Jack Gatecliff was a Canadian sports journalist, ice hockey and lacrosse player.
14 Facts About Jack Gatecliff
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Jack Gatecliff was awarded the Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award by the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1995.
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Jack Gatecliff is an inducted member of the St Catharines Sports Hall of Fame, Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame, and Buffalo Sabres Hall of Fame.
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Jack Gatecliff was a member of the St Catharines Falcons Junior A hockey team as a youth and of the St Catharines Athletics at the age of 18.
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In 1947, Jack Gatecliff moved to Scotland to play hockey for the Paisley Pirates.
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In 1950, Jack Gatecliff began a sports column titled "Through the Sports Gate" which focused on local sports.
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Jack Gatecliff was shortlythereafter promoted to executive sports editor, a position he stayed in until his retirement.
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In 1972, Jack Gatecliff was inducted into the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame.
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Jack Gatecliff was a track announcer at the Merrittville Speedway after broadcaster Rex Stimers retired.
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In 1990, Jack Gatecliff helped found the St Catharines Sports Hall of Fame along with Joe McCaffrey, Ellard O'Brien, Archie Katzman and Bill Stevenson.
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Jack Gatecliff was awarded the Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award by the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1995.
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Later, in 1998, Jack Gatecliff was inducted into the Buffalo Sabres Hall of Fame.
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Jack Gatecliff continued to write for the St Catharines Standard until his death on September 5,2000, from cancer.
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Jack Gatecliff met his wife Alice McDonald Noble while in Scotland and the two married on September 18,1948.