Luther Vipond, 1952
Description
- Creator
- Unknown, Photographer
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Types
- Negatives
- Photographs
- Description
- Black and white negative showing Luther Vipond in his Brooklin Lacrosse uniform.
- Notes
- Luther Ernest Vipond was born at Brooklin on 20 September 1914. He played for the Brooklin Intermediate Lacrosse Club from 1930 until it folded in 1942. During the Second World War, he served with the Nova Scotia Highlanders and took part in the D-Day invasion in Normandy in 1944.
After the war, he played lacrosse with the Toronto Lakeshores senior team, the Mimico Mountaineers, and the Oshawa lacrosse team. He was a player and coach for Brooklin throughout the 1950s.
When the Brooklin Memorial Arena opened in 1949, Luther was appointed arena manager and he served in this position until his retirement in 1979. He died at Sunnybrook Medical Centre at Toronto on 24 May 1982 following a car accident in Ashburn on 3 May.
The Brooklin Memorial Arena was renamed the Luther Vipond Memorial Arena on 14 November 1982. He is buried in Groveside Cemetery near Brooklin. - Date of Original
- 1952
- Dimensions
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Width: 1.5 in
Height: 2.5 in
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- 21-016-009
- Collection
- Whitby Online Historic Photographs Collection
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.95012 Longitude: -78.94957
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- Copyright Statement
- This item is protected by the Canadian Copyright Act and is intended for one-time use only. Uses other than research or private study require the permission of the rightsholder(s). It is your responsibility for obtaining these permissions.
- Recommended Citation
- Luther Vipond, 1952, unknown photographer, Whitby Archives, 21-016-009.
- Reproduction Notes
- Scanned from copy negative.
- Contact
- Whitby Public LibraryEmail:archives@whitbylibrary.ca
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