University of Saskatchewan athletics legend loses battle to cancer
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“Always enthusiastic”. That’s how University of Saskatchewan professor PJ Kennedy described his long time friend Bill Seymour, who passed away after a long battle with cancer on Friday. Kennedy was gracious enough to share with HuskieFAN, detailed information about Seymour’s life and career.
Seymour, who was born in Regina in 1943, graduated from Fort Qu’Appelle high school before attending the University of Saskatchewan. Seymour was a two sport athlete with the Huskies, playing both football and hockey in the mid 1960’s. In two seasons with the U of S hockey team, Seymour had 20 points in 22 games. He was also a conference all-star with the Huskie football team in 1965. Seymour was both kicker and defensive back, and led the conference in interceptions.
After obtaining his education degree at the U of S, Seymour first went to Yorkton before returning to Saskatoon in 1969. While teaching at Evan Hardy Collegiate, Seymour coached the juvenile hockey team, leading the school to three provincial championships in the 1970’s. Seymour was also the head coach of the Saskatoon Contacts midget hockey team from 1974-80
He then collaborated with Dave King on a Seymour-King hockey school that ran from 1979-89. King became the head coach of the Huskies in 1979, and Seymour joined the team as an assistant coach in 1982. Seymour spent over five years with team as an assistant coach and was part of the Huskies’ one and only University Cup championship in 1983.
