
PATRICIA
HARRISON
ATHLETE
BASKETBALL
CLASS OF 2021
Patricia “Patsy” Harrison was a gifted a trailblazing athlete, known for playing many sports but none more so than basketball.
Having only ‘average height’, she made up for her size in quickness, leaping ability, hustle and scoring. Born in Windsor and educated locally at the secondary level at J.L Forster High School and J.C. Patterson Collegiate Institute, she graduated from the University of Detroit.
Wherever she went, athletic success followed her. Harrison’s high school teams captured numerous provincial championships. Playing for 10 years (1965-1975) with Windsor’s formidable Club 240 women’s team, she paced Windsor to six Canadian East National titles. Club 240 defeated the best to become the best and earn the right to participate in two Canada Senior “A” championships.
As a key member of the Ontario All-Star team in the First Canadian Winter Games in 1967, the team went on to win a silver medal. Harrison followed that up by again representing Ontario in the Second Winter Games in 1971 and contributed outstanding rebounding and clutch shooting to secure the gold medal.
In 1974 at the World Invitational tournament in Indianapolis, she led Club 240 to its second consecutive gold medal. As years passed, her fire for competitive play continued to burn brightly. While Harrison stopped competing in 1975, she decided to come out of retirement in 1982 to represent a Windsor team playing at Crystal Place, London England. In 2009, competing at the World Masters Games in Sydney Australia, she was a member of the gold medal team.
Patricia “Patsy” Harrison was truly a trailblazer at multiple levels of competition at the local, provincial, national, and international levels. For her accomplishments, she will take her well-deserved place in the Windsor/Essex County Sports Hall of Fame in the Athlete division.




