Chester Cole

Athlete Category: Speed Skating
Inducted May 27, 1989

Chester (King) Cole broke into speed skating in 1926 at the fifth annual Sackville School Sports program where he captured the high school championship at the age of 13.

Chester went on to add the New Brunswick, Maritime, Atlantic Canadian and world titles and held the skating fraternity in the palm of his hand until fate intervened and in 1930, he was struck down at the age of 17.