1978-79 BWK Series — Day 2 — Sports world loses a friend
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This article was published 26/07/2021 (1779 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
This story originally appeared in the April 2, 1983 edition of the Brandon Sun.
The Westman area lost one of its best known and most popular sporting figures when Dunc McCallum died on Thursday, two days after his 43rd birthday.
McCallum, coach of Brandon Wheat Kings during their glory-filled seasons of the late 1970s, passed away at the Assiniboine Centre. McCallum underwent an operation last June to remove a malignant brain tumor and, initially, his condition improved. However, he recently suffered a setback that brought on a series of complications.
He is survived by his wife Cheryl and three daughters, Sheri (Bonar), Debbie and Jamie.
McCallum was born in Flin Flon but grew up in Brandon, and played two seasons of junior hockey with the Wheat Kings in the late 1950s. He went on to a 14-vear professional career that included stops in the old Western Hockey League, the Eastern Professional Hockey League, the American Hockey League, the National Hockey League and the World Hockey Association.
A broken leg ended his playing career in 1973 and McCallum moved his family back to Brandon.
He signed to coach the Wheat Kings in May of 1975. Before retiring from coaching for the second and final time at the close of the 1982 season, McCallum had compiled the best winning percentage of any coach in WHL history. His Wheat King teams posted 251 victories and 41 ties against 123 losses, for a .654 winning percentage.
McCallum took the 1978-79 edition of the Wheat Kings to the Memorial Cup final, which they lost in overtime to Peterborough Petes.
He was named the Brandon Sun’s Sportsman of the Year for his achievements that season.
McCallum owned and operated a farm outside Brandon where he raised Simmental cattle. He was also a part owner of a Brandon hotel.
Funeral service will be held at Central United Church on Tuesday at 3 p.m.