Profile image of John Leicester, professor of Physical Education. Provincial crests of Manitoba and Ontario on wall in background.

Bio/Historical Note: John Leicester, a graduate of Nutana Collegiate in Saskatoon, enrolled at the University of Saskatchewan (BA 1948; BEd 1951) in 1946 after serving in the Royal Canadian Air Force in the Second World War. Prior to joining the Huskies, he played two years for the Junior Quakers hockey club and had won several provincial and Western Canadian tennis titles. Leicester played three years on both the Huskies hockey and tennis teams, two years on the badminton team and one year on the football team. He also served on the Men's Athletic Board. Leicester went on to coach the Huskies hockey team for two years - 1949-1950 and 1950-1951, and was professor of Physical Education from 1951-1988. Leicester helped found the Young Athletes of Saskatchewan sports schools in 1970s and was also a founding member of both the Saskatchewan Parks and Recreation Association and the Canadian Association of Sports Sciences. Leicester was inducted into the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame and Museum in 1984 and the Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame in 1987.