Item consists of a sound recording of an oral history interview between faculty member D.M. 'Skin' Dewar and alumni Randy Smye '63 discussing life at Appleby College as an English teacher and football coach between 1934 and 1974. Topics discussed include the 1936 trip to Berlin Olympics; Weis Memorial window; Headmasters John Guest, Percival Wickens, Rev. Bell, staff including Mr. Colley, Alastair Walker; Mr. Whittington, Sgt. Sam Clarke, Miss Niblett and Miss James, Bruce Lockhart, John Page, Lesley Bott. Subjects include football, chapel, covered rink, Brown House, electrical system on campus, buildings around campus, Town of Oakville, golf course on campus, carving roasts at dinner, The Depression, World War 2. See attached transcription for more details.
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- Football at Appleby has a long history, although in the early years the terms Football and Rugby were used interchangeably. Appleby's greatest period of success in football was during the 1960s when the Varsity team achieved a string of almost unbroken winning seasons. The best seasons were 1966 and 1967 when the team went undefeated in interscholastic play. The success of the 1967 team led to Appleby joining CISAA. Appleby's Varsity Football team achieved its next and last undefeated season in 1985. This was the school's only CISAA championship for First team football. Appleby ended the Football programme after the 2004 season.