Bill Fitsell

John Walter (Bill) Fitsell (born July 25, 1923) serves on the Board of Directors of the International Hockey Hall of Fame in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.[1][2]

Fitsell was the founding president of the Society for International Hockey Research. He has written five books:

  • Hockey's Captains, Colonels and Kings (Boston Mills Press, 1987)
  • Fitsell's Guide to the Old Ontario Strand: A Cultural and Historical Companion (with Michael Dawber, Quarry Press, 1994)
  • Hockey's Hub: Three Centuries of Hockey in Kingston (with Mark Potter, Quarry Heritage Books, 2003)
  • How Hockey Happened (Quarry Press, 2007)
  • Captain James T. Sutherland - The Grand Old Man of Hockey (Quarry Heritage Books, 2012)

In 2006, the Society for International Hockey Research presented him with the Brian McFarlane Award for outstanding research and writing.

References
  1. http://www.kingstonist.com/2011/11/23/bill-fitsell-interview/
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-12-20. Retrieved 2014-12-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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