Augustine “Gussie” MacLellan was born and grew up in New Aberdeen, Glace Bay. Remembered as a promoter, Gussie was a better than average boxer. He won the Eastern Canadian Featherweight title in 1946, but within three years he was out of the ring and in the business end of sport.

Fight fans from Halifax, Glace Bay, Sydney, New Glasgow, North Sydney, Toronto, and other centres have been treated to some great matches thanks to the knack MacLellan had for setting up bouts people wanted to see. He promoted bouts featuring Terrence (Tiger) Warrington, Rockabye Ross, Tyrone Gardiner,Kid Adshade, Blair Richardson, John Devison, Art Hafey, and Clyde Gray. In the late 1970s and throughout the ‘80s, he introduced closed-circuit boxing cards to Cape Breton.