Athlete - Volleyball
Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1997

Richard “Rick” Bacon, a native of Windsor, Nova Scotia, received his Certificate of Applied Science and Bachelor of Science degrees from Acadia in the years 1977 and 1978 respectively. An outstanding volleyball and hockey performer during his high school years at Windsor Regional High, Rick entered Acadia on a Volleyball Nova Scotia Scholarship. During his years at Acadia, he starred for four seasons as a volleyball Axeman, while maintaining his interest in hockey as a major performer with the Windsor Royals Junior “B” Club -a team that consistently vied for provincial honors. To this day, this versatile Hants County native ponders how he may have rated as an-on-ice Axeman.

During his initial two seasons at Acadia, Rick insists that he had to work very diligently in order to compete favourably with the gifted athletes who wore the Acadia garb. In Wayne Brothers, the Axemen’s premier performer and recipient of the school’s Male Athlete of the Year Award during the 1973-74 academic year, he had a role model. In fact, their volleyball careers at both the intercollegiate and National Team levels were to be closely associated in subsequent seasons. On occasions, too, they combined to conduct volleyball clinics throughout the area teaching and demonstrating skills to aid future generations of court participants.

Being very competitive in league and exhibition tournaments, the Axemen -with Rick twice being named the team’s most valuable player -always fell short in their quest of a Conference title. During the academic years of ’73 to ’76, the University of New Brunswick volleyballers emerged as Conference champs. During the following season, the Dalhousie Tigers captured the league’s title.