Sam Jacks Floor Hockey

In 1947 jacks coached the junior olympic floor hockey team which competed in the usa and finished third.

Sam jacks floor hockey.

Floor hockey codes derived from ice hockey were first officially played in montreal quebec canada in 1875 but the game s official creation is credited to canada s sports hall of fame inductee samuel perry jacks better known as sam jacks. In 1948 jacks was appointed as the first director of recreation for north bay. Sam jacks april 23 1915 1975 is the canadian inventor of the sport of ringette and floor hockey. At the time of inventing ringette he was director of parks and recreation in north bay ont.

Interestingly enough sam jacks was also responsible for the development and introduction of floor hockey in 1936. Each year jacks wife agnes continued to be a strong supporter of the sport attending provincial championships in many of the provinces and of course the canadian ringette championships each april until she died in april 2005. Sam jacks had three sons barry bruce and brian who all played hockey but he believed that girls should also have the opportunity to play an ice game. Br floor hockey codes derived from ice hockey were first officially played in montreal quebec canada in 1875 but the game s official creation is credited to canada s sports hall of fame inductee samuel perry jacks better known as.

Lebron walked off the court with 10. Samuel perry jacks april 23 1915 may 14 1975 in glasgow scotland was a canadian inventor creator of the sport of ringette and floor hockey he was posthumously inducted into canada s sports hall of fame in 2007. Sam jacks a recreation director and sports enthusiast from north bay ontario invented the sport in 1963 when he saw the need for a winter team sport for girls. He was instrumental in developing the first northern ontario playground hockey association nopha which encouraged youth to play hockey on outdoor rinks.