Don Head - Hockey

Don Head, star goalkeeper for Canada’s silver medal winning team in the Squaw Valley Olympics, joined the Portland Buckaroos in 1960. In the 1960-61 season, he was named Rookie of the Year in the Western Hockey League and selected for the all-star team as goalkeeper with a 2.74 goals again average. He was named to the WHL all-star team a league record five times (three 1st teams and two 2nd teams). He held the all-time WHL record for lowest goals against average with 2.87 for 407 games. Three times he was the WHL’s outstanding goalkeeper and two times he led the Buckaroos to the Lester Patrick Cup Championship (1961 and 1965). Don Head currently lives in Portland.