Tom McKenzie

Tom McKenzie was born April 11, 1942 in London, Ontario. He moved to Kitchener in 1965 and began an outstanding teaching career at Kitchener Collegiate Institute and Eastwood Collegiate. McKenzie is a gifted athlete and coach. He played for twenty-one years in the Major Intercounty Baseball League with the Kitchener Panthers and the London Majors. A two-time batting champion, an MVP award winner in 1970 with a 315-lifetime batting average, he has the most All Star selections in the league history with 18 selections – twelve as a player and six as a manager.

McKenzie played four years for Team Canada, three times in the Pan American Games and in one World Championship. He was captain of Team Canada on two occasions. He was also an accomplished football player. In 1963 he was the leading scorer and the MVP in the ORFU while playing for the London Lords. He has played on six national slo-pitch championship teams.

His coaching record is outstanding – eight high school football championships, six high school basketball championships, one provincial midget baseball championship and three major inter-county baseball championships. Since coming to Kitchener in 1965, he has conducted both player and coaching clinics for minor baseball on a continuous basis.

McKenzie is married to the former Cheryl McDonald; they have two children.