Born April 10, 1918, in Toronto at St. Michael’s Hospital, “Peanuts” met his wife to be, Kay in grade 8 and married her in 1940. They have nine children and have been residents of Etobicoke continuously since 1943.

Peanuts playing, coaching, managing and scouting career took him across Canada and several cities in the U.S. in a span of five decades.

In 1934, and 1936 as a player and still a teenager Peanuts “won it all” with an O.H.A “Jr. B” Championship with St. Michael’s Buzzers, and a Memorial Cup Championship with West Toronto, respectively.

In 1951 he concluded one of the greatest seasons that any player/coach could conceive of having. Both playing and coaching he led St. Michael’s to the O.H.A “Senior A” Championship while concurrently serving as the coach of the St. Michael’s “Jr. A” team!

In 1937, he led the Senior O.H.A. in scoring with the Toronto Dominions and followed that up with another scoring title the following year with the Toronto Marlboro’s of the O.H.A. “Jr. A” league. Peanuts led the Senior League in scoring one year earlier than he led the Junior League.