The year was 1945...the place was Mount Allison University...in Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada...and the event — the birth of the Mount Allison Soccer Mounties.
Well known Bermuda resident Dr. Clarence Terceira (’49), AKA, “Tessi” was a freshman studying pre-dentistry at Mount Allison in the mid-40s. In his first year (1945), Tessi convinced the university athletic director at the time, Major McCormack, to start an intramural soccer league with four squads and 44 interested players.
From these humble beginnings, Tessi appealed to the Mount Allison Men’s Athletic Union for varsity status on campus, and then application was made to join the Maritime Universities Athletic Union.
The 2008-09 version of the men’s Soccer Mounties are heading to Bermuda to meet these “charter members” of the University’s historical program, and to hone their soccer skills against current Bermudian players, over the University break from February 21-28, 2009.
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