Father David Bauer, C.S.B., O.C.
(Nov 2, 1924 - Nov 9, 1988)
Olympic Gold Medal for leadership and sportsmanship
1964 Innsbruck, AUSTRIA
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for Leadership & Sportsmanship 1964
1961 Fr Bauer won the Memorial Cup in Edmonton (St. Michael's High School). In Sept.1961, he is transferred to St. Mark's College at the University of British Columbia.
1962 Fr. Henry Carr, C.S.B., who was the Superior of St. Mark's, gave a tremendous support for Fr. Bauer to go to see the final games of the World Tournament in Colorado Springs in order to check out the calibre of hockey. From this moment on, Fr. Bauer began to develop a new proposal for hockey and for the youth of this country.
His Dream was to organize a team of young University players and/or Senior players who could play for their country and develop their academic and career options at the same time. During the summer of 1962, he presented his proposal to the C.A.H.A. at a special meeting in Toronto.
1964 In due course they approved this concept and the University of BC's hockey team represented Canada at the Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria. (One goal from gold medal).
Coach: Fr. Bauer won a personal Olympic Gold Medal for leadership and sportsmanship (this is the only one ever awarded in Olympic competition).
1968 At the Grenoble Olympics, Jackie McLeod was the coach and Fr. Bauer was the manager. Canada won a bronze medal.
1970 - 1980 Another group of Canadians pushed for the pros to play in International (World and Olympic Hockey), Canada had no teams for ten years.
1980 Lake Placid, Fr Bauer was Vice-President of Hockey Canada and managing director of the Olympic Hockey Team. Lorne Davis and Tom Watt were coaches. [The United States beat Russia for the gold medal, that was a "premiere".]
Father David Bauer was given the Order of Canada in 1967. He was one of the first of 55 Canadians to receive this great honour.
Fr. David Bauer has been inducted into the Waterloo County
Hall of Fame in 1972, into the Sports Hall of Fame in
1967 and into the Hockey Hall of Fame on October 3, 1989
and the Olympic Hall of Fame in 1992. His brother, Bobby Bauer
who was most famous within the Kraut Line (Dumart, Schmidt, Bauer) when
he played for the Boston Bruins , entered the Hockey Hall of Fame in
1996. Fr David Bauer entered the International Hockey
Hall of Fame in the Builders Category in Helsinki, Finland in
April 1997.
IIHF News Release - 61st IIHF World Championship 1997 in Finland.
FATHER DAVID BAUER (CAN)
Father David Bauer, born November 2, 1924. Father Bauer twice won
the championship title of Canadian Junior ice hockey: as a player in
1944 with Oshawa and 1961 as a coach with St.Mike's College. During
his time in St.Mike's he had a belief that Canadian boys could play elite-
level ice hockey and receive a solid, formal education, as well. He belie-
ved that Team Canada was the proper vehicle for such a dream. In 1961
he began building a National Team and represented his country with this
team at the Olympic Winter Games 1964 in Innsbruck, finishing fourth.
He guided Team Canada at the IIHF World Championships
in 1964
(bronze medal), 1966 (bronze medal) and 1967 (bronze
medal) and at
the Olympic Winter Games in 1968 in Grenoble (bronze medal). Father
Bauer was Managing Director of Team Canada at the Olympic Winter
Games 1980 in Lake Placid and in 1981 was named Vice-President of
Hockey Canada and Chairman of the Olympic Programme. The Father
Bauer Arena in Calgary, Alberta has named in recognition of Father
David Bauer. He passed away November 9, 1988.
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Induction
to builders' category in 1997in Helsinki, Finland.
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