
EXECUTIVE CAREER
ASSISTANT COACH, SASKATOON HILLTOPS 1949 – 1950
PRESIDENT, SASKATOON HILLTOPS 1963 – 1964
SASKATOON MINOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE 1957 – 1980
COMMISSIONER, KINSMEN TACKLE FOOTBALL LEAGUE 1962 – 1982
PRESIDENT, FOOTBALL SASKATCHEWAN 1973 – 1974
SECRETARY/TREASURER, FOOTBALL SASKATCHEWAN 1975 – 2000
PRESIDENT, PRAIRIE JUNIOR FOOTBALL CONFERENCE 1984 – 1985
AWARDS AND HONOURS
SASKATCHEWAN AMATEUR FOOTBALL RECOGNITION AWARD 1978
SASKATCHEWAN SPORT VOLUNTARY SERVICE AWARD 1981
KINSMEN SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR AWARD 1981
HILLTOP FOOTBALL CLUB LIFE MEMBER 1982
B.C. AMATEUR FOOTBALL AWARD FOR CONTRIBUTION TO JUNIOR FOOTBALL 1986
RECOGNITION BY SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS FOR HIS CONTRIBUTION TO AMATEUR FOOTBALL 1985
FOOTBALL CANADA AWARD OF MERIT 1986
CJFL LIFE MEMBERSHIP 1987
SASKATOON HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE AS A BUILDER IN FOOTBALL 1986
REGINA RAMS RECOGNITION AWARD FOR 50 YEARS SERVICE 1996
ED HENICK MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARD-CJFL EXECUTIVE AWARD-ESTABLISHED 1996
ED HENICK WAS BORN IN SASKATOON, SASKATCHEWAN ON DECEMBER 10, 1927. HIS PASSION WAS TO HELP YOUNG MEN ENJOY THE SAME EXPERIENCES HE HAD IN THE GAME OF CANADIAN FOOTBALL BEGINNING WITH HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL AT BEDFORD ROAD IN SASKATOON. HENICK JOINED THE SASKATOON HILLTOPS IN 1947 AND WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING TO REORGANIZE THE TEAM THAT WENT ON TO WIN THE PROVINCIAL JUNIOR RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP THAT SAME YEAR. AT THE END OF THE 1948 SEASON, HE TURNED HIS ATTENTION TO COACHING AND WORKED HIS WAY UP THE ADMINISTRATIVE LADDER TO THE LEVEL OF PRESIDENT, A POSITION HE HELD IN 1963 AND 1964.
STILL INVOLVED WITH THE HILLTOPS, HENICK HELPED FORM THE SASKATOON MINOR FLAG FOOTBALL LEAGUE (1957-1980) AND BECAME COMMISSIONER OF THE KINSMEN TACKLE FOOTBALL LEAGUE (1962-1982).
IN 1973 AND 1974, HENICK WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF FOOTBALL SASKATCHEWAN AND FROM 1975-2000 HELD THE SECRETARY/TREASURER POSITION. HE THEN BECAME PRESIDENT OF THE PRAIRIE JUNIOR FOOTBALL CONFERENCE IN 1984 AND 1985, AND HELD NUMEROUS POSITIONS WITHIN THE ORGANZIATION UNTIL 2000.
THE ED HENICK ALL-STAR GAME IS PLAYED ANNUALLY BY THE NORTH/SOUTH HIGH SCHOOLS IN SASKATCHEWAN.
INDUCTED 2003 – BUILDER
Class of 2003 Ron Estay, George McGowan, Dave Ridgway, Chris Walby