Kenneth Farmer

Kenneth Pentin "Le Clou" Farmer, CM (July 26, 1912 – January 12, 2005) was a Canadian Chartered Accountant, a Winter Olympics silver medal winner in ice hockey, and a president of the Canadian Olympic Association (now known as the Canadian Olympic Committee).

For the Australian rules footballer, see Ken Farmer. For the former commander of Walter Reed Army Medical Center, see Kenneth L. Farmer Jr.
Kenneth Farmer
Ken Farmer in McGill Redmen uniform
Born(1912-07-26)July 26, 1912
Westmount, Quebec, Canada
DiedJanuary 12, 2005(2005-01-12) (aged 92)
NationalityCanadian
Occupationaccountant, ice hockey player, administrator, soldier
Known forPresident of Canadian Olympic Association, Olympic silver medal winner
Ice hockey career
Played for
Playing career 1930–1939
Medal record
Men's Ice Hockey
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Team

Background

Born in Westmount, Quebec, he received a Bachelor of Commerce degree from McGill University. In 1934 he joined the accounting firm of McDonald Currie & Company (now Coopers & Lybrand) and became a Chartered Accountant in 1937. He became a partner in 1945 until his retirement in 1977.

Farmer was an outstanding hockey player. He was a member of the 1936 Port Arthur Bearcats, which won the silver medal for Canada in ice hockey at the 1936 Winter Olympics. He had the second highest points at the Olympics with 10 goals and four assists.[1] Canada had been expected to win the gold medal, but several incidents led to winning the silver medal instead. After the Olympics, Farmer stated that none of Canada's officials knew what playoff system was being used and that E. A. Gilroy and Fred Marples "were blissfully unaware of what it was all about".[2]

During World War II, he served with The Royal Montreal Regiment and the Manitoba Dragoons. He was discharged with the rank of Major and was Mentioned in Dispatches in 1945.

From 1953 to 1961, he was the President of the Canadian Olympic Association. He was President of the Commonwealth Games Association of Canada from 1977 to 1983. He was a Governor of Canada's Sports Hall of Fame from 1980 to 1990.[3]

Honours

References
  • "Canadian Who's Who 1997 entry". University of Toronto Press.
  • "OBIT: Olympian Ken Farmer dies at 92". McGill University. Archived from the original on 2006-05-03.
  • "OBIT: Ken Farmer, oldest surviving Redmen player". McGill University. Archived from the original on 2006-05-03.
  1. "Ken Farmer Olympic Stats". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
  2. "Condemnation Heaped Upon Canadian Olympic Officials". Winnipeg Free Press. Winnipeg, Manitoba. March 23, 1936. p. 14.
  3. "Past Board of Governors" (PDF). Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
  4. Ken Farmer at Sports Reference
  5. Ken Farmer at Sports Reference
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