Featured Inductee: Fred Whalley - Multi Sport

Year Inducted: 2009
Birth Date: January 29, 1934
Home Town: Oshawa

More about Fred Whalley:
In 1951, Fred was a player with the Central Collegiate basketball team after which he began a twenty-five (25) year involvement in Oshawa sports. In 1955 when he became Manager and Coach for the Ontario Junior A basketball team and served as President of the Oshawa Industrial Basketball League as well as playing, coaching and managing basketball teams till 1962. During those years two highlights were serving as president and manager of the Ontario Intermediate B Basketball Championship team (Oshawa Shopping Centre All-stars) in 1959 and coaching and managing the Oshawa Hawks basketball team to the Ontario Intermediate A crown in 1962. Switching over to lacrosse a year later, Fred became manager of the Oshawa Green Gaels Junior A club teams that won the Canadian Junior Championship Minto Cup for four years from 1963 to 1966 and during that time he also coached the 1963 Green Gaels for four games when coach Jim Bishop was ill, and in 1964 he was elected to the Ontario Lacrosse Association executive and took over the position of Vice-President. In 1967 he became the General Manager and Coach of the Senior A Brooklin Redmen who won the Eastern Canadian title following that up as finalists in the Mann Cup for the Canadian Senior A championship. Taking on the job as the general manager and coach of the Montreal Canadiens professional lacrosse team in the National Lacrosse Association in 1968, he also served on the executives of the Ontario and Canadian associations in different capacities. After his pro lacrosse ventures came to an end, Fred turned to Minor Lacrosse and served on their executives in 1969 and 1970.