Wilmot F. Young

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

WILMOT YOUNG HAS BEEN A DRIVING FORCE SINCE HE STARTED THE POLICE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION TO GIVE YOUNGSTERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME INVOLVED IN SPORTS. AS FOUNDER, ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AND COACH, HE OVERSAW ACTIVITIES RANGING FROM GIRLS SOFTBALL, BOYS BOXING AND HOCKEY TO LADIES BASKETBALL. AN ESTIMATED 5,000 BOYS AND GIRLS TOOK PART IN P.A.A. SPONSORED ACTIVITIES.

HE WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE BROCKVILLE GIRLS MINOR SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION, WHICH BEGAN IN 1969, AND CONTINUIED TO COACH AND UMPIRE. A MEMBER OF THE CITY POLICE FORCE FOR 39 YEARS AND POLICE CHIEF FOR 30 YEARS, HIS WORK IN THE COMMUNITY EARNED HIM LOCAL AND PROVINCIAL RECOGNITION.