Bob Hooper - OJHL Hall of fame - May 2024 

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Bob Hooper served as commissioner of the Ontario Provincial Jr. A Hockey League, the precursor to the Ontario Junior Hockey League. After selling his successful Etobicoke import/export meat business, Hooper became OPJAHL commissioner. He was the only league boss in Canada who didn’t receive a salary. Hooper was instrumental in expanding  the struggling Central Jr. B loop from 10 franchises into what was the 35-team, $7-million-per-year OJHL in 2006. Hooper was the recipient of the Ontario Hockey Association’s prestigious Gold Stick Award in 2010 and the Georgetown Hockey Heritage Award in 2007. He was recognized by the Ontario Hockey Federation in 2002 with its inaugural Junior Hockey Award, presented to an administrator who has had a hand as a builder and promoter of the sport. Hooper played and coached – from the age of 19 – youth hockey in Georgetown. He moved on to be an executive member of local junior, senior and intermediate-level clubs. He was president of the Georgetown Intermediate A Raiders team that won the Hardy Cup in 1982. Hooper was instrumental in  co-ordinating Georgetown’s hosting of the Dudley Hewitt Cup Central Canada Jr. A championship tournament in 2005. ​