Joe Saundercook

Inducted into the Brockville and Area Sports Hall of Fame: June 15th, 2012

Joe Saundercook was a colourful high-scoring hockey player and a hard-hitting baseball outfielder. Joe Saudercook has been active in sports all his life. He played with Brockville junior and senior teams in the old OHA when Kingston, Belleville, Oshawa and Brockville were arch rivals. Offered a professional contract shortly after he turned senior. He went to Saskatoon in the old Western Canada Professional League. Later, he played professionally for Oakland, California and with other teams in the U.B. Western League.

He was a proficient swimmer and was a member of the Brockville team at the turn of the century that played in what today is the Grey Cup Classic for the Canadian Championship. Fellow Hall of Famer Hec MacLean also played on that team.