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CF Sports Hall of Fame

PRIVATE
W. Roach-Leuszler
Served 1944-1945

Elected to the Canadian Forces Sports Hall of Fame for outstanding achievement in

SWIMMING AND SOFTBALL

Roach-Leuszler

1944
Junior National Amateur Athletic Union (A.A.U.) Champion

Canadian Women's Armed Forces Senior Champion

Army, Navy, and Air Force swimming and track and field champion
1951
First Canadian to swim the English Channel

Received the key to the City of Toronto
1953
First Canadian to perform the Cypress Florida Water Skiers
1954
Nominated for the Lou Marsh Trophy for Outstanding Canadian Sports Competitor
1957
First woman softball and baseball official in Canada to hold papers to officiate in the men's loop