Herb Ballantyne

Football 1942-46, Hockey 1945-46
Captain of Football Team 1945
Football Assistant Coach 1947-49

On the effect of Western athletics on his life

“If I hadn’t played football at Western, I may have never got to
London Life. You know, but London Life didn’t recruit me. I think sports, particularly team sports; you got to play as a team. Your successful as a team and you got to get along with everybody and everybody has their part to play as it does in business. And so, yeah, I’m sure it helped. Just like, what did the business school do for you? Well I can’t really say, “Boy, if it wasn’t for that…” But I’m sure all those things gave you a background and helped bring whatever success you’ve had.”