Ron “Old Coach” Baker

Inducted into the Brockville and Area Sports Hall of Fame: June 13th, 2014

While Ron Baker was a good athlete in his younger days, his biggest contribution to local sports has been in volunteering. Along with coaching minor ball in Spencerville and minor soccer in Prescott. Run Baker developed a hockey beginners program for South Grenville Minor Hockey Association and has run it for 42 years. Introducing over a thousand young girls and boy’s to hockey. He has been actively involved with organizing, mentoring and coaching in the SGMH program for years. His contributions to minor sports have been recognized with honours at the local. Provincial and national levels, he won the 3M Coaches’ Award in Brockville in 1990.