BILL BURRELL

BILL BURRELL Bill, a former President of the Brampton Minor Hockey Association and Ontario Minor Hockey Association, began his executive association with minor hockey programs in the mid ’50s. He served as Secretary of the TriCounty Hockey League for six years starting in 1957 and received the TriCounty League’s first honor award. Bill was first elected to the OMHA executive in 1964, a year in which he assisted with the founding of the Chinguacousy Minor Hockey Association. He served as the OMHA’s President in 197677. Burrell has convened the Georgian Bay Minor Hockey and YorkSimcoe Minor Hockey Leagues for the OMHA. Today, he remains involved as Secretary of the Central and YorkSimcoe Hockey Leagues. In 1983, Bill was honored by the Central League as he was named an honorary president. Bill has not only served minor hockey locally, but also internationally as an OMHA representative with Ontario teams which have travelled to Finland, Sweden, Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union. Burrell was President of the Brampton Minor Hockey Association from 19591961 and continued as a BMHA executive member until 1964 when he received the BMHA’s honor award. Inducted November 28, 1984