Don MacVicar

Athlete - Hockey
Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2017

A product of a well-known and highly respected Glace Bay, Nova Scotia sports family and the son of legendary Caledonia rugby coach Charlie MacVicar, Don MacVicar (’57) entered Acadia in the fall of 1953. He was the third MacVicar son to wear the Axemen colours, joining brothers Neil (Class of 1950, known as ”Scorchy”) and Jim (Class of 1955, aka “Lefty”).

Don was a three-sport athlete, bringing his talents to the rugby and football fields and the hockey rink. He would suit up for three seasons with the Acadia rugby team as a flying half and kicker. In 1955, the final Acadia rugby season for the next two decades, MacVicar scored 19 points in a 31-0 trouncing of Nova Scotia Tech, and notched 17 more just days later against the same squad. Acadia captured the Maritime Intercollegiate Championship, losing a heartbreaker to the Charlottetown Nomads for the McCurdy Cup.

The 1956 season saw Canadian football replace rugby as a varsity sport. Fittingly, Acadia’s first-ever touchdown was scored by team captain Donnie MacVicar. During that inaugural season, Don played fullback and was the team’s placekicker.

As a hockey Axeman, MacVicar patrolled the blueline for three seasons. A cagy defender and solid puck-handler, Donnie moved up from defense to left wing in his second and third years.

After graduating in 1957 with a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Education, MacVicar distinguished himself as a physical education instructor, primarily in the Bedford-Sackville area, for 35 years.

Don MacVicar joins his brother Neil and his wife Ann Mosher MacVicar (’61) as an honoured member of the Acadia Sports Hall of Fame.