Brandon University Dick and Verda McDonald Sports Wall of Fame
Lorne Lagimodiere was one of the top running backs to ever play football at Brandon University.
Lagimodiere was a key recruit for the Bobcats out of Montreal and helped take the BU program to greater heights on the gridiron.
Bobcat coach Doug Steeves brought Lagimodiere to Brandon from Quebec where Steeves coached Lagimodiere at Hudson Heights. In 1964, they captured a city championship together.
Lagimodiere had a standout career with the Bobcats from 1968 to 1972 and was described by his former BU teammates 'as the smallest guy on the field, but played with the biggest heart.'
Among his major highlights was becoming the highest scoring Bobcat for a single season in 1969 when he broke the previous record held by Jim Haynes in 1965. In 1970-71, Lagimodiere won the prestigious Jim Casey Award for sportsmanship.
After his Bobcat career, Lagimodiere was instrumental in helping the Rural Manitoba High School Football League thrive.
He coached the Neepawa Tigers for close to two decades and led them to numerous league titles. In his final season in 2003, Lagimodiere was named RMFL coach of the year and the Tigers won the championship with an undefeated record.
Lagimodiere taught school in Neepawa for 17 years and prior to that spent 11 years in Binscarth. Between whistles on the football field, he coached junior high school basketball for 30 years.
Lagimodiere was inducted into the Football Manitoba Hall of Fame in 2023.
