Arthur Jennings Halliwell

Born: Manchester, England.

Died: Toronto, Ontario, May 18, 1964.

Art Halliwell was brought to Canada by his parents at the age of six and was attending Perth Avenue Public School in 1907.  A superb goalkeeper with a number of Toronto teams over the years, he played brilliantly for the Canadian team against the Scottish Football Association in Montreal in 1921.  That display brought him a number of offers to join British clubs.  Among those are said to have been Third Lanark and Sunderland, but he eventually settled for Dunfermline Athletic. 

He sailed for Britain in late September of 1921, and was given a big send-off by everyone, including the children from his old school, who presented him with an umbrella.  However, he played only the one season in Scotland before returning home.  Halliwell played for Canada against the United States twice in 1925, and for the Ontario All-Stars against British touring teams in 1921, 1926, 1927 and 1929.  He also coached the University of Toronto soccer team starting in 1925, and his team won the college championship in 1929, 1931, 1932, 1933 and 1935.  Later in life, he owned 51 racehorses and became a millionaire.