Charles ‘Chick’ Kirkby

INDUCTED INTO THE BROCKVILLE & AREA HALL OF FAME JUNE 11, 1993.

WHETHER ON THE DIAMOND OR IN THE RINK, CHICK KIRKBY WAS ONE OF PRESCOTT’S LEGENDARY ATHLETES DURING THE GOLDEN AGE OF SPORTS IN THE FORT TOWN IN THE 1940s. CHICK CAPTAINED THE PRESCOTT JUNIOR HOCKEY CLUB WHICH CAPTURED THE CITIZEN SHIELD IN 1945, THE ONLY PRESCOTT HOCKEY TEAM TO ACCOMPLISH THAT FEAT. FOR ALMOST 50 YEARS CHICK HAS BEEN A FIXTURE ON THE PRESCOTT AND AREA SPORTS SCENE AS A PLAYER, MANAGER, COACH, GROUNDSKEEPER, ORGANIZER, TICKET TAKER, FUNDRAISER AND ALL-AROUND DEVOTEE OF AMATEUR SPORTS. IN 1990, THE TOWN OF PRESCOTT OFFICIALLY OPENED THE ‘CHICK KIRKBY LITTLE LEAGUE DIAMOND’ IN HIS HONOUR, RECOGNIZING HIS OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO AMATEUR SPORTS.