won the league championship.
“I started playing hockey with the I ended up getting kicked out of a Our team was sponsored by a
neighborhood kids on the outdoor few tournaments. One of the players business owned by Hank Greggain’s
rinks at King George Park when told me to ‘settle down’ or I would mother and she wanted to buy us
I was about nine years old. Minor be kicked off the team. I went to see jackets, but we weren’t keen on
hockey was all outdoors then, we team President Eddie Emerton to wearing a ‘Martha’s Corset Shop’
would have to scrape the ice at the apologize, and Eddie told me not to jacket. We compromised and ended
Athletic Grounds (Joe St. Denis change a thing as he liked the way up with the initials MCS.”
field). When we were in Bantam I played. Eddie had played the same
The sport that Glen is best known
the Bob Turner opened and for us, it Submitted photo way.” Glen continued playing with for is fastball, which he started
was like walking into the Montreal the Cornwall Oldtimers, retiring from playing at a young age. The Grant
Forum.” once.” hockey following a hip replacement family lived about a half block away
Glen was a member of Cornwall’s Glen eventually returned to at age 60. from the ball diamond at the King
first travelling Bantam team, then hockey at the Sr level to play with Glen played several other sports George Park. A lot of time was spent
moved up to Jr B until he was forced the Cornwall Anchor team. “We as well. Football at CCVS, then there and Glen began playing in the
to make a choice between hockey had many good players on that team, one season of Jr Lacrosse with the North End Fastball league when
or basketball. “Our basketball everybody wanted to play with us. Cornwall Celtics. The next year he was 18. “I was over to watch a
coaches at CCVS convinced us not I had a house back in Rosedale and Alexandria wanted to put a team in the game and Floyd LaFave came and
to play hockey at a competitive level, I had Bordie Harrington and Girard league but were short a few players asked me to play as his team was
telling us that different muscles Bingley living with me and it was a and were looking for volunteers, short players. I had always played
were required. I loved basketball; gathering place for the teams. Other with Glen saying, “My mother was the outfield, but he put me at first
it was my favorite game, so that teams liked to play us on a Sunday from McCrimmon’s Corners, so I base. There would be hundreds of
was the choice that I made. I had to morning, we would all go to the offered to join them, - they were fans attending the game, so I was
pass by Dr. Bateman’s house every Anchor after the game and then back mostly farm kids and did we ever taking a few seconds to check out the
day on my paper route and his son to my house.” Later, Glen played have a rough and tough team. I also crowd when Floyd called my name
Tom would be out in the driveway several years with the Cornwall played a lot of broomball over the and threw to me, hitting me in the
waiting to challenge me to a one on Oldtimers, on a line with Hank years in the old JOC League. “Due stomach and knocking the wind out
one. Tom was 6’4” and the Center on Greggain and Bordie Herrington. to my style of play, I was suspended of me. He came over, picked up the
our team and that’s where I learned “Our line stayed together for years, it by league President Bob Racine. ball and told me that if I was going to
to elude tall guys under the basket. was the kind of line where we always Years later when I was a member of play on his team, don’t ever take my
We had a good team; we won two Jr knew where each other would be the Cornwall Sports Hall of Fame eye off the ball. That was a valuable
Championships and went to EOSSA and we scored a lot of goals. Hank Selection Committee, I surprised a Continued on page 23
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