Ernie Metcalfe

Inducted into the Brockville and Area Sports Hall of Fame: June 9th, 2006

Ernie Metcalfe was a talented all-around athlete in football, fastball, hockey and basketball for more than 25 years while also coaching minor baseball, minor hockey and senior hockey in the Brockville area.

As a strong-armed quarterback out of TISS, Metcalfe participated in the Ottawa Rough Riders rookie training camp in 1968 and then won MVP honours in the city touch football league. In fastball, Metcalfe was a talented all-star first baseman and catcher, noted for his power-hitting and his defensive prowess. In the Dundas League with Brockville, Williamsburg and Cardinal, he played with Ottawa Turpin at the Canadian Championships in 1986. In hockey, he was an award-winning goaltender at a variety of levels in men’s hockey for more than 20 years in Brockville and Area. Continuing his coaching and taking up hockey officiating when his job took him to the United States in 1998.