Norman Himes

Norman Himes was born in Galt in 1900. During his late teens he gave ample evidence that he possessed all the attributes characteristic of an outstanding all-round athlete. By his early twenties he excelled in various sports and particularly in baseball and hockey. He played shortstop on the famous Galt Terrier Baseball Team, Champions of the Inter-County and Ontario Baseball Association, in 1922 and 1923, an era in which the quality of baseball in Ontario was at a very high level. Himes, who had opportunities to go higher, was considered one of the best players in the Province.

During the same period of time he excelled as a hockey player with the Galt Club, which won the Ontario Hockey Association Intermediate Championship in 1921. His ability attracted the attention of National Hockey League scouts which resulted in a contract with the New York Americans, later the New York Rangers. He starred for the New York team from 1928 to 1938.

In later years Himes turned to golf and was a Professional at the Westmount Club in Kitchener for some years prior to his death in 1958. In 1951 he won the Millar Trophy, emblematic of the Ontario Professional Golfers Championship.