Hall of Famer
Verne R. Anderson
Affiliated Discipline(s):
Alpine
Date of Birth / Death:
1937 - 1984
Hometown:
Rossland, BC
Active Career Period:
1958 - 1968
Induction CSHF:
1990
Induction Category:
Coach, Downhill, Slalom, Giant Slalom
Verne Anderson of British Columbia was one of Canada’s strongest male competitors of the early 1960s. In 1959 he was a member of the first organized Canadian Alpine team and was a Western Canadian Downhill Champion 1958, 1959 and 1960. He competed for Canada at the 1960 Squaw Valley Olympic Winter Games.
1958/1959
Canadian Downhill Champion.
1959
Member of Canada’s first National Team.
1958/1959/1960
Western Canadian Downhill Champion.
1960
Represented Canada at the Squaw Valley, U.S.A. Winter Olympic Games: top Canadian
Represented Canada at the Squaw Valley Winter Olympic Games; top Canadian competitor in slalom, giant slalom and downhill events, placing 8th in the Alpine Combined.
1960
Second place in the U.S. National Championships Combined; 2nd in Slalom, 5th in Downhill.
1961
First place Western Canadian Championships; 2nd Canadian Championships, 3rd in Quebec Kandahar.
1962
Represented Canada on the F.I.S. World Championships team; top Canadian competitor in all Alpine events; 7th place in Alpine Combined. Retired from active competition to coach, as the first Canadian coach, of the Canadian National Alpine team.
1962
Second recipient of the John Semmelink Memorial Award (the highest honour awarded annually by the Canadian Ski and Snowboard Association in recognition of an athlete who through sportsmanship, conduct and ability bests represents Canada in international competition. The award is in honour of John Semmelink who lost his life skiing for Canada in the ArlbergKandahar race on February 7th, 1959 at Garmisch Partenkirchen, Germany.)
1964
Head coach, Canadian Olympic team.
1965
Director of the program to develop the Canadian ski coaches certification program through the Canadian Ski Association financed through the federal government’s Fitness and Amateur Sport.
1966
Coached the women’s World Championship team, Portillo, Chile.
1968
Coached the women’s national team at the 1968 Winter Olympic Games, Genoble, France (coached Olympic medalist Nancy Greene).
Please Note: The ski information gathered here is compiled from a number of sources; it may not be inclusive of all accomplishments.
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Verne Anderson – 1968. Source: Alpine Canada Alpin
Verne Anderson. Canadian Ski Museum
Beverley and Sherri Anderson accepting the induction award for their late father Verne Anderson, from Canadian Ski Museum Chair Erle Bergh, with Master of Ceremonies, Peter Duncan during 1990 Canadian Ski Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. Source: Canadian Ski Museum
Verne Anderson. Source: Alpine Canada Alpin
National Women’s Alpine Ski Team [L to R]: Verne Anderson, Pat Ramage, Karen Dokka, Betsy Clifford, Judy Crawford, Judi Leinweber, Nancy Greene c. 1968. Source: Fotostudio Hoss Oberstaufen.
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