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Jack Reardon Athletics Main Site University of Prince Edward Island UPEI Home Future Students Current Students Alumni & Friends Parents & Family Staff & Faculty Contacts SuckerfishHome Campus Recreation & Club Sports Athletics Facilities Schedule & Scores Athlete of the Week Contact Us Partnerships Box Office Recruitment Panther Sport TeamsMens Soccer Womens Soccer Womens Rugby Field Hockey Mens Basketball Womens Basketball Mens Hockey Womens Hockey Swimming Jack ReardonMain NavigationAthletics Headlines UPEI Athletes Only Sports Centre Programs Sports Centre Hours Fitness and Wellness UPEI Sports Hall of Fame Summer Camps Student Athletic Council 2001Inductee St Dunstans University 19481955 Citation by Kimball Blanchard Aquinas Ryan received the award on Jack Reardons behalf Basketball was a relatively new sport in PEI when Jack Reardon arrived on the Island from Augusta Maine However just a few years later Deadeye Reardon was dominating the intercollegiate opposition in a way never seen before Jack was the star of the team and the league during his University years in the early 1950s He created unbelievable excitement filling the new Alumni Gymnasium with spectators for every home game Before long he was a legend on and off the campus Newspaper stories of the day tell the story best March 8 1951 Top man that evening was the Saints Jack Reardon who flipped for 26 points Reardon now has the top scoring average in the league and seems certain to repeat his last years scoring title March 24 1952 SDU in 7852 Hoop Victory over PWC Team Long John Reardon of St Dunstans University scored 36 points Saturday night Winter 1953 Saints Wallop UNB 9543 in Cage Opener Reardon scores 35 points Winter 1955 St Dunstans Hoop Star has Brilliant Record Reardon compiled an unheardof record in Maritime Intercollegiate basketball this season when he scored 188 points in six league games for an average of 313 points a game His best intercollegiate performance was made against St Thomas when he scored 42 points Jack also brought to St Dunstans a knowledge of American football and applied some of its principles to rugby in which he came to excel in as a fullback During his rugby years at St Dunstans he was a star because of his passing and kicking abilities He performed an unusual feat of winning two MaritimeIntercollegiate and Senior Championships in 1952 and 1954 Jack who now lives in Long Island New York continues to be proud of his time spent at St Dunstans In fact his email address is saintdu@aolcom And were proud of him as we induct this Father of intercollegiate basketball on PEI into the UPEI Sports Hall of Fame UPEI Hall Of Fame Inductees2008Dick Tingley Dr William Bill Stanish Janet Rogers UPEI Mens Basketball 19851986 2006Dr Frank Garrity ...