Former Athletic Director Peter Maybury Passes Away

A staff member for 16 years who ran Humber's department of athletics for six years, from 1984-90

ETOBICOKE – Peter Maybury, the third athletic director in Humber history and a member of the school's athletics administration for 16 years, passed away on April 15. Maybury was 73.

"The thoughts of the entire Humber Athletics family are with the family and friends of Peter Maybury," said Humber Athletic Director Ray Chateau. "Beyond his contributions at Humber College, his impact was felt across collegiate athletics, particularly at the provincial level."

Maybury joined Humber's athletic department in January 1974. He was hired by Rick Bendera as the intercollegiate coordinator and Maybury was responsible for organizing and planning all varsity sports, and Humber's administrative duties in the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association (OCAA).

Maybury attended Ohio University on a hockey scholarship, where he still holds the single-season record with 104 penalty minutes, so his transition to head coach for the Humber hockey team in 1977 was naturally seamless. He led the Hawks to two provincial titles in 1978 and 1981. That year, Humber captured the first national medal in program history, winning the 1981 CCAA bronze medal with an 8-5 win over Conestoga.

"Peter had a larger-than-life presence within Humber and the entire collegiate athletic community," said former Humber Athletic Director Doug Fox. "With the men's hockey program in the late '70s and early '80s, he put Humber on the map as one of the top sporting colleges in the country."

Maybury took over for Bendera as athletic director during the 1984-85 season, until he left the position in 1990 to become the director of student life at the Lakeshore Campus. He began the process of creating Humber's championship culture while introducing new sports to the varsity lineup.

His contributions to the program saw him inducted into the Humber Hall of Fame in 2003 as a builder.

"Peter instilled in me what it meant and what it took to be a true professional in post-secondary athletics," said long-time Humber Athletics staffer Jim Bialek. "He saw something in me when I was hired as the intramural coordinator as a student, and mentored me throughout my own hall of fame career."

Maybury's contributions to varsity athletics went well beyond the blue and gold. He committed over a decade to the OCAA Executive and served as the Treasurer on four separate occasions. From 1985 to 1987, he was first Vice President and Chair of the Ways and Means Committee and then led the OCAA as President for one term. He continued on with the Executive as Past President and Chair of the Constitution Committee from 1989 to 1993.

In 1995, Maybury was honoured by the OCAA with the presentation of a Shield Award. Later, in 2003, he was inducted into the OCAA Hall of Fame.