James “Jim” Snyder
Inducted In
1973
Born in Waterloo in 1919, Jim Snyder excelled in badminton and in 1940 won the Canadian Amateur Badminton Singles Championship and at the same tournament, he and his brother Paul, won the Canadian Amateur Doubles Championship in Winnipeg.
In 1939, the brothers won the Canadian Badminton Open Doubles Championship at Massey Hall in Toronto. This was a first in Canadian History that an Open Badminton Championship was held in which both professional and amateur players from Canada, United States and other countries participated.
Both brothers served in the second world war in the RCAF. Paul died in action in 1941 and is buried in Holland. Jim was awarded the AFC and an injury from a plane crash while in the service in 1945 terminated his badminton career.