Lacrosse Legends

Jim Brady - Inducted CLHOF: 1998Team: Whitby / St. CatharinesPosition: Builder– Minto Cup Championship Teams 1980, 90, 91, 97.– OLA JR.”A” Coach of the Year 1984, 89, 98.– Teams under his direction have amassed over 475 winsJames "Jim" Brady has had a long and distinguished role in the development of lacrosse in Whitby and southern Ontario.He first organized and ran the Lacrosse program for the Oshawa Recreation department from 1953 to 1955. In 1960 he organized the Oshawa Minor Lacrosse Association. He then organized Peewee and Bantam teams to play in the Brooklin Minor Lacrosse League in 1964 and organized the Garrard Road Minor Lacrosse Association in 1965. In 1966 he coached the Garrard Road team as they won the Peewee 'C' Provincial Championship which was followed up by the same team winning the Bantam 'C' Provincial Championship in 1967 with Jim again as coach. In 1968 Jim joined the Whitby and Garrard Road Midgets together and finished as the finalists at the Championships. With others, Jim formed