Les Wilkinson... soccer family (twin brother Clive)... he was a teenager when his family moved from Blackpool, CAN to North Bay, ON, CAN in 1957... favourites have included Blackpool FC...

honoured as an Ontario Soccer Life Member... honoured by the North Bay Sports Hall of Fame... recipient of Canada Soccer’s Aubrey Sanford Meritorious Service Award in 2007...

For Sport

served on Canada Soccer’s Board of Directors (1981-82 to 1988-89 as Director, Senior Soccer; 1999-2000 to 2001-02 for Ontario; 2002-03 to 2004-05 as a Canada Soccer Vice-President)... served as Head of Delegation with Canada Soccer’s National Teams from 1984 to 1989, including the FIFA Futsal World Cup Netherlands 1989... again served as Head of Delegation with Canada Soccer’s National Teams from 2001 to 2005, including men’s FIFA World Cup Qualifiers and the 2002 Concacaf Women’s Gold Cup...

served as President of Ontario Soccer... served for Ontario Soccer, including as Vice-President (1979-81 and 1999), Director (1981-83), Treasurer (1983-86)...

served for North Bay SA as Director (1960 and 1963-67), Secretary (1961-63), and Secretary-Treasurer (1967-72)... was a founder of North Bay YSA (1971) and served as Vice-President (1971-76)... served for North Bay DSA as Vice-President (1975-76), President (1976-87), and then Director (1987-89)... served for Soccer Northeast Ontario as Director (1986-89 and 1990-91) and President (1991-97)...