William "Bill" Kippen
As a young teenager Bill played Bantam and Midget hockey while attending school in Maxville. At the age of seventeen he tried out and made the Martintown Juveniles Team which played their games in Smith Falls. This team won the Eastern Ontario Championship.
The following year Bill joined the Maxville Millionaires in the Border League. in 1958, he was recognized as the most valuable player in the league. The 1959-60 season saw Bill win the scoring championship with forty goals in twenty games.
In 1960-61 Bill played for Williamstown in the Border League and also for the Roxborough Junior Farmers and won the scoring title in both leagues. Following this season he was asked to play in the Senior League but farming made it impossible to travel, so he declined. Instead he joined the St. Isidore Team in the Small Nations League, playing here until retiring from hockey in 1965. He finished second in the scoring race.
Nick Haramis in 1967 organized the Maxville Old Timers Hockey where Bill averaged 50 to 60 games per year. He continued playing hockey for 25 years and in his final game in 1995 had the misfortune to break his leg.
Now Bill is playing hockey for the Old Blades hockey team in Alexandria, just completing his ninth year. He has always been noted for winning face-off draws, passing the puck and not missing any games.
During the past years Bill played in Old Timers tournaments in Alexandria Bay, Las Vegas, Scotland and locally in Morrisburg. He played with the Morrisburg Combines in 2000 at Collingwood in the Ontario Senior Winter Games in the 65 year old category after the Alexandria team, of which he was a member, was defeated. In the opening game against Mississauga, Bill scored three goals in a 7-0 win for S.D.&G.
In addition to his hockey career, Bill also played soccer for Maxville and Greenfield in the Glengarry Soccer League.
Bill started curling in 1967 and curls several times a week. He has played in the Glengarry Cup four times winning the trophy twice. He has also been president of the Glengarry Curling Club in Maxville.
A successful farmer, Bill is now semi-retired working on the farm with his sons.
