'Hats off to him': 87-year-old player still hitting the court in Sackville, N.B.
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Wayne MacKay is still playing basketball twice at Mount Allison University at 87 years old.
He’s just a few weeks away from turning 88-years-old, but Wanye MacKay is still hitting the gym.
The former basketball player and coach plays twice a week at a drop-in game at Mount Allison University with students who are around one quarter his age.
“I just enjoy playing basketball,” said MacKay. “Whoever shows up, you know. It’s a fun game to play.”
The age gap doesn’t bother him, but it is a bit of a factor on the court.
“Well, it’s tougher for me because I can’t move faster than I’m available to do right now,” said MacKay.
MacKay moved from Truro, N.S., to Sackville, N.B., in the early 1960s to play with the Mount Allison Mounties. He would later coach the varsity and junior varsity teams.
Known as ‘the father of modern basketball in Sackville,’ he was inducted into the town’s sports hall of fame in 1998, after devoting more than two decades to coaching and managing teams of all ages.
