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John Walter Douglas Hargreaves, (December 20, 1931 – July 5, 2016) was a Canadian air force officer, athletic coach, and educator. During his 19-year tenure as head football coach, he led the Queen's Golden Gaels to 16 consecutive OQIFC playoff appearances, winning 9 of 13 league championship games and posting two undefeated seasons. Under Coach Hargreaves, the Gaels appeared in three National Championship games, winning the
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twice, in 1978 and 1992. Hargreaves earned OQIFC Coach of the Year honours five times while at Queen's. In 1983, he was awarded the
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as the top intercollegiate head coach in Canada. He retired after the 1994 season having coached more games than any coach in Canadian university football history.


Early life and career

Hargreaves was born and raised in
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. From 1951-55 he attended Queen's University playing varsity football and basketball, and was an Officer Cadet in the University Reserve Training program (URTP). He earned his Wings in 1956 and completed a Short Term Commission with the
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. Following his military tour, he was employed as a teacher at
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, coaching a number of sports including football, where his 1958 team was quarterbacked by future Governor General
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. To supplement his income, he also sold insurance and worked as a TV weatherman. In 1962 Hargreaves re-enlisted in the RCAF as a pilot and became a flight instructor on the
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. In 1965, he transitioned from military operations to the athletic staff at
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, where he became assistant athletic director and football coach, and in 1967, basketball coach. In 1970 he was posted to
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to be the new Physical Education and Recreation Officer (PERO) for the base. He also took on a volunteer job as the assistant football coach at Dalhousie University in nearby Halifax. Shortly thereafter, he was promoted from Flight Lieutenant to Squadron Leader, becoming Command-level PERO based at
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. He commuted to that job from Kingston, while also joining the staff of his former Queen's football coach, the legendary Frank Tindall. In 1972, he retired from the RCAF with the rank of Major. He moved back to Dalhousie University as athletic director and football coach, and earned an M.Sc., before being hired as the head coach position at Queen's in 1976, taking over from Frank Tindall.


Honours and legacy

Doug Hargreaves was inducted into the Queen's Football Hall of Fame in 1995, the year after he retired, and in 2003, he was inducted into the Kingston Sports Hall of Fame. In addition to the Queen's Distinguished Service Award, Hargreaves also won the John Orr Award, (1997) and the Jim Bennett Achievement Award (2005). Each year at Queen's, the Doug Hargreaves Award is given to the Most Outstanding Offensive Football Player in his honour. In 2012, he received an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from Queen's in recognition of his contributions to the university, intercollegiate athletics, the sport of football nationally and in Europe and for the positive impact he had on the lives of many hundreds of young people.


External links


Remembering legendary coach Doug Hargreaves, Queen's University Gazette, Published Wednesday July 6, 2016Former Gaels football coach ‘a man of honour’, By Claude Scilley, Kingston Whig-Standard, Published Sunday, June 10, 2012


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hargreaves, Doug 1931 births 2016 deaths Sportspeople from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario Royal Canadian Air Force personnel Coaches of Canadian football Queen's University at Kingston alumni Dalhousie University alumni Queen's Golden Gaels football coaches