Thursday, October 04, 2012
Keith Macdonald
Keith MacDonald
Keith MacDonald was
born in Prince Edward Country on July 18, 1927. He attended West Lake School in The County, then attended Albert College
in Belleville .
A life long farmer, he still tills the soil settled by his ancestors in 1822.
He gained his love of
sport from his father, and excelled in many different athletic areas. In the
early 1940s, he won the tennis championship at Albert; however, Keith is to be
recognized for his prowess on the baseball diamond, and in the hockey arena.
As a member of the Belleville McFarlands, Keith won the World Championship of
hockey in 1959 in Prague , Czechoslovakia . He won the Allan
Cup with the team in Kelowna ,
British Columbia , in 1958. He
worked his way up to the Senior “A” level through various junior and
intermediate teams in The County, and with the Senior “B” teams in Belleville .
In the summer,
MacDonald played on several fastball and baseball teams in The County, and in Belleville . He won the
Eastern Ontario Intermediate “C” Championship with the Bloomfield Silver Ribbons. In 1954, he played
third base for the Belleville Batas, winning the
All Ontario
Baseball Championship.
Always a fierce
competitor, Keith MacDonald was a valued member of every team he played for,
and an important member of the community in Prince Edward
County .