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Athletic Hall of Fame
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HALL OF FAMEGordon Currie inducted into
By Michael Maurovich, Selwyn House Director of Athletics
Olympic Gold Medalist Gordon Currie attended Selwyn House from 1941 to 1949. An all-round athlete, he played on all the senior sports teams, captaining the hockey and soccer teams, placing first in the swimming and skiing competitions and winning the McMaster Memorial Trophy in his final year.
In his two final years at Trinity College School, Gordon played on the senior hockey team and on the senior football team that twice won the Little Big Four championship.
At McGill, Gordon played four years on the McGill Redmen (senior) hockey team while taking his degree in mechanical engineering.
In the 1964 Olympic Winter Games at Innsbruck, Austria, Gordon was on both the Canadian two-man and fourman bobsleigh teams that won gold. He co-authored the book Olympic Victory about the Gold Medal that Canada’s bobsleigh team won that year.
Married, with two children and several grandchildren, Gordon is retired in Toronto after running his own successful construction and project management company.
“I am indeed honored to be commemorated at Selwyn House School as an inductee to the Athletic Hall of Fame,” Gordon wrote to the school. “In my time, the school was much smaller than it is now and renowned for its academic excellence. However, there were a number of gifted athletes who I held in high regard and tried my best to emulate. Selwyn House was, and still is, a school to be envied for its continuing high achievement in education and athletics. Both require dedication and hard work in order to achieve one’s personal goals, be it a Rhodes Scholarship or an Olympic award. Good luck and best wishes in your personal quest for your life goals.” ■
