Ron Trussell

Inducted into the Brockville and Area Sports Hall of Fame: June 9th, 2023

Ron Trussell was a talented athlete in hockey, rowing, baseball and badminton. As a teenager, he played three years of Junior Hockey with the Chicago Blackhawks farm team in Galt in the late 1940s. He returned to Brockville to play for the Inkerman Rockets and played against Jean Beliveau in a playoff game. He played for the Brockville Megadomas.

When he wasn’t playing hockey, he won medals with the Brockville Rowing Club. He batted .474 with the Brockville White Sox before playing senior baseball as a junior-aged player. He became a top badminton player at the Brockville Armouries and is still trying to perfect his game.