Clayton Collison

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

CLAYT COLLISON, AS AN ATHLETE AND A COACH, TOUCHED THE LIVES OF THREE GENERATIONS OF AREA ATHLETES. HE WAS AN OUTSTANDING HOCKEY PLAYER AND SOFTBALL PLAYER. FOR OVER 20 YEARS HE WAS KNOWN AS BOTH AN OUTSTANDING PITCHER WHO WON HUNDREDS OF GAMES AND A HITTER WHO COULD ALWAYS DELIVER IN A CLUTCH SITUATION. CLAYT STARTED HIS COACHING CAREER DURING THE LATE 1950’S AND ENTERED THE 1960’S WITH THE BROCKVILLE DIGGERS. HE GUIDED THE TEAM OF AREA TEENAGERS TO THE ONTARIO JUVENILE ‘A’ AND JUNIOR ‘A’ CHAMPIONSHIPS. HE COACHED BOTH SENIORS AND YOUNGSTERS IN BASEBALL AND ALSO ENJOYED SUCCESS AS A HOCKEY COACH.

COLLISON WAS A FREE-SPIRIT LONG BEFORE THE TERM BECAME FASHIONABLE. HE WAS AN EFFECTIVE COACH WITH MEN, TEENAGERS AND YOUNGSTERS, BEING ABLE TO RELATE TO EACH AGE GROUP ON THEIR OWN TERMS. HE LOVED HIS FAMILY, HE LOVED HIS FRIENDS AND HE LOVED SPORTS. HIS MEMORY WILL REMAIN AN IMPORTANT PART IN THE LIVES OF HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE IN BROCKVILLE AND AREA SPORTS.