Earle Zeigler
August 20, 1919 - September 29, 2018
Earle F. Zeigler is remembered with much love and gratitude as a friend, mentor and philosopher by family, friends and colleagues.
An unparalleled leader in his field over 78 years, he was a pioneer in introducing socio-cultural dimensions to the study of sport and physical activity and wrote extensively on human values, ethics, and personal decision making. He published 60 books and monographs, and 450 articles. After receiving the highest recognition (Honour Award) of CAHPERD in 1975, he received the top three awards in his field from the US (Alliance Scholar-of-the-Year, AAHPERD, 1977; Hetherington Award, AAKPE, 1989; and the Gulick Medal, AAHPERD, 1990). He was the only person nominated as Honor Award Fellow by both Canadian and US branches of the North American Society for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Dance, and Sport Professionals (2000-2001). In 2008 the North American Society for Sport History awarded him its Contributions to Sport History award.
For more about Earle, please see the tribute in this newsletter by the National Association for Kinesiology in Higher Education - https://www.nakhe.org/_Library/newsletters/NAKHE_Newsletter_September-October_2018.pdf.