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As if that’s not enough, Brown was also the first person to bring quality flying plastic to British Columbia, distributing flying discs to stores and also selling directly to players, at a discount. Without access to the discs he brought, Ultimate may never have taken off. He was also one of the founding members of the Vancouver Ultimate League, today one of the most successful leagues on the planet.
Jim has found being elected to the Ultimate Canada Hall of Fame a remarkable experience.
“I think surreal sums it up. You grow up in an era when a flying disc is considered a toy, but you believe otherwise, so you go against the norm. When no one considers it a sport, you put all your energy into it anyway because you believe so strongly in what it can become.”
AWARDS
Whether they know it or not, every disc player in British Columbia has benefited from Jim Brown’s belief and persistence.
Leslie Calder - Player
It’s not hard to make an argument that Leslie Calder is the finest Ultimate player Canada has produced, regardless of gender. (Just ask the guys who were unfortunate enough to end up trying to cover her during co-ed play.)
Calder could do it all on the field. Her layouts on offence and defence are legendary. If you needed a score, she was practically un- coverable. If you needed the best player on the other team shut down, you called her number. If you needed a thrower to break a zone or pass for the big point, you worked the disc into her hands.
Calder was born into a family of outstanding athletics – she was a national level badminton player in her teens – and that heritage became apparent as soon as she discovered the sport of Ultimate. Before long she was a key member of the GOO/Prime dynasty that dominated the Canadian and then the world women’s Ultimate scene between 1994 and 2004.
Jim Brown poses with Aerial Express - 1985 Photo: Jim Brown
Just the highlights among the honours she won with women’s teams, she won first place at the Canadian Championships with GOO every year from 1994 to 1997, plus a second
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