Don Swayne Jr.

INDUCTED INTO THE BROCKVILLE & AREA HALL OF FAME JUNE 4, 1976.

THERE IS NOT MUCH DON SWAYNE JR. HASN’T BEEN INVOLVED IN. ALONG WITH PLAYING FOOTBALL IN HIGH SCHOOL, SWAYNE WAS AN AVID FASTBALL PITCHER, PLAYING IN LEAGUES IN BOTH OGDENSBURG AND BROCKVILLE. IT WAS SWAYNE WHO INTRODUCED THE IDEA OF A SPORTS AWARDS DINNER TO THE KINSMEN CLUB IN 1975. SWAYNE ALSO BROUGHT JUNIOR LACROSSE TO BROCKVILLE WITH THE MAGEDOMAS.

HE ORGANIZED A JUNIOR ‘B’ HOCKEY CLUB FOR THE CITY, NAMING THE TEAM THE TIKIS. HE WAS ALSO THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE BROCKVILLE BRAVES JUNIOR ‘A’ HOCKEY TEAM FOR A PERIOD AND ENDED UP BEHIOND THE BENCH DOING THE COACHING ON OCCASIONS. SWAYNE ALSO COACHED IN THE BROCKVILLE MINOR HOCKEY ASSOCIATION. HE ALSO COACHED A YOUNG GIRLS ALL-STAR SOFTBALL TEAM. HE WAS INVOLVED ON THE RULES AND DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE OF THE ONTARIO DISTRICT HOCKEY ASSOCIATION AS WELL. SWAYNE ALSO HELD A NUMBER OF POSITIONS WITH THE BROCKVILLE ROWING CLUB, INCLUDING DOING A GREAT DEAL OF WORK IN THE WRITING OF A BOOK TO COMMEMORATE THE CLUB’S 100TH ANNIVERSARY.