First Name: Art
Last Name: Lightfoot
Sport: Hockey
Inductee Type: Builder
Year Inducted: 1980
Home Town: Halifax
County: Halifax County
Details:

Art Lightfoot (along with Ted Cumming, George Warden, and Abbie Warden) was one of the four men who founded the first summer hockey school in Canada in 1958. He was always involved with hockey as a player or an administrator.

He was a member and captain of the 1942-44 Queen Elizabeth high School hockey team, which won the provincial high school championship. He was also a member of the Halifax Junior Canadians and the Dalhousie University and Acadia University varsity teams. He held coaching and executive positions with the Kentville Minor Hockey Association for 30 years.

Facts:

• Co-founder of 1st summer hockey school in Canada