Bill McGill

Bill McGill, who died in 2001, co-founded the Orillia Terriers Sr. A hockey club and was the general manager of the squad when it won an Allan Cup, emblematic of Canadian senior hockey supremacy, in 1974.

He was instrumental in forging a relationship with Joe Kane, coach of the vaunted Toronto Marlboros. When that team folded, he convinced the core group of players to come to Orillia and play for the Terriers.

McGill was a tireless promoter of both hockey and baseball and never stopped trying to make Orillia a better place.

Don Stoutt, who worked with McGill to build the Terriers into a national champion called McGill “one of Orillia’s greatest promoters.” He said “Bill and his wife Agnes worked tirelessly to make the team what it became.”