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Glen Johnson

Class of 2023

Summary

🏅 Inducted in 2023
🏈 Football
🛠️ Builder

Biography

Glen Johnson has retired from a successful career in software development and presently works for the Canadian Premier League of Soccer as their executive VP.

He spends quality time with his family and yet takes the initiative to improve sports in this country at every opportunity, through professional amateur and volunteer actions, by sharing his time and expertise.

Glen began umpiring baseball in the Red River Valley Sports League in Manitoba at the age of 12. His 24-year umpiring career culminated as Canada’s baseball umpire at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, GA. Concurrently, at the age of 18, he started officiating football, including 24 seasons in the Canadian Football League. Beyond Glen’s exemplary on-field career, he has held an amazing number of volunteer positions nationally and internationally as a builder of officiating and sport overall in Canada., and has been inducted in both the Manitoba Baseball Hall of Fame (2017) and Manitoba Football Hall of Fame (2020). He has also been nominated to both the Canadian Football and Baseball Halls of Fame.

Glen recently retired from coaching elite baseball at the Etobicoke Rangers organization for seven years at the 2005 age group, with teams winning four Toronto Baseball Association AAA Championships, double-digit tournament wins in multiple provinces, and Ontario Baseball Association finalists. He was a volunteer leader for the Challenger Baseball Program in Etobicoke, ON, in 2018 2019. He was also a dedicated coach for minor hockey with both the Humber Valley and West Mall organizations for over ten years.