Larry Allan Pringle
1944-2026
Ryerson Sports Hall of Fame – 2009
The Ryerson Rams Hockey Alumni, especially the remaining members of the Ryerson Rams 1962-63 Championship hockey team, regretfully announce the passing of our goal tender Larry Pringle #1, on January 3, 2026.
After playing his minor hockey in his hometown Napanee, Larry came to Ryerson in 1962 and made the team, sharing goaltending duties with Jack Morgan. The team was a veteran powerhouse team. One player had brief NHL experience, another was a Memorial cup winner, while several others had played major junior. The Rams went undefeated during the season and won the OIAA Championship – no other Ryerson or Toronto Metropolitan University Bold team has done that since.
Larry’s most memorable game was likely his first – the opening game of the season in Varsity Arena. He recorded a shutout in a 14-0 win over the Hamilton Institute Hawks in a game the Ryersonian described as a “Wild and Woolly Contest”. As a rookie and youngest player on the team, Larry always brought a positive and winning attitude into the room and became one of the most popular players on the team.
In 2012, along with his teammates, he was inducted into the Ryerson Athletics Hall of Fame and also has a seat named after him in The Mattamy Athletic Centre (formerly Maple Leaf Gardens).
In a wonderful tribute to Larry’s time with the Rams, his wife Sherry overheard her grandson Jackson tell his friends that “Grampa was a Ram”. This prompted Sherry – a writer and artist, with help from Jackson – to write and illustrate a book “Grandpa Was a Ram”.
This well illustrated book tells Larry’s story through Jackson’s young eyes from his days playing hockey on a frozen pond in Napanee through to the Championship season in which Jackson proudly concludes “my Grandpa was a Ram”. Several Ram teammates bought copies for their grandkids as a memento for the season.
Following graduation from Ryerson, Larry retuned to Napanee and became Dealer Principal of Pringle Ford for 59 years. Being civic minded, he was also President of the Napanee Kinsmen Club, the Rotary Club and Chairman of the Lennox and Addington County General Hospital. He was also an active member of the Ryerson Rams Hockey Alumni, attending golf tournaments and dinners proudly wearing his #1 Rams retro sweater.
Our sincere condolences and thanks for a life very well lived are extended to Sherry, his children Stephanie, Susan, Mark and their families.
Submitted by: John Taylor #20, 1962-63 Rams teammate
Larry Allan PRINGLE Obituary
1944-2026
It is with heavy hearts that we announce the peaceful passing of Larry Allan Pringle at the Kingston Health Sciences Centre on Saturday, January 3, 2026, in his 82nd year. He was surrounded by the love of his family. Larry will be deeply missed by his beloved wife of 58 years, Sherry (Baker), by his cherished children Stephanie Scott (Tim), Susan Chartrand (Martin), and Mark Pringle (Jen), and adored grandchildren Dylan and Adam Scott, Summer and Jackson Pringle. He was predeceased by his parents, Nellis and Beatrice Pringle, and will be greatly missed by his sister Lorraine Hay, and her family. Larry also leaves behind Elizabeth McArthur, John Russell (Marie), Judy Russell, Billy Russell, and Diane Rewega. He was predeceased by Marjorie Russell and Robert Russell.
A lifelong Napanee resident and owner/operator of Pringle Ford for 59 years, Larry also served on Ford of Canada’s Dealer Council as well as on the Ontario Motor Vehicle Industry Council Larry was also very civic minded, having served as President of the Napanee Kinsmen Club, President of the Napanee Rotary Cub, and Chairman of the Lennox & Addington County General Hospital Board. His personal interests included golfing, sailing, skiing and traveling.
Larry’s funeral took place at Wartman Funeral Home in Napanee.
The Pringle Ford legacy lives on with Larry’s son Mark as the 3rd generation Dealer Principal.
Larry will be forever missed by his family and friends.