Hector Mayne MacLean

INDUCTED INTO THE BROCKVILLE & AREA HALL OF FAME JUNE 9, 2006.

BORN IN FERNIE, BC IN 1899. HE ARRIVED IN BROCKVILLE IN 1911 BY THE AGE OF 12. HE HAS DEVELOPED A LOVE OF THE OUTDOORS AND SKILL LEVELS IN HUNTING, FISHING AND TRAPPING. INITIALLY SUPPORTING HIMSELF AS A TRAPPER AND FISHING GUIDE. HE ALSO TRAVELLED THROUGHOUT ONTARIO, QUEBEC AND NEW YORK STATE PLAYING FOR A VARIETY OF BROCKVILLE SPORTS TEAMS. NOT ONLY WAS HE A TOP-NOTCH BASEBALL CATCHER AND INFIELDER, BUT AN AGILE RUNNING BACK IN THE QUEBEC RUBY FOOTBALL UNION LEAGUE AND A FORMIDIBLE ROWER WITH THE BROCKVILLE MAGEDOMAS INTRODUCED INTO THE GAME OF GOLF AS A YOUTH, BY THE MID 1920’S HECTOR WAS ONE OF THE COUNTRY CLUB’S TOP AMATEURS. BUT HECTOR IS BEST REMEMBERED AS FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF HEX BAITS LTD. OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED BY HECTOR IN 1937. HEX BAITS SOON ACQUIRED AN INTERNATIONAL REPUTATION AS AN INNOVATIVE MANUFACTURER OF FISHING TACKLE BY 1945. WITH A WORK FORCE OF ABOUT 33 MEN AND WOMEN, HEX HAD BECOME THE LARGEST PRODUCER OF FISHING LURES IN THE BRITISH EMPIRE. HECTOR WAS ALSO A SUCCESSFUL AUTHOR, LECTURER AND CONSERVATIONIST. HE ALSO COACHED, MANAGED AND SUPPORTED BROCKVILLE SPORTS. HECTOR MacLEAN DIED IN 1953.