Guy William Nick
November 5, 1931-May 12, 1986
Photo courtesy B.C. Gay and Lesbian Archives
Guy Nick got his start in skating at the Tacoma Figure Skating Club in Washington. After disappointing results in his first three trips to the Pacific Coast Championships, he represented the Lakewood Winter Club in the junior men's event at the U.S. Championships twice, placing ninth in 1951 and fourth in 1952. At the 1953 U.S. Championships in Hershey, he won the school figures in the junior men's event and placed second overall, sandwiched between future Olympians David Jenkins and Tim Brown. He won his second and final medal at the U.S. Championships, a bronze in junior men's, in 1954, and passed both the USFSA and CFSA's Gold (Eighth) Tests. He made his mark as a coach in British Columbia in the fifties and sixties, teaching at the Racquet Club of Victoria and Connaught Skating Club. He passed away on May 12, 1986 in Vancouver at the age of fifty-one.
Photo courtesy "Skating" magazine
Guy's obituary from the "Vancouver Sun": "NICK - Guy William of Vancouver passed away at St. Paul's Hospital on May 12, 1986. Born in Tacoma, Wash. on November 5, 1931. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Myrtle Nick of Tacoma; a cousin Betty Jane Minkler of Renton, Wash.; many friends and former pupils. Guy was for many years a professional figure skating instructor for the Connaught Skating Club, the Arbutus Club of Vancouver, and the Racquet Club of Victoria. Cremation. In lieu of flowers donations to the Canadian Cancer Society would be appreciated. Arrangements through First Memorial Services."
*Source for inclusion: "Skating's Spectre", Michael Clarkson, The Calgary Herald, December 13, 1992
