Boxing

Cobby Coville

Inducted into the Brockville and Area Sports Hall of Fame June 13th, 2003.

Cobby Coville was a fiery young athlete at Brockville Collegiate who was proficient in swimming, boxing and hockey. As a boxer he was a five-time Golden Gloves Champion in the Bantam Weight Class before the age of 20.

His real love was hockey. After playing Junior and Senior hockey he became a scout for the Philadephia Flyers of the NHL. In 1967 he travelled all over North America and Europe until 1990, searching out players. A career for 23 years and two Stanley Cups.

He also had a stint as the Coach and General Manager of the Brockville Braves.

Coville was instrumental in raising funds to have artifical ice installed in Centre ‘76 in Athens. He was active in Athens Minor Hockey, and Figure Skating Associations. He died in May, 2002.

George Hunter

Inducted into the Brockville and District Hall of Fame June 10th, 2011.

George Hunter was an orphan whose parents were killed in a car accident
in 1914 in Glasgow, Scotland. He and his older brother William were sent to
Canada to the Fairknowe Home where they grew up.

George shared his love of sport by setting up a Brockville team to play in the
Ontario Scottish Soccer Association for men under age of 30. This league
for men age 30 ran from 1931-1941 when World War Two called several
players including George. After the war, he established a Walk-in Boxing
Centre for Brockville youth on Perth Street in 1947. This ran until 1952
when his love for the game of hockey took over. In 1955 he established a
hockey team for premier young players called the CE Hunter Flyers. George
financed this team with his own money. The team became the present day
Brockville Braves. George served as a founding trainer for the Braves until
1976. If a player showed up and didn’t have the equipment, George would
purchase it for the player. George’s belief was the youth were better off
playing sports than getting in trouble. He was voted Brockville Kinsmen
Sportsman of the Year for six years in a row from 1962 to 1967.

Jay Glynn

Inducted into the Brockville and Area Sports Hall of Fame: June 9th, 2000

As a young boy, Jay had a natural athletic aptitude. He developed impressive skills in several sports, but it was his courage and tenacity. Indeed his out and out doggedness, that made him stand out.

He began working out at the Brockville “Y”. It was the boxing coaches there that presented him with the potent combination of art, strength, courage and conditioning and lured him into the ring. He joined the Ottawa Beaver Boxing Club for further training. Jay achieved Ontario Championship Certificates from 1985 – 1988 and was a member of Team Canada in 1985 and 1988. He was the Ontario Light Heavyweight Champion from 1985 to 1988. He won a silver medal in the Olympic trials for Team Canada. A silver in Greece and a silver medal at the National Championships in Edmonton, all in 1988.

Jay is also a master swimmer, plays competitive squash. An avid cyclist and a cross-country skier, he was “All Ontario” track & field, excelling in distance running in high school.