Bill Fitsell
John Walter (Bill) Fitsell (born July 25, 1923) serves on the Board of Directors of the International Hockey Hall of Fame in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.[1][2]
Fitsell was the founding president of the Society for International Hockey Research. He has written five books:
- Hockey's Captains, Colonels and Kings (Boston Mills Press, 1987)
- Fitsell's Guide to the Old Ontario Strand: A Cultural and Historical Companion (with Michael Dawber, Quarry Press, 1994)
- Hockey's Hub: Three Centuries of Hockey in Kingston (with Mark Potter, Quarry Heritage Books, 2003)
- How Hockey Happened (Quarry Press, 2007)
- Captain James T. Sutherland - The Grand Old Man of Hockey (Quarry Heritage Books, 2012)
In 2006, the Society for International Hockey Research presented him with the Brian McFarlane Award for outstanding research and writing.