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Jim Riddell’s Sports Talk
Presents with Area Senior Jim Borland
Serving You Since 1937
locations, one in Stalybridge Manchester, on March
25, 1910, and another from Glasgow, Scotland on
September 13th, 1909. “Jim never confirmed either
one,” Art stated. “One of our family members had
heard that he was an orphan, another that he was
By Jim Riddell a British Home Child. It’s too late now to verify
those details. What we do know is that he died on
ecently, I had the opportunity to chat with
January 31st, 1970, at age 59. That is official.”
Rformer College Professor Art Buckland.
Readers of the Sports Energy Seniors column may Jim Borland was a talented hockey player. In
recall the story that was done on Art (Issue 77) on 1934 he travelled to England and played on Great
his coaching career in hockey and football. This Britain’s’ National team, which finished 8th in the
conversation was about Art’s uncle, Jim Borland, World Ice Hockey Championships held in Milan,
who lived in Montreal but spent time in the Italy. Without a job in 1935, Jim sailed to England
Cornwall area. again and captained the Brighton Tigers. With the
1936 Olympics approaching, Great Britain took
Art said that his uncle was a generous man and an enterprising approach to form their Olympic
always the family hero, but he did have some
Hockey team. They had won medals previously,
mystery. As is sometimes the case from that era, using Canadian’s who were university students Photo Submitted
details of Jim’s early life are a bit sketchy and there studying in England. For the 1936 games, the British
were some rumours that were never confirmed.
Ice Hockey Association decided to use players that
Research provided two different birth dates and
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