Kenneth Farmer

For the Australian rules footballer, see Ken Farmer. For the former commander of Walter Reed Army Medical Center, see Kenneth L. Farmer, Jr.

Kenneth Farmer

Ken Farmer in McGill Redmen uniform

Born

July 26, 1912
Westmount, QC, Canada

Died

January 12, 2005 (aged 92)

Nationality

Canadian

Occupation

accountant, ice hockey player, administrator, soldier

Known for

President of Canadian Olympic Association, Olympic silver medal winner

Ice hockey career

Played for

Playing career

1930–1939

Medal record

Men's Ice Hockey
	1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Team

Kenneth Pentin "Le Clou" Farmer, CM (July 26, 1912 – January 12, 2005) was a Canadian Chartered Accountant, a Winter Olympics silver medal winner in ice hockey, and a president of the Canadian Olympic Association (now known as the Canadian Olympic Committee).

Background

Born in Westmount, Quebec, he received a Bachelor of Commerce degree from McGill University. In 1934 he joined the accounting firm of McDonald Currie & Company (now Coopers & Lybrand) and became a Chartered Accountant in 1937. He became a partner in 1945 until his retirement in 1977.

Farmer was an outstanding hockey player. He was a member of the 1936 Port Arthur Bearcats, which won the silver medal for Canada in ice hockey at the 1936 Winter Olympics. He had the second highest points at the Olympics with 10 goals and four assists.

During World War II, he served with The Royal Montreal Regiment and the Manitoba Dragoons. He was discharged with the rank of Major and was Mentioned in Dispatches in 1945.

From 1953 to 1961, he was the President of the Canadian Olympic Association. He was President of the Commonwealth Games Association of Canada from 1977 to 1983. He was a Governor of Canada's Sports Hall of Fame from 1980 to 1990.

Honours

1971, inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame in 1971^[1]
1981, made a Member of the Order of Canada
1987, inducted into the Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame as a member of the 1936 Olympic team
1999, inducted to the McGill University Sports Hall of Fame^[2]

References

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