Fred L. J. Wooster (5 January 1938 – 1 November 1993) was one of the founders of the Saanich Lacrosse Association in

Saanich, British Columbia Saanich ( ) is a district municipality on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, within the Greater Victoria area. The population was 117,735 at the 2021 census, making it the most populous municipality in the Capital Regional District and V ...

, and a well known local figure for

lacrosse Lacrosse is a team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins with the indigenous people of North America as early as the 12th century. The game was extensiv ...

. Wooster devoted much of his time and work behind the scenes organizing box lacrosse clubs and developing players in the

Victoria, British Columbia Victoria is the capital city of the Canadian province of British Columbia, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of 91,867, and the Greater Victoria area has a population of 397,237. The ...

area. Notably, Wooster played for the

Victoria Shamrocks The Victoria Shamrocks are a Senior A box lacrosse team, based in Victoria, British Columbia. The team competes in the 7-team Western Lacrosse Association (WLA). The Shamrocks entered the former Inter-City Lacrosse League, which is now the WLA, i ...

during the 1950s and early 1960s, maintaining ties to the organisation throughout his life. He also held executive positions with the British Columbia Lacrosse Association, including president from 1972 to 1973. In 1987, Fred Wooster was inducted into the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame.

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Canadian Lacrosse Hall of FameSaanich Lacrosse Association
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