Davidson, Stewart Alexander

Stewart Alexander Davidson (1921- ), World War II veteran, teacher, university professor, sports researcher, was born in Montreal in 1921. After serving in the RCAF during World War II, he returned to Montreal where he enrolled in a Bachelor of Physical Education program at McGill University. Following graduation, Davidson taught in Montreal schools for a number of years before continuing his studies at Columbia University. He continued his teaching career after receiving his EdD from that institution and subsequently taught in the School of Physical Education (later the School of Human Kinetics) at the University of Ottawa until his retirement in 1986.

While conducting research on Canadian sports pioneers, Davidson encountered Frank Graham, who encouraged him to examine the history of sport in Newfoundland. Davidson obtained funding from the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador to make a research trip to the province in the summer of 1980. With Graham's assistance he interviewed fourteen members of the Newfoundland and Labrador Sports Hall of Fame. Most of the interviews, all with men, were conducted in the Sports Archives office. The resultant paper, "An Oral History of Newfoundland Sport", was presented at the Fifth Canadian Symposium on the History of Sport and Physical Education at the University of Toronto in 1982 and published as part of the Symposium's proceedings.

Created - April 26, 2013

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