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Scope and Content: Team picture of the Broder's, 1961 Canadian Champions. Back row: Harry Blacker, Don McClain, Ken Larson, Glen Ennis, Barry Forest, Bob Bradley, Gord Fester, Al West, Doug Terry. Front row: Bobby Broder, Lloyd Harris, Pete Vanderhilt, Stan Broder, Jack Lilja, Hal Brown, Bob Hamilton, Logan Tait, Bob…

History / Biographical: Garry Allison was born in Lethbridge in 1940. During his career, he served as the Sports Editor of the Lethbridge Herald, as well as the District Editor, City Editor and finished his journalism career as the Outdoors Editor. He worked fulltime in the Herald's Sports department in 1974 after working in the Printing Department. Allison was an avid rodeo fan and spent much of his career covering local rodeos throughout Southern Alberta, beginning in the mid-1960s until his retirement in 2002. He received numerous awards for his coverage of rodeos, high school sports and the outdoors, including the Max Bell Memorial Award for outstanding coverage of amateur sports in Alberta. Because of his achievements in Southern Alberta sports, he was inducted into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and the Lethbridge Sports Hall of Fame. Allison was heavily involved in the local community, including coaching the high school girls’ basketball in Coalhurst and Winston Churchill for ten years. Family was a central priority to Garry Allison: he and his wife, Mary, were married for 55 years and had cared for foster children for 32 years.

Scope and Content: Team picture of the Broder's, 1961 Canadian Champions. Back row: Harry Blacker, Don McClain, Ken Larson, Glen Ennis, Barry Forest, Bob Bradley, Gord Fester, Al West, Doug Terry. Front row: Bobby Broder, Lloyd Harris, Pete Vanderhilt, Stan Broder, Jack Lilja, Hal Brown, Bob Hamilton, Logan Tait, Bob Emery.