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WILLIAM A. HEWITT
Induction Year: 1947
Builder
Sportswriter and Editor for the Toronto Star, Secretary of OHA
Born in 1875; a sportswriter and editor of the Toronto Star; secretary of the OHA and manager of three (3) Canadian Olympic hockey teams; established the first set of goal nets by dropping a fish net over the goalposts; father of Hall of Fame member Foster Hewitt; died in 1966; elected in 1947.
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