Zone 8 Headquarters: Local Legends of Lacrosse

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Fergus Thistles Hall of Fame Members - FIELD LACROSSE PLAYERS
John Joe Atkinson                        Joe Bergin                                
Micheal ?Pickle? Bergin              Jack ?Teamer? Bergin                        
Clarke Blakely                              O.B. Brown                                
Red Brown                                    Rasty Campbell                                
Bun Clarke                                    Chris Curliss                                
Oliver Curliss                                Joe Cushing Sr                                
Clyde Gordon                                Tool Gow                                
Stubby Graham                              Flick Graham                                
Willie Groves                                 Dr. Norm Kyle                                
Otto Lovell                                     Rex Lovell                                
Bucko McDonald                            Sport Murton                                
Matt Roehmer                                Dr. Jack Russell                        
Norman ?Sandy? Russell              Dr. Tom Russell                                
Tillie Sargent                                Art Shaw                                
Tar Siep                                        Jack Simpson                                
Miff Simpson                                Andrew Steele                                
Bill Thompson

Fergus Thistles Hall of Fame Members - BOX LACROSSE PLAYERS
Stan Abbott                                  J.P. Bergin
Peter Bergin                                  Russ Black
Bob Brown                                    Don Campbell                        
Lorne Campbell                             George Clay                        
Nibs Chambers                              Bob Dobbie                        
Cec Denny                                    Tony Dimico                        
Jerry Fitzgerald                          Joe Fletcher                        
Jack Foote                                   Don Gear                        
Jim Halls                                      Elmer Harris                        
Waddy Henderson                        J.J. Hill                                
Gary Landoni                                Peter Landoni                        
Paul Landoni                                 Ron Landoni                        
Jr. Killinger                                  Harry Kazarian                        
Bill Munro                                    Bert Munro                        
John Meyer                                 Bob Mulvey                        
Corky McGregor                          Hec MacKenzie                        
Jim MacKenzie                            Jack Mann                        
Curly Mason                                Huck O?Connell                        
Whitey Pearson                           Jim Quinn                        
Barry Redwood                           John Roberts                        
Jim Robertson                            Barney Ritchie                        
Robbie Robinson                         Bryon Ronald                        
Lorne Smart                                Walter Smart                        
Larry Smeltzer                            Dr. Don Smith
Aussie Tott                                 Ken Watkin
Rusty White                                Brian White
Ron Weatherhead

Thistles Newspaper Article
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Thistle Notes (Colourful Players--with names to match)
Sox Clarke, Stubby Graham, Pickle Bergin, Toole Gow, Tar Siep, Rusty White, Whistler Russell, Teamer Bergin, Bucko MacDonald, Putsy Landoni, Flick Graham, Gut Gerrie.

Thistle Notes (July 15, 1893)
Members of Thistles Lacrosse Club shall meet outside the Hotel, where they shall catch stage coach for the game Saturday in Hamilton. Thistles shall travel as far as Puslinch where they will stay overnight before going on to Hamilton, then following the game make the two day return trip home.

Thistle Notes (April 30, 1908)
Lacrosse is Spreading. London, England April 25th, The Times, discussing Lacrosse reform in Canada, says the elimination of the professional altogether would be the better course and adds that while Canadian Lacrosse is still the best in the world, the gap is rapidly closing up and the time is not far distant when an Australian or English team will be able to hold its own against any representative Canadian team.

Thistle Notes (August 12, 1909)
In driving from Guelph Monday night the Thistles made a record which would be hard to beat. When their cariole arrived in Fergus, the axle grease was smoking. Automobiles or airships weren't to it in a minute. A cow passed them in Marden, but the Thistles' rig caught it again before reaching Fergus. It (the cow) was certainly going some.

Thistle Notes (October 14, 1909)
Brampton Banner says they are telling a funny story down there about a Brampton Lacrosse enthusiast at a game last week in Fergus, who got so excited that he mistook a bottle of shellac for a bottle of linament and smeared the legs of the Brampton captain with the results being his legs becoming so stuck up he could hardly run in his new waterproof legs. The shellac was usually put on sticks to prevent warping.

Thistle Notes (June 6, 1912)
Former Thistle player, Jiggsy Harris, recently charged for murder. Thistl

    ONTARIO LACROSSE HALL OF FAME 2009 INDUCTEE

Harry Kazarian was a member of the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame and the Owen Sports Hall of Fame.  His main claim to fame being one of only five players who were members of both the 1950 Owen Sound Crescents, who won the Mann Cup as Canadian senior lacrosse champions, and the 1950-51 Owen Sound Mercurys, who won the Allan Cup as Canadian senior hockey champions. He was a member of four teams who won OMLA champions in the early 1940's and saw service in senior and intermediate lacrosse with teams in Hamilton, Owen Sound and Fergus.  He was named to the Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1987.  Besides being a player, he helped out in minor, junior and senior lacrosse in Owen Sound and served on the Ontario Lacrosse Association's board of governors. Harry’s family is active in minor, junior and senior lacrosse with three grandsons playing in the NLL who continue to keep his love for the game alive and growing in Owen Sound!