Steve Foldeak

INDUCTED INTO THE BROCKVILLE & AREA HALL OF FAME JUNE 13, 1996.

A BROCKVILLE NATIVE, STEVE HAS DEVOTED MANY YEARS TO SPORTS, BOTH PLAYING AND COACHING. AS A YOUNGSTER, SKATING IN HIS BACK YARD, HOCKEY WAS HIS FAVOURITE SPORT BUT HE EXCELLED IN ALL SPORTS AND WAS CHOSEN AS BEST ATHLETE FROM ALL LOCAL SCHOOLS ON HIS GRADE EIGHT SPORTS DAY.

IN 1933 STEVE WAS A MEMBER OF THE BCI TEAM THAT WON THE SENIOR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP AGAINST TORONTO. STEVE PLAYED ON THE BROCKVILLE JR’S, WINNING THE OTTAWA DISTRICT CITIZEN SHIELD IN ’34 AND ’35. IN 1938 STEVE WAS A MEMBER OF THE PRESCOTT SENIOR HOCKEY TEAM THAT WON THE OTTAWA DISTRICT CITIZEN’S SHIELD.

AFTER SERVING TIME WITH THE CANADIAN FORCES, STEVE WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE TO RAISE MONEY TO BUILD THE ORIGINAL BROCKVILLE MEMORIAL CENTRE, THEN COACHED MANY TEAMS FROM 1948 INTO THE 60’S. HE WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE BROCKVILLE FIGURE SKATING CLUB IN 1960 AND WAS THE CLUB PRESIDENT IN 1962. IN THE FALL OF 1962, STEVE ACCEPTED THE POSITION AS MANAGER OF THE BROCKVILLE MEMORIAL CENTRE AND SERVED IN THAT CAPACITY UNTIL 1975.