Tom Carr

INDUCTED INTO THE BROCKVILLE & AREA HALL OF FAME JUNE 13. 1996.

FOR CLOSE TO 3O YEAR, TOM CARR HAS BEEN THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND MINOR SOCCER IN PRESCOTT. A FORMER SEMI-PROFESSIONAL SOCCER PLAYER IN ENGLAND IN THE 1940’S, TOM HAS HELPED BRING HIS LOVE OF THE GAME TO HIS ADOPTIVE COUNTRY.

KNOWN AS “MR. SOCCER” TOM DEDICATES HIS LIFE TO THE SPORT FROM EARLY MAY THROUGH SEPTEMBER, SERVING AS PRESIDENT, REGISTRAR, FUNDRAISER, PUBLIC RELATIONS AND OFTEN GROUNDS-KEEPER. HE HAS SERVED AS A COACH OF SENIOR MEN’S TEAMS AND HAS COACHED AT SOUTH GRENVILLE DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL.

HE ALSO LENDS HIS EXPERTISE TO THE SOCCER PROGRAMS AT BOUNDARY STREET PUBLIC SCHOOL. TOM’S LOVE OF SPORTS IS NOT SOLELY RESTRICTED TO THE SOCCER PITCH. HE HAS BEEN PRESIDENT OF THE PRESCOTT LAWN BOWLING CLUB AND WAS ACTIVE IN PRESCOTT MINOR HOCKEY AND WITH THE PRESCOTT JUNIOR B FALCONS. DURING THE YEARS THAT TOM HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN MINOR SOCCER IN PRESCOTT, HIS ENTHUSIASM FOR THE SPORT AND SENSE OF FAIR PLAY HAS HAD A LASTING EFFECT ON THOUSANDS OF YOUNGSTERS IN PRESCOTT.