In a 1976 piece, sports columnist Red Duddin wrote “The Dixon namewas famous in lacrosse circles in Mimico back in the 1940s and early 1950s. In fact, Ken and Archie Dixon were as well known in those days as lacrosse stars as Vida Blue and Rollie Fingers are today as baseball stars.”

The name Ken Dixon is synonymous with lacrosse in Mimico, at one time a true hotbed of the sport in Canada. Dixon began his career in Canada’s national game in the old Windy Weather league in Mimico during the great depression in the 1930s and throughout the 1940s established himself as one of the game’s biggest stars, scoring over 500 goals during an outstanding 15 year career.

As a junior age rookie with the Mimico senior team, Ken was selected the Ontario Lacrosse Association’s Most Valuable Player, leading Mimico to the Mann Cup in 1942. In the fall of that year Ken was invited to a tryout with the Toronto Maple Leafs. While he made favourable impressions at camp, his budding NHL career was cut short after just one week when he was called to the Armed Services.

The lifelong Etobicoke resident served in the army for the next four years. Upon discharge he joined the Mimico Seniors, guiding the team to an Ontario title and a national championship. Upon his retirement from the game in 1949, in a touching gesture, Ken was presented with a gold watch from the Mimico fans.

In 1976 Ken was elected to the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame. Since his retirement from active sports Ken has coached in the Queensway Minor Hockey League for years and has been an avid participant in the Etobicoke Oldtimers Hockey League.