Bruce Huff 1934-2024
Bruce Huff
Bruce Huff is a legend in southwestern Ontario sports circles. It all began on the dusty ball fields and cold ice-rinks of Dresden.
Huff died on June 27 in London, he was 90 years-old..
A father of two and a grandfather of four, Huff was predeceased by his wife of 62 years Carolyn in 2016.
Born in Morpeth, Huff was the oldest of three children.
His life was about sports. Playing, coaching and writing about athletic endevours. He was involved in a long list of sporting organizations such football, fastball, lacrosse, baseball, minor hockey and oldtimers hockey. He is known for his long career in sports journalism.
Huff was a member of the 1953 Dresden Legion Juveniles’ who won the Ontario Baseball Association championship.
Huff got his start right out of high school as a sports writer for the Tillsonburg News. He then worked at the Chatham Daily News for three years before moving to the London Free Press in 1956. Bruce took over as sports editor at age 32 in 1966. During his 25 year career at the Free Press he was known for his personal trademark column “Off the Cuff by Bruce Huff”.
In 1980 he moved on to the Toronto Sun for 14 years, the last eight serving as assistant sports editor. Bruce also worked as a columnist for the Toronto Star from 1994 until 1999. Throughout his journalism career he attended both Summer and Winter Olympics, Super Bowls, Grey Cups, Stanley Cups, World Series and world championships in almost every sport covering both professional and amateur athletics.
Huff was inducted into the Canadian Oldtimers Hockey Hall of Fame in 2002. In 2003 he was named London’s Sportsman of the year and in 2005 he was named to the Ontario Legends of Fastball as builder and was inducted into the Dresden Sports Hall of Fame.
In 2008 Bruce was inducted into the London Sports Hall of Fame in the builder/founder category for his role in the sporting life of the London area and his sports journalism career. In 2013 he was named to the Mayor’s New Years’s Honour List for Sports to honour his contributions to sports and recreation in London.