Frank "Piper" Bain (1908 -1991) Inducted 1960

Frank Bain's nickname, "Piper" came from the fact that his father was a pipe major of the Toronto Irish Regiment. His lacrosse career started in school in Brampton, continued in Toronto, and at one time he played with the Irish-Canadian Dominion Championship Team in the junior division.

In 1930, Piper represented Canada in the World championships, losing out to the United States in Baltimore. He toured the USA with the University of Toronto Blues in 1931 for one month, having a fantastic record…13 wins and only one loss.

Piper turned professional in 1932; his coach was Conn Smyth. He joined the Chicago franchise of the American Lacrosse League for three years and won the Jimmy Murphy Memorial Trophy as the most valuable player in the Senior Lacrosse League in 1936.

That same year, he moved to Orillia in order to play lacrosse, as Orillia was an outstanding lacrosse town. From 1936-1939, the Orillia team won two Ontario championships and one Dominion championship. In 1937, Piper coached the first junior club Orillia ever had, for boys twenty years and under, and in five years they won three Ontario and two Dominion championships, During the war years, in the winter months, he coached a hockey team.