Aldon Lewis Lenard

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1921 – 2007

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Who was Aldon Lewis Lenard?

Aldon Lewis Lenard was an athlete, university professor, athletics administrator, coach, and referee.

Lenard was born in Italy and moved to Canada with his family at age three. They settled in Windsor, Ontario, where Lenard completed high school and played a range of sport, including football, basketball, and track and field. He played semi-professional football with the Hamilton Flying Wildcats and the Hamilton Tigers in the Ontario Rugby Football Union for two seasons, and was a quarterback, kicker, and defender. He was a national All-Star for two seasons.

He joined the Royal Canadian Navy in 1941, served for four years during World War II, and won a number of field events at service meets, such as the discus and the javelin.

At the war's end, Lenard enrolled in the Physical and Health Education program at Queen's University. He played football and starred at quarterback, and won the Jenkins Trophy as the outstanding student-athlete in his graduating year, 1950. He was a conference All-Star for two seasons. He was a member of the first-ever class to graduate from Queen's with undergrad degrees in physical and health education.

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Born
Jan 3, 1921
Italy
Nationality
  • Canada
Education
  • Queen's University
  • University of Michigan
Employment
  • Queen's University
Lived in
  • Windsor
  • Kingston
Died
2007
Kingston

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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