Description
2006 Hall of Famer.
Comes with a letter of authenticity.
Ron Hayter a été un joueur, un entraîneur, un gérant, un dirigeant et un organisateur au baseball canadien et international pendant près de 50 ans. Né à Hudson Bay en Saskatchewan, et il a joué au baseball dans le nord de la province et en Colombie-Britannique avant de présider Baseball Alberta en 1968. Ce dirigeant passionné a fait tripler les inscriptions en seulement trois ans avant de céder sa place en 1971.
He would later serve Baseball Canada in various capacities, from developing the first Canadian rulebook to organizing the inaugural national championships. He also represented Canada with the International Baseball Federation (IBAF) for 18 years, sitting on the legal and technical commissions, and receiving the IBAF?s President?s Award in 1990.
In 1979, he founded the Edmonton International Baseball Foundation (EIBF), an association that has organized six international competitions in the city, including the first IBAF World Cup of Women?s Baseball in 2004. Former prime minister Lester B. Pearson enlisted Hayter as an advisor to help form Sport Canada. One of the most respected voices in Canadian baseball, Hayter received the coveted Vanier Award as an ?Outstanding Young Canadian? in 1974 and was awarded the Queen?s Jubilee Medal, for outstanding community service, in 2004. He has also been named a life member of Baseball Alberta and was inducted in the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame in 1978 and the Edmonton Sports Hall of Fame in 1996.
