Title

Bruce Stiefelmeyer - Builder - Basketball - 1971-1990, 2012 Sports Wall of Fame Inductee

Description

en-CA 2012 Sports Wall of Fame Inductee. Bruce Stiefelmeyer's involvment really took off when he was hire to teach at N.F.C.V.1. As a coach, Bruce was greatly influenced by his fellow coaches. Jimmy Rose was the senior coach, Howie Triano was the junior coach, while Bruce coached the midgets. In time, Bruce would also coach the junior and senior teams. Both in 1969 and 1970, the N.F.C.V.I Senior red raiders won the Review Championship. In later years Bruce coached at Sta,ford, A.A. Myer and Lord Elgin. Bruce played basketball in local leagues for twenty years and he was a playing coach in 1969 and 1973. In 1984, along with Les Potapcyk and brian Mulligan, bruce helped organize and run the Niagara Falls Minor basketball League. This was a house league that provided boys in Grades 5-8 an opportunity both to play and to gain an insight into the sport of basketball. He continued with this league until his retirement from teaching in 1995. For his efforts with this league, Bruce was honoured by Rotary International and named a Paul Harris Fellow. In 1995, Bruce became the recruiting coordinator for the University of Western Ontario men's Basketball Tam - a position that he still holds to this day. Bruce was also very involved with girls' soccer. He coached both house league and traveling teams for Niagara Falls Minor Girls' Soccer Association. In 1987, Bruce coached the First Niagara Insurance Team that reached the Ontario Cup Semi-Finals. Bruce also served as referee in chief for many years. At the high school level, Bruce coached the Stamford Girls' Soccer Team, winning a silver medal at O.F.S.A.A. in 1986, and a bronze medal in 1987. From 1988 - 1991, Bruce coached the Myer Girls' Soccer Team, leading them to several O.F.S.A.A. competitions. Bruce Stiefelmeyer is a worthy addition to the Niagara Falls Sports Wall of Fame.

Identifier

http://www.nflibrary.ca/nfplindex/show.asp?b=1&ref=oo&id=380737

Creator

City of Niagara Falls Staff

Type

Still Image

Is Part Of

Niagara Falls Public Library Digital Collections

Medium

Colour digital image

Provenance

City of Niagara Falls

Date

January 2013

Subject

Awards

Portraits - Biographical

Sports - Recreation - Leisure

Niagara Falls Virtual Sports Wall of Fame

Spatial Coverage

Canada - Ontario - Niagara Falls

Source

Niagara Falls (Ont.) Public Library

Date Created

2013-02-11

Date Modified

2013-02-11