STEWART BEATTY

STEWART BEATTY

1905-1965

In Stew Beatty, Brampton Excelsiors undoubtedly had one of the greatest gutted stick artists of all time.

He received votes in a 1950 Canadian Press poll for the top Canadian athletes of the first half of the century.

Veteran columnist Ted Reeve selected Beatty as Canada’s best lacrosse player of the 1920’s.

Stew was named in the first five of Canada’s most outstanding athletes in 1931, the year double Olympic sprint champion Percy Williams was selected outstanding athlete.

Stew was a stalwart defenceman with Brampton’s 1930 and 1931 Canadian Senior Mann Cup champions. He captained the 1931 team.

Beatty was inducted into the Field section of the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1967.

As a Canadian allstar in 1928, Beatty played in the International series for the Joe Lally Cup.

Following one year of professional boxlacrosse with the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1932, Stew retired as an active player.

In addition to his lacrosse success, Stew also excelled as a hockey player and was an ardent curler who served as President of the Brampton Curling Club in 1952.

Inducted November 28, 1984