Sports executive.
Born at Carberry on 13 April 1908, son of John Addison (1882-1952) and Mary Jane Andeson (1884-1963), he was a life-long lover of sports. He was involved with the West End Orioles Community Club, Winnipeg Pony League baseball and managing the Winnipeg Braves hockey team, which in the 1958-1959 season won the Memorial Cup, defeating the Petersborough Peters, led by the famous coach Scotty Bowman, the last Manitoba team to win the Memorial Cup.
He served as President of the Manitoba Amateur Hockey Association and as the Commissioner of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League for over two decades, ultimately having a division of the league named after him. In recognition of his community service, he was given a Manitoba Centennial Medal by the Manitoba Historical Society (1970) and a City of Winnipeg Community Service Award (1973). He was inducted as a Builder into the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame (1985) and Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame (1993).
On 29 October 1937, he married Laura Williamson (1916-1991) at Brandon and they had two sons.
He died at Winnipeg on 6 January 2009 and was buried in the Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens.
Birth registration [William Addison], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1911 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
Marriage registration [William Addison, Beatrice Laura Williamson], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary [Laura Addison], Winnipeg Free Press, 24 May 1991, page 18.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 10 January 2009.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
We thank Don Addison for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Kris Keen and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 14 August 2024
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