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1 CONC Sudbury Star, February 2, 1991 - p.D6
1 CONT R. Errol Gibson
1 CONT Funeral visitations will be held Sunday from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. for R. Errol
1 CONT Gibson who died Friday, Feb. 1 at Sudbury General Hospital.  He was 64.
1 CONT Born in Guelph, Ont., he was married in Toronto in 1949 to the former
1 CONT Mildred Johnston.  He received his B.A. degree from Laurentian Universi
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1 CONT 1971 and Master in Education degree from Queen's University in 1974.  He
1 CONT received an Ontario Teaching Certificate from Toronto Normal School in 194
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1 CONT He also received an Ontario Teaching Certificate in education in 1950 and
1 CONT received a permanent supervisor's certificate in physical health and
1 CONT education in 1955. In 1963, 1964 and 1965, he attended national track and
1 CONT field coaching clinics at the University of Guelph, Guelph, Ont.
1 CONT Gibson was an usher and head usher at the Capitol Theatre in Guelph, Ont.
1 CONT from 1943 to 1944.  A veteran of the Canadian army with service in 1945 an
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1 CONT 1946, he was an apprentice aircraft engineer and pilot for Cub Aircraft
1 CONT Corp. of Hamilton, Ont. in 1946.   Gibson taught at Diamond Jubilee Public
1 CONT School in Kapuskasing, Ont. from 1948 to 1953.  From 1954 to 1956 he taugh
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1 CONT physical education at A.C.M. Breadner Public School, R.C.A.F. Station
1 CONT Trenton.  From 1956 to 1984 he was chief physical and health education
1 CONT consultant for the Sudbury Board of Education, where his responsibilities
1 CONT included curriculum development, implementation and evaluation; in-service
1 CONT programs for teachers; and demonstration teaching.  He was principal of
1 CONT board-sponsored courses in physical and health education.  He was a course
1 CONT director in 1982, 1983 and 1984 for three physical education courses he
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1 CONT Sudbury for Nipissing University College, North Bay.  In 1972 and 1976, he
1 CONT was principal of two physical and health education courses offered in
1 CONT Sudbury for Ministry of Education certification.  From 1971 to 1975 he
1 CONT taught track and field and organization and administration at Queen's
1 CONT University summer school in physical and health education.  He was also an
1 CONT instructor of physical and health education for five summers.  From 1984 t
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1 CONT his retirement in 1988 he was a professor of physical education at
1 CONT Laurentian University.
1 CONT Gibson organized and conducted Royal Canadian Legion public speaking
1 CONT contests and scholarship programs.  He held numerous elected offices at th
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1 CONT branch, zone and district levels in the Royal Canadian Legion.
1 CONT He organized a modified Little League Baseball league in Sudbury and raise
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1 CONT funds for the project.  In 1963, he started a track and field club and
1 CONT continued to act as president and coach until his death.  Since 1966,
1 CONT athletes from the club competed in Ontario and Canadian National
1 CONT Championships through a club that stressed personal improvement rather tha
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1 CONT winning medals.  He also organized and managed the 1977 Canadian Senior
1 CONT Track and Field Championships held in Sudbury.
1 CONT Gibson was a charter member of the Sudbury District Sports Central and
1 CONT subsequently president.  He organized the first two Sudbury District Area
1 CONT Games in 1972 and 1973.
1 CONT He was also a charter member of the Northeastern Ontario Regional Sports
1 CONT Committee and its first president in 1972-73.  He also helped develop the
1 CONT Northeastern Ontario Regional Games.
1 CONT In 1977-78 he was president of the North Central Region of the Ontario Tra
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1 CONT and Field Association and participated at the regional level in the Ontari
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1 CONT sports plan project.
1 CONT Gibson held a variety of elected offices in the Sudbury District Ontario
1 CONT Public School Men Teachers' Federation and was president for two terms.  H
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1 CONT served at the provincial level in the federation's policy and budget
1 CONT committee's.
1 CONT In 1988 Gibson was manager and co-ordinator of officials for the II World
1 CONT Junior Track and Field Championships in Sudbury.  In 1990 and 1991 he
1 CONT co-ordinated officials for the OFSAA track and field meet in Sudbury.
1 CONT Awards
1 CONT 1960 - named Sudbury's first Sportsman of the Year.
1 CONT 1966 - certificate of ment from Royal Canadian Legion zone H-3.
1 CONT 1967 - received City of Sudbury Centennial Scroll.
1 CONT 1974 - Graduate Students'Award from Queen's University.
1 CONT 1975 - certificate of merit from Northeastern Ontario Regional Sports
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1 CONT 1976 - received a second certificate of merit from Northeastern Ontario
1 CONT Regional Sports Committee.
1 CONT 1977 - inducted into Sudbury Sports Hall of Fame; awarded a shield from
1 CONT Northeastern Ontario Regional Sports Committee for contribution to
1 CONT development of amateur sports in northeastern Ontario.
1 CONT 1977- awarded a gold medal by the Canadian Track and Field Association for
1 CONT service in the sport.
1 CONT 1977 - awarded Queen's Silver Jubilee Medal by Governor General Jules Lege
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1 CONT Beloved husband of Mildred "Millie" (Johnston) Gibson of Sudbury.  Loving
1 CONT father of Kim of Toronto and John of Sudbury.  Dear nephew of Ethel Gibson
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1 CONT Isabel Gibson and Jean (husband Jack Darlington) all of Oakville, John
1 CONT  "Jack"Gibson (wife Lillian) of Florida and George Gibson (wife Mary) of
1 CONT Michigan.
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