Lacrosse Legend Jim Aitchison
8 feb 2023 ·
49 min. 50 sec.
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Aitchison or “Aichy” was born and raised in New Westminster, B.C., but he never played as a Salmonbellie. His career was as unique as his personality and he came to...
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Aitchison or “Aichy” was born and raised in New Westminster, B.C., but he never played as a Salmonbellie.
His career was as unique as his personality and he came to the game later than most as a high school field lacrosse player at age 16. A friend got him involved with the Junior Coquitlam J-Hawks. Aitchison felt so embarrassed by his inferior stick skills that he quit after 8 games.
The coaches talked him into coming back and he progressed the rest of the year. In 1970 he was picked up by Burnaby to play in the Minto Cup – a real eye-opener for the newcomer to box lacrosse. He had a fine career with the Senior Coquitlam Adanacs from 1971-82.
He was selected as the Rookie of the Year his first year and was awarded the Ed Bailey Trophy. On 4 occasions he made the WLA All Star Team. “Aichy” played in the 1980 World Box Lacrosse Championships and won gold as a member of Coquitlam’s squad. “Aichy” represented Canada in field Lacrosse in 1974, 1982 and 1986.
He was coming off a serious knee injury in 1986 but amazingly was selected to the World All Star Team as a long-pole defenseman - one of the 10 international players selected to the All Star Team – an incredible honour!
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His career was as unique as his personality and he came to the game later than most as a high school field lacrosse player at age 16. A friend got him involved with the Junior Coquitlam J-Hawks. Aitchison felt so embarrassed by his inferior stick skills that he quit after 8 games.
The coaches talked him into coming back and he progressed the rest of the year. In 1970 he was picked up by Burnaby to play in the Minto Cup – a real eye-opener for the newcomer to box lacrosse. He had a fine career with the Senior Coquitlam Adanacs from 1971-82.
He was selected as the Rookie of the Year his first year and was awarded the Ed Bailey Trophy. On 4 occasions he made the WLA All Star Team. “Aichy” played in the 1980 World Box Lacrosse Championships and won gold as a member of Coquitlam’s squad. “Aichy” represented Canada in field Lacrosse in 1974, 1982 and 1986.
He was coming off a serious knee injury in 1986 but amazingly was selected to the World All Star Team as a long-pole defenseman - one of the 10 international players selected to the All Star Team – an incredible honour!
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