On Could 12 in Saint-Sauveur, Rolland Godin handed away on the age of 90. A former member of the Canadian Davis Cup staff, match organizer and coach, he was amongst Québec’s nice tennis gamers and builders.
Born in 1932, he was topped Canada’s finest junior participant in 1950 and remained within the Canadian High 10 for 14 years (1952–1966). He performed his finest season in 1960, when he received the provincial championship and was chosen to signify Canada at Davis Cup.
Rolland Godin was by no means very removed from the game, taking part in all through life and incomes the title of Canada’s senior males’s doubles champion within the over-60 class with Marc Blondeau. Collectively, they even went on to turn out to be the over-45 senior males’s doubles world champions in 1982!
He gave again to tennis by conveying his ardour to youthful gamers and organizing tournaments and most notably helped his son Éric grew to become the U14 Canadian singles champion in 1985. Mr. Godin additionally coached U16 Canadian singles champion Martin Lachapelle (1978) and chaired the Affiliation des vétérans du tennis québécois for some 20 years.
In 2000, in recognition of all his achievements, Rolland Godin was inducted into the Panthéon des sports activities du Québec, Québec’s sports activities corridor of fame, as an athlete. In 1997, the Panthéon du tennis québécois, Québec’s tennis corridor of fame, adopted swimsuit after which inducted him a second time, as a builder, in 2008.
ROLLAND GODIN – OBITUARY
