Ross Tycoles

• BIRTHPLACE Reston, MB

• INDUCTED 2016

Ross Tycoles was born in Reston, Manitoba in 1954. Tycoles had an immense and lasting impact on baseball in Manitoba. He was a slugging first-baseman and pitcher in the 1980s, and a perennial Southwest Baseball League all-star. At one Provincial Championship, Tycoles hit five home runs, including three grand slams and three doubles en route to the Deloraine Royals Championship. Following his legendary playing career, Tycoles became a coach. Over the course of his coaching career, his teams made 17 provincial playoff appearances since 1991. In 2003 he was named the Manitoba Baseball Association’s High-Performance Coach of the Year. Tycoles was also a three-time Manitoba Senior Baseball League (MSBL) Coach of the Year. He was consistently involved in promoting and reviving baseball across southwestern Manitoba. Tycoles served as Southwest Baseball League president for a decade, and he was president of Reston Minor Baseball for even longer. He was Manitoba Baseball Association Director and Vice-President of High-Performance for three years. Tycoles was inducted into the Manitoba Baseball Association Honour Society in 2012.

Ross Tycoles Newspaper Article 1980 

These articles were gathered from the University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections, Winnipeg Tribune Collection