Rowing

Inducted into the Brockville and Area Sports Hall of Fame: June 12th, 1998

Thain Simon has been described as one of the best athletes ever to come out of Brockville. At the Royal Canadian Henley, he won three gold and three bronze sculling medals in three years in the early 1940s. At the same time, he played defence in Junior “A” Hockey and fullback in football. For two years, he was a running back with the Ottawa Hurricanes of the Canadian Football League. In the 1947-1948 season, he played two games with the NHL’s Detroit Red Wings before suffering an injury. He continued playing semi-pro hockey before making his home in Pembroke, where he played four years of senior hockey. He is an ardent golfer.