Sheldon Galbraith

Born in Sturgeon Creek, Manitoba, the youngest of four children of William James Boyd and Mabel Agnes Frederika Mabel, he moved with his family to Tacoma, Washington in 1928. In 1943, he married Jeanne Schulte.

His students have included Barbara Ann Scott, Frances Dafoe, Norris Bowden, Barbara Wagner, Gary Beacom, Robert Paul, Donald Jackson and Vern Taylor. He was the Winter Olympics Canadian team coach in 1948, 1956 and 1960.

He was a founder of the Professional Skaters' Association of Canada and was its first president.

In 1980, he was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. In 1991, he was inducted into the Canadian Figure Skating Hall of Fame. In 1996, he was inducted into the World Figure Skating Museum and Hall of Fame, and in 2003 the Professional Skaters Association Coaches Hall of Fame. In 1999, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada (CM).^[1] In 2005, he was appointed Member of the Order of Ontario (OOnt). He died on April 14, 2015.^[2]

• Sheldon Galbraith biography
• Order of Canada Citation

This article about a Canadian figure skater is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e