Jack Kenyon
Basketball Builder - Inducted 1990
Jack Kenyon was involved as a basketball player, coach, and builder for over thirty years. During twenty-seven years of Alberta Colleges' Athletic Conference play, his teams won seven championships and compiled an impressive record of 198 wins and 26 losses. Twenty-two basketball players who were coached by him went on to play for the Canadian National Team; ten played semi-pro in Europe, and one played in the National Basketball Association League. Jack Kenyon spent several years working with Junior National Teams and in 1988 served as the assistant coach of the Calgary 88s in the World Basketball League.
After Induction
Awards
2007 - University of Saskatchewan“100 Most Influential Alumni” Award
2006 - Saskatchewan Centennial Award Sport & Recreation
2005 - Alberta Centennial Salute for Sport and Recreation Award
2003 - Saskatoon Hall of Fame, U of S Huskies Athletics Team, Coach
2002 - Alberta Sports Hall of Fame, Multi-Sport Builder
2002 - Queens Jubilee Medal
2001 - Calgary Booster Club, Athletic Leader
1995 - Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame, Athlete
1993 - Great Canadian Award
1992 - University of Saskatchewan, Athletic Wall of Fame
1992 - Commemorative Medal, 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada
1990 - International Toastmasters “Communication & Leadership” Award
1988 - YWCA “Woman of Distinction” Award, Sport
1980 - Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame, Athlete
1979 - Chatelaine Magazine “First Woman of the Year”
1978 - Order of Canada
1978 - Canada’s “Female Athlete of the Year”
1975 - Canada’s “Female Athlete of the Year”
Other Accomplishments
2010-2011 - CEO, KidSport Canada
2008-2011 - Member, Premiere’s Council on Arts & Culture
2008-2010 - Member, Canadian Heart & Stroke Foundation, Heart Truth Leadership Council 2006- - Member, Petro-Canada’s FACE Committee
2006-2011 - Director, KidSport Canada
2005-2011 - Chair, KidSport Alberta
2001-2005 - Director, KidSport Alberta
1997-2009 - Director, Canadian Olympic Committee
1999-2005 - Member, Canadian Olympic Committee Games Review Committee
1997-2001 - Executive Member & Director, Canadian Olympic Association
1995-1997 - Vice President, Canadian Olympic Association
1997-2005 - Chair, Petro-Canada Olympic Torch Scholarship Fund
1997-2001 - Chair, Olympic Legacy Coaching Fund
2000 - Chef de Mission 2000 Canadian Olympic Team ( Sydney, Australia)
1992-2000 - Honorary Co-Chair, University of Saskatchewan’s Athletic Endowment Fund
1986-1999 - Director, Coaching Association of Canada
1993-1995 - Chair, Fair Play Canada
1995-1999 - Director, Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport
1993-1995 - Director, Calgary Olympic Development Association
1993-1995 - Chair, Olympic Hall of Fame
1986-1994 - Director, Commission for Fair Play
Athletic Career Highlights
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Retired from active competition in 1984.
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17 years on Canada’s National Track & Field Team (1967-84)
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Winner of over 70 Canadian Championship titles – Pentathlon, high jump, long jump, shot put, hurdles, sprint relays
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Canadian, Commonwealth & Pan American Games Champion & Record Holder
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Olympic Games – 1972 (10th), 1976 (6th) and 1980 (boycott)
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“Alternate Olympics” – Gold medal (1980)
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Commonwealth Games: 1970, 1974 & 1978 (Gold medal)
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Pan American Games - 1975 (Gold) & 1979 (Gold medal)
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1981 World Cup Team
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1975 & 1978 ranked #1 in the world in the pentathlon event
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World University Games, Moscow, USSR – Bronze medal (1973)
Jack Kenyon Memorial Scholarship – Mount Royal
Jack Kenyon had two loves in his life: basketball and mathematics; often combining the two in on-court strategy and in-class teaching.
He began his coaching career in 1963, taking Mount Royal to seven Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference titles. A former coach of Canada’s Junior Basketball Team (1975-79), Jack was inducted into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame in 1990.
He also published several papers on making mathematics more accessible to students. -
After a 33-year teaching career, Jack Kenyon retired in the spring of 1994. He died tragically in September of that year.