WILBERT W. BARTLETT M.D.

WILBERT W. BARTLETT M.D.

Dr. W.W. Bartlett, club physician for the Excelsiors for over 40 years, from the mid ‘30’s until his death in 1979, was an ardent supporter of lacrosse in both field and boxlacrosse eras.

He played with Brampton and University of Toronto teams from 1927-1930.

Prior to qualified trainers being involved in community sports, Dr. Bartlett attended most games, home and away, and would often be found in the dressing rooms taping ankles and wrists etc. prior to games, from early in the schedule until playoff time, including the Canadian championships of the Excelsiors from 1942-1959.

There were always stitches to be administered to lacrosse warriors or broken bones to be set. His patients weren’t always Excelsiors, as he always appreciated talent, even though it may be among the opponents of his beloved Excelsiors.

He was inducted as a Builder to the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1979, an honor which was bestowed posthumously.

He was a strong supporter of both minor lacrosse and hockey, the Dr. W.W. Bartlett Trophy going to Brampton’s minor novice lacrosse champions as early as 1946. Those minor champions from the ‘40’s would form the nucleus of Brampton’s Canadian Minto Cup junior champions in three consecutive years, 1957, ’58 and ’59.

In addition to following lacrosse, Dr. Bartlett served on the executive of the Brampton Regent and Seven Up hockey clubs of the Metro Junior B and A Hockey Leagues. Doc’s biggest moment in hockey was the Regents’ Metro Junior B championship in 1955’56, followed by the club’s advancing to an Ontario final where it lost to the Waterloo Siskins.

Inducted November 20, 1991