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Staseson Gordon

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Organized Coyotes hockey team at age 12 before playing and coaching career.
Produced shows for Wascana Winter Club and chaired 1984 Canadian figure skating championships, which spawned the Friends of Figure Skating Trust Fund.
Joined Saskatchewan Roughriders management committee in 1968, became team president for three-year term in 1979 and spent one year as chairman of the CFL’s board of governors.
Former president of Regina Riding Club, junior events coordinator at Wascana Country Club, developed Sask Derby Sweepstakes Lottery and served on numerous committees.

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Played minor football in Regina and began coaching in 1955.
Coached all four of his sons in the Regina Minor Football Association, winning numerous city championships and five Western Canada midget championships.
Spent 30 seasons with the Roughriders of the Regina Service Clubs Midget Football League. Retired and resumed coaching as an assistant with one of his sons.
Played and coached amateur hockey for 20 seasons.
Played and coached local baseball teams for 50 years.
Kiwanis “Dad of the Year” in 1971 for contributions to sport and community.

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Played broomball, athletics, lacrosse and football at Scott Collegiate before joining the junior Regina Rams (1971-73).
Spent 10 seasons coaching girls’ softball teams, 17 winters coaching broomball teams and, in 1976, became a high school football coach.
Served as Martin Collegiate’s head coach from 1985-93, winning coach-of-the-year in 1985.
Coached in 1990 Senior Bowl and three city championships, winning in 1980 and 1994.
Helped organize numerous tournaments including broomball, softball and wrestling.
Earned awards from Regina High Schools Athletic Association, Football Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan Broomball Association and City of Regina.

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Registered umpire with Softball Saskatchewan from 1977 until his death in 2003.
Born in Cupar, he played amateur softball before becoming an umpire.
Worked at every level of softball available in Regina, from minor to Western Major Fastball League.
Appointed as Rambler Park’s umpire-in-chief from 1988-95 and was league’s umpire-of-the-year in 1995.
Selected as one of Saskatchewan’s umpires for the 1978 Senior A women’s national championship.
Always praised for his knowledge of the rules, dedication to the game and his approachable on-field attitude.

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Goaltender with Regina Abbotts and Regina Pats junior hockey teams in mid-1940’s
Coached Pats minor teams from 1948-65, often several in same season, winning 35 provincial and three international titles
General Manager of Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League’s Pats from 1956-68 before moving team, which he co-owned, into the Western Canada Hockey League
General Manager of Pats for six seasons, including 1974 Memorial Cup champions
Chairman of WCHL and Canadian Major Junior Hockey League, WHL president and referee-in-chief
Montreal Canadiens scout from 1949-95
Received WHL Board of Governors Award in 2005
Prestigious golf career led to representing Saskatchewan on Willingdon Cup golf teams in 1953, 1955, 1957 and 1958
Served as Pro at Craig and Murray golf courses

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Won provincial championship playing high school football as middle linebacker at Balfour Tech in 1960
Recruited by Scotty Livingstone to help as a volunteer with junior football Regina Rams, serving as Treasurer and helping to get the team’s clubhouse built
Honourary Life Member of the Regina Rams
Treasurer for 25 years with Gordon Currie Youth Development Fund
Spent 23 years as Saskatchewan Roughriders treasurer until 2001
Roughrider Team President in 1989 when the franchise won its second Grey Cup
Co-founder of team’s Plaza of Honor annual dinner and spear-headed multi-million dollar fund-raising efforts as chairman of Friends of the Riders Lottery
Received CFL Commissioner’s Award in 1992 for outstanding contributions to Canadian football
On Board of Directors for 1995 and 2003 Grey Cups hosted in Regina
Inducted into Riders’ Plaza of Honor in 1995
Received the Chartered Accountants Distinguished Service Award for Community Service
Awarded Province of Saskatchewan Volunteer Medal in 2005