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Gus Etchegary
Bio
Augustine A. Etchegary... served as president of the Fisheries Association of Newfoundland and Labrador Ltd... served as vice-president of Fisheries Products Ltd... served as Commissioner of International Commission of North West Atlantic Fishers... served as Director of Fishery Council of Canada... author of a book on fishering, “Empty Nets: How Greed and Politics Wiped Out the World’s Greatest Fishery”...
honoured by the Canada Soccer Hall of Fame... honoured by the Newfoundland Labrador Sports Hall of Fame, the Newfoundland Labrador Soccer Hall of Fame, the St. John’s Soccer Hall of Fame, the Burin Peninsula Soccer Hall of Fame, and the St. Lawrence Soccer Hall of Fame... honoured as a Newfoundland Labrador Soccer Honourary Life Member...
said Etchegary in 1984, “it was the dedication of those who were involved that made it work (Newfoundland Labrador soccer’s membership to Canada Soccer); I think of people like Fred Tessier, Adrian Miller, Hobie Pike, Angus Barrett, and Doug Sweetapple”... wrote Dee Murphy, “his ability to promote soccer while obtaining the best from those with whom he was associated was a foundation upon which the sport prospered, improved and expanded”...
Honours
Individual Awards
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2007Canada Soccer Hall of Fame Honoured Builder / Bâtisseur honoré
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1980Newfoundland Labrador Soccer Association Hall of Fame Honoured Member (Builder - Soccer)
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1975Newfoundland Labrador Sports Hall of Fame Honoured Member (Builder - Soccer)
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