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The Brooklin Redmen are celebrating their 51st season of Senior "A" Lacrosse in Ontario. The Redmen are an essential piece of the lacrosse fabric in Durham Region and have been in a name or other since 1961. The Redmen a community operated and funded lacrosse club. In 1961 Brooklin was granted a senior lacrosse franchise. From 1961 to 1964 the team was known as the Brooklin Hillcrests. In 1965 the name was changed to the Brooklin Merchants. In 1966 the name was changed again, this time to the Brooklin Redmen.

51 years later we remain the Brooklin Redmen. Over the years and 7 Canadian Mann Cup Championships later we have produced several Ontario and Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame members.

	Type	Title	Link	Initial	Author	Publication	Description	Threads
	Team	Maple Ridge Burrards	article	1937			Former Senior 'A' team which joined the Inter-City Lacrosse League in 1937. The team played in the Western Lacrosse Association until 1993 when the team was transferred to Surrey. Two years later the Surrey Burrards moved to their current home in Maple Ridge. During the team's existence in Vancouver, it underwent numerous name changes to reflect sponsorship and merging with other teams.
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	Team	Brooklin Redmen History	article	1961		Brooklin Redmen	The Brooklin Redmen are celebrating their 51st season of Senior "A" Lacrosse in Ontario. The Redmen are an essential piece of the lacrosse fabric in Durham Region and have been in a name or other since 1961. The Redmen a community operated and funded lacrosse club. In 1961 Brooklin was granted a senior lacrosse franchise. From 1961 to 1964 the team was known as the Brooklin Hillcrests. In 1965 the name was changed to the Brooklin Merchants. In 1966 the name was changed again, this time to the Brooklin Redmen. 51 years later we remain the Brooklin Redmen. Over the years and 7 Canadian Mann Cup Championships later we have produced several Ontario and Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame members.
	Individual	Gaylord Powless	cla	2017		cla	"A skilled scorer and unselfish playmaker, Gaylord was a lacrosse prodigy growing up, winning the Tom Longboat Award as the best Indigenous athlete in Canada at the age of 17. Around that same time, he was recruited by famed coach Jim Bishop to join the Oshawa Green Gaels, and helped lead the Junior A squad to four consecutive Minto Cup championships from 1964 to 1967. Powless went on to enjoy a successful career at the senior level, highlighted by a Mann Cup championship with the Brantford Warriors in 1971. Between 1968 and 1977, he played professionally in the National Lacrosse Association for Detroit, Syracuse and Montreal, while also suiting up for amateur teams in Rochester, Coquitlam, Brantford, and his hometown of Six Nations. He also donned the maple leaf on several occasions, representing Canada on the international stage twice in 1967, winning gold at the Indian International Field Lacrosse Tournament at Expo 67 in Montreal and bronze at the inaugural lacrosse world championship in Toronto."	thread: First Nations
	Team	Coquitlam Adanacs History	article	1933	Stan Shillington	Coquitlam Adanacs	Adanacs - A Place in Sports History	thread:adanacs
	Individual	Luther Vipond's name lives on and on	article		Brian McNair	Durhamregion.con	If there's a sports name that is synonymous with Brooklin, it would be Vipond. A drive down Winchester Road helps reveal that quickly enough, as the Luther Vipond Memorial Arena stands as the most prominent building in the village's sporting landscape. It's aptly named after a man who was devoted to sports in Brooklin, especially hockey and lacrosse. That same name will now forever be enshrined in the Whitby Sports Hall of Fame ....
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