Norwood Community Club Juvenile and Junior Teams 1953-1956

Norwood Community Club Juvenile and Junior Teams
Written By Karina Bueckert

  • HOMETOWN Norwood, MB

  • INDUCTED 2021

STORY

The Norwood Community Club juvenile team of 1953 won all of their exhibition and league games in Winnipeg, and they defeated the West End Memorials in game 7 for the city championship. Following this, they won the provincial final series against the Neepawa Cubs, and in doing so, they also captured the Free Press Trophy.

By 1955, the juveniles were juniors, and they won the Greater Winnipeg and District Championships, defeating the Elmwood Giants Juniors in the finals. In 1956, the Norwood Juniors had 11 returning players from the 1955 team, and they again defeated Elmwood for the city and district championship.

On all three teams, the manager was Max Maunder, the coach was Dick Roche, and the assistant coach was Babe Warren. The team was fortunate to have Vic Buffet, Marc Rajotte, and Jim Mattson, who were all outstanding pitchers. They also had many powerful and dangerous hitters, including but not limited to Ab Hansford, Gerry Kendall, Ron Baert, and George Pratt.

Karina Bueckert
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