John Weber
Inducted In
2004
John Weber was born in Kitchener in 1939. Through his volunteerism in the sporting community, Weber was a sports builder in Waterloo Region.
Weber received the Special Achievement Award in 1999 from the Province of Ontario for his contributions to amateur baseball. He served as President of several sport organizations: Kitchener Minor Baseball; the Kitchener Sports Association; and the Inter County Baseball Association. Weber was selected as the Volunteer of the Year for the Kitchener Minor Baseball in 1992 and in 2002 he received the Queen’s Gold Medal Jubilee Award from the Government of Canada for service to country and community.
Weber served in an executive capacity with the Kitchener Panthers Baseball Club for forty years. He managed championship baseball teams at the Peewee, Bantam, Midget and Junior levels and played on Midget and Junior Championship Teams. From 1995 to 2000, Weber chaired the National Junior Baseball Championships held in Kitchener.
Weber played football and baseball at Bluffton College in Bluffton, Ohio. He was a two-time all conference fullback and in 1989 he was inducted into the Bluffton College Athletic Hall of Fame for his achievements in Football, Baseball and Community Service in Kitchener, Ontario
John and his wife Donna are parents of three children, Deborah, David and John-Michael and they have two grandchildren, Tyler and Jared.
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