Interview with Ron Friesen

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Title

Interview with Ron Friesen

Description

Ron Friesen shares his memories of playing in the Canadian Legion Little Hockey League, of his uncle, Peter Klassen, competing as a middleweight boxer in the 1950s, and of the St. Catharines TeePees winning the Memorial Cup in 1954.

Subject

Sport -- Boxing
Junior A Hockey
Minor League Hockey

Date

2021-11-27

Format

audio

Language

English

Identifier

GCAOH-06

Interviewer

Storms, Michael

Interviewee

Friesen, Ron

Location

Recorded at the Garden City Arena in St. Catharines, Ontario.

Temporal Coverage

1950-1957

Conversion

This interview was edited in iMovie and downloaded as an mp3 file.

Duration

05:58

Interview Keyword

Memorial Cup
Sport -- Hockey
Friendship
Brock University
Hockey -- Fan
St. Catharines TeePees
Childhood
Community
Canadian Legion Little League

Collection



Citation

“Interview with Ron Friesen,” Sport Oral History Archive, accessed April 19, 2024, https://sportoralhistory.ca/items/show/285.