#1A • History of the Olympic Coach Dr. Patrick Reid
Part of The Olympic Coach Collection Auction - Guelph (timed auction by David Moore & Associates Inc. / Rapid-Sell.ca )
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Dr. Patrick Reid has been involved in sports and entertainment activities for more than fifty-years. During that time, he has traveled to more than 25 countries throughout the globe. He has accumulated several unique pieces of sports and entertainment memorabilia. This ranges from a painting purchased in Singapore by an internationally acclaimed thumb artist (he paints only with his thumb, not brushes), to several pieces of art purchased or awarded to him in the Soviet Union and in Russia, to a gold medal from the 1st IIHF Women’s World Ice Hockey Championship, won by Canada in 1990. Dr. Reid is an accomplished national high jump coach who has coached Canadian high jumpers at the Olympic Games (2), Commonwealth Games (3), Pan American Games (2), Francophone Games (1), World Athletics Championships and Junior World Championships, and several Jeux Canada Games. He was inducted into the Athletics Ontario Provincial Hall of Fame last month. Join us to view (and purchase) some very unique sports and entertainment items! Watch him on the Athletes Podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PU0fKx8EXD0 IMAGE 1 - Dr. Pat Reid (Ph.D.) was the vice president of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association and General Manager/Director of Operations of two Canadian World Junior hockey teams. Both teams won the IIHF World Junior Championship in Helsinki and the following year in Saskatoon. Reid was the GM/Director of Operations of the Canadian Women's team that won the IIHF Women's World Championship, the only Canadian coach to do so. IMAGE 2 - Dr. Pat Reid (Ph.D.), a national athletics coach, was approached by this well-known TV personality (Rick Mercer), for instruction on performing the high jump. Pat and his wife Joanne are seen here with the individual. IMAGE 3 - Dr. Reid served as a color commentator for TSN during the Ottawa Citizen Indoor (an international athletics event). IMAGE 4 - Dr. Pat Reid was the head Jumps Coach for Team Canada at the L.A. Summer Olympic Games in 1984. IMAGE 5 - Pat Reid with high jumper Brian Marshall at the Summer Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea. Reid coached Brian Marshall. IMAGE 6 - Pat Reid with some members of the Canadian Junior Team following the conclusion of the IIAF World Junior Championship, won by Canada! Reid was the General Manager.
