Verdell Price

INDUCTED INTO THE BROCKVILLE & AREA HALL OF FAME JUNE 9, 2000.

IN 1933, A YOUNG AND POWERFULLY BUILT BROCKVILLE SDCULLER NAMED VERDELL PRICE BEAT A VETERAN FIELD IN WINNING THE CANADIAN JUNIOR SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR THE FIRST TIME. HE ALSO WON NOVICE JUNIOR AND SENIOR ERA SCULLING EVENTS THAT SAME YEAR BEFORE WINNING THE EASTERN ROWING ASSOCIATION SINGLES AGAIN IN 1935.

IN 1936, HE WON ERA TITLES WHILE ROWING IN THE JUNIOR AND SENIOR HEAVEYWEIGHT EIGHTS. THE FATHER OF NOEL PRICE, WHO ENJOYED A 14-YEAR NHL CAREER, ALSO STARRED AS A DEFENCEMAN FOR MANY YEARS WITH THE BROCKVILLE MAGEDOMAS. VERDELL WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE ALLAN CUP WINNING SUDBURY TIGERS IN 1936-37.

AFTER HIS ROWING AND HOCKEY CAREERS VERDELL ENJOYED CURLING AND GOLF. HE WAS AN AVID AND REGULAR SPECTATOR AT THE HENLEY REGATTA, CHEERING ON BROCKVILLE CREWS. HE PASSED AWAY IN 1994.