Roy Reber

Hall of Fame

A transplant from Alberta, Roy Reber immersed himself in Whitehorse’s sporting community when he arrived in the territory in 1948.

He was well known for playing both team and individual sports. He enjoyed hockey, basketball, fastball, badminton and golf, playing all of them and coaching basketball and hockey. Roy coached the women’s hockey team at the 1967 Canada Games in Quebec City and then again four years later at the 1971 Canada Games in Saskatoon.

Roy contributed a great deal of energy in the early years of the Arctic Winter Games. He competed in the first games in 1970 as a basketball and a mere two years later Roy was the General Manager of the games — held in Whitehorse in 1972. The 1974 Arctic Winter Games Corporation appointed Roy to the Steering Committee and he remained a member of the Board of Directors until 1978.

A wide variety of projects and volunteer roles kept him engaged for his entire life. He enjoyed his years serving on the National Advisory Council for Fitness and Amateur Sports, and his induction into the Yukon Sports Hall of Fame reflects Roy’s encouragement of all facets of sports participation.