On this date in Cambridge history 159 years ago one of Galt’s foremost sportsman and community leaders was born. Dr. Harry F. MacKendrick attended Galt Central School and Galt Grammar School (GCI) and the University of Toronto. He played on the Canadian Soccer Team that won a U.S. Football Championship but it was on the Grand river where he established himself as a world champion. In 1886 he won the U.S. Singles Canoe Championship and in 1888 he won the Canadian title. In 1890 won the World Singles one mile event and along with his brother John also won the tandem one mile event. When he retired from competitive canoeing it was said he was never defeated in 122 singles races. He began his medical practice in Galt in 1893. A World War One veteran, Dr. MacKendrick passed away in 1950 at his home on Coronation Blvd. at the age of 84. He is a member of the Waterloo Region Hall of Fame and was inducted into the Cambridge Sports Hall of Fame in 2017. Read more…http://cambridgeshf.com/inductee/harry-mackendrick/
On this date in Cambridge history 159 years ago one of Galt’s foremost sportsman and community leaders was born. Dr. Harry F. MacKendrick attended Galt Central School and Galt Grammar School (GCI) and the University of Toronto. He played on the Canadian Soccer Team that won a U.S. Football Championship but it was on the Grand river where he established himself as a world champion. In 1886 he won the U.S. Singles Canoe Championship and in 1888 he won the Canadian title. In 1890 won the World Singles one mile event and along with his brother John also won the tandem one mile event. When he retired from competitive canoeing it was said he was never defeated in 122 singles races. He began his medical practice in Galt in 1893. A World War One veteran, Dr. MacKendrick passed away in 1950 at his home on Coronation Blvd. at the age of 84. He is a member of the Waterloo Region Hall of Fame and was inducted into the Cambridge Sports Hall of Fame in 2017. Read more…http://cambridgeshf.com/inductee/harry-mackendrick/