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The Games Are Over, The Memories Live On

Ed Lumley’s Legacy to Cornwall

By Anne Phillips Edward Lumley was born in Windsor and Lumley had to drop most of his involvement
after graduating with a Bachelor of Commerce in minor sports when his ambitions turned to
degree, moved to Cornwall in 1964. He worked politics. When Lumley was elected as mayor of
with the Coca-Cola bottling company. Cornwall, he became the driving force behind
“The first people I met were Norm Baril, the Civic Complex.
Jimmy Larin and Ray Lascelle from the Cornwall “The whole reason for doing that,” said Lumley,
Royals,” said Lumley. Lumley joined the Royals “was the Royals won the Memorial Cup while
as an assistant coach in 1965-66. we were in the Quebec league in 1972, and we

Once Larin left the Royals to coach at St, were trying to get in the OHA (Ontario Hockey
Lawrence College, Lumley became even more Association), and they demanded an arena with
active in coaching the Royals. 4000 seats.” The arena was built seating 3998
with two chairs to bring it up to 4000.
Lumley also helped Gilles Leger coach
“The complex wasn’t built just for the Royals,”
football for Cornwall Classical College for a
said Lumley, “We built it for conventions and
few years. They tried to start a junior football
other things.”
team, sponsored by pro teams.
The Royals, or course moved on and Lumley
“My plan was to just start the club and finance
saw that as a great loss for Cornwall, a spiritual
it and went on to coach,” said Lumley, adding he
loss according to Lumley.
had a lot of help. After three years, it turned out
to be drawing too much money and they had to “In 1972, my first year as mayor, we tried
drop the team. to change the attitude of the people and it was
Who would have thought that when an
“Some people join service clubs and fraternal pretty difficult because we had 26 per cent
ambitious 24-year-old from Windsor set foot in
organizations,” said Lumley, “For me, to help unemployment and we needed things to make
Cornwall he would take the city by storm and
out young men in football and hockey, that’s us feel good about ourselves,” he said. “The
leave behind a legacy including an arena named
where I made my contribution.” Cornwall Royals made us feel good about
after him?
ourselves.”
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