Irvin E. Erb
Inducted In
1976
Irvin E. Erb, who was born in Elmira, lived in Berlin from age two, became interested in rugby, hockey and baseball as a participant at an early age and played on Frank Selke’s Union Jack Junior Hockey team in Berlin in 1914. Through the years, as a player and promoter, he made a tremendous contribution to amateur sports.
Following service with the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Air Force in World War I he established an insurance agency in Kitchener.
He directed the first Poppy Day and was partly responsible for the erection of the cenotaph, now located at the corner of Duke and Frederick Streets in Kitchener. In 1929 he was a co-promoter with C.D. “Buller” Pequegnat in the building.