VANCOUVER - A man who is synonymous with UBC Athletics is getting another well-deserved honour.
Bob Hindmarch, former star athlete, hockey coach and athletic director at the school, is one of five inductees named today to the BC Hockey Hall of Fame.
Hindmarch is joined in the Class of 2012 by former NHL'ers Scott Niedermayer and Rob Brind'Amour, BC Hockey Hall of Fame co-founder Scott Carter and longtime broadcaster Jim Hughson.
The official induction ceremony will take place on Friday, July 27, 2012 at the South Okanagan Events Centre in Penticton.
Hindmarch helped establish the Canadian National Men's team that was based at UBC and became its General Manager and Assistant Coach. The squad was eventually awarded a bronze medal for its third place finish at the 1964 Innsbruck Olympics.
Hindmarch then became the head coach of UBC's varsity team, a position he held for 12 seasons. His 214 victories is the most for any Thunderbirds hockey coach and his 1971 Canada West championship squad remains the last UBC team to host a playoff series at home.
BOB HINDMARCH BIOGRAPHY AT UBC SPORTS HALL OF FAME
He wrote numerous publications, articles and studies on hockey development. Hindmarch served as the Director of the CAHA, Chairman of several hockey committees and was recipient of the Gordon Juckes Award.
From 1980 to 1992, Hindmarch served as Director of Athletics at UBC and for 16 years, he was also vice-president of the Canadian Olympic Association and was Chef de Mission for the Canadian team at the 1984 Winter Olympics.
Hockey players in this province also have to thank Hindmarch for helping make helmet use mandatory for young players in 1961.
He's a member of the BC Sports Hall of Fame, the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame and the UBC Sports Hall of Fame.
Hindmarch was named to the Order of BC last year.
-with files from the BC Hockey Hall of Fame
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