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Object ID |
2014.37.3 |
Object Name |
Video Recording |
Title |
Donald 'Don' Jackson Interview 2014 |
Interview Summary / Résumé d'entrevue |
Don Jackson, Order of Sport recipient, inducted in 1962, born in Oshawa, Ontario, talks about his figure skating career. Don explains that he started skating in 1948, the year Barbara Ann Scott won Olympic Gold in St. Moritz, Switzerland, which inspired him to want to do the same. Don explains, "If you love it, if it's your dream, do it." Don talks about winning the Canadian Men's Junior Championship at 14 years old and how he had to move away from home at a young age after his hometown rink burned down. Don describes how Otto Gold became his coach at the Minto Skating Club, followed by Pierre Brunet and Ed Carelli. Don tells how Dick Button, the first man to perform a double Axel was influential in his career. Don also describes successfully performing the triple Lutz in competition for the first time in 1962, the first time ABC filmed the World Championships. Don describes his transition from amateur sport, where he could not accept gifts, to travelling with the Ice Follies. He explains that his parents and younger brother made sacrifices while he was skating competitively, and it was not sustainable after 1962. His message to youth is, "Everyone falls on their face… if you stop falling, you stop learning, so keep on pushing yourself." Entrevue avec Donald Jackson, 25 juin 2014. MP4 d'origine numérique, temps de visionnement : 00:15:13. Donald Jackson, récipiendaire de l'Ordre du sport, a été intronisé en 1962 et est né à Oshawa, en Ontario. Il parle de sa carrière de patinage artistique. Don explique qu'il a commencé à patiner en 1948, l'année où Barbara Ann Scott a remporté l'or olympique à Saint-Moritz, en Suisse. Cette victoire l'a inspiré à vouloir accomplir la même chose. Don explique : " Si vous adorez quelque chose, si c'est votre rêve, eh bien, allez-y, faites-le. " Don parle de sa victoire au Championnat canadien junior masculin à l'âge de 14 ans, ainsi que du fait qu'il a dû déménager loin de chez lui à un jeune âge après que la patinoire de sa ville natale ait brûlé. Don décrit comment Otto Gold est devenu son entraîneur au Minto Skating Club, suivi de Pierre Brunet et Ed Carelli. Don raconte comment Dick Button, le premier homme à exécuter un double Axel, a été influent dans sa carrière. Don décrit également avoir réussi à exécuter le triple Lutz en compétition pour la première fois en 1962, soit la première fois que ABC a filmé les championnats du monde. Don décrit sa transition du sport amateur, où il ne pouvait pas accepter de cadeaux, à ses voyages avec les Ice Follies. Il explique que ses parents et son frère cadet ont fait des sacrifices pendant qu'il faisait du patinage de compétition, et que cela n'était pas viable après 1962. Son message à l'intention des jeunes est : " Tout le monde tombe en pleine face... si vous arrêtez de tomber, vous arrêtez d'apprendre, alors continuez à vous pousser. " |
Scope & Content |
Donald Jackson interview, 25 June 2014. Born digital MP4, viewing time 00:15:13. 0:20 Played peewee hockey as a child on figure skates, but the toe picks gave him an unfair advantage in skating backwards and stopping. When the coach said he'd have to get hockey skates, he decided to quit hockey and focus on figure skating. 1:40 Figure skating was primarily seen as a girls sport and hockey a boys; there were no boys figure skates in the Eatons catalogue. 1:50 Barbara Ann Scott was winning when he started and her impact on Canada made Don Jackson want to have that same sort of impact. 2:12 "If you love it, do it." 3:00 After the arena in his city burned down, his coach told him he might have to move to England to skate with the best coaches. 4:00 Didn't end up moving because he found good coaches in Canada, and he ended up working with Otto Gould, Barbara Ann Scott's coach, at the Minto Skating Club in Ottawa. 6:50 Don was influenced by Dick Button, the first man to land double axels in competition. 7:19 Was influenced by his coach Ed Carelli; Ed inspired him to do the triple lutz. 9:00 Even though he was failing, he was learning as well. 10:15 Failed many, many times landing the triple lutz and was only able to land it completely clean very few times before the competition. 14:12 "You have to sacrifice to achieve but don't forget your family". 14:40 Live your dreams, don't give up when you fail; Everybody falls on their face, but if you stop falling that's when you stop learning because you aren't pushing yourself. |
Date |
2014/06/25 |
People |
Jackson, Donald |
Search Terms |
Figure skating Skating 1960 Olympic Winter Games Squaw Valley 1962 World Figure Skating Championships Don Jackson Interview Lou Marsh Trophy |