{"id":645510,"date":"2026-06-19T10:12:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T17:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=645510"},"modified":"2026-06-19T10:12:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T17:12:21","slug":"passages-bill-hogan-long-time-canadian-official-81","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/passages-bill-hogan-long-time-canadian-official-81\/","title":{"rendered":"Passages: Bill Hogan, Long-Time Canadian Official, 81"},"content":{"rendered":"

Passages: Bill Hogan, Long-Time Canadian Official, 81<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bill Hogan,<\/strong> a long-time Canadian swimming official and volunteer, died on June 14. He was 81 years old.<\/p>\n

Hogan was a prominent member of Canadian swimming governance hailing from Newfoundland and Labrador and spending more than four decades in the sport. He was the president and vice president of Swimming NL, a VP of Swimming Canada\u2019s Board of Directors from 2003-04 and the President<\/a> of the Aquatic Federation of Canada from 2008-11. He also served as the chair of Canada\u2019s National Rules Committee, Technical Swimming Committee and National Officials Committee.<\/p>\n

In 2019, he was inducted<\/a> to the Newfoundland and Labrador Sports Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n

Swimming NL posted a lengthy remembrance of Hogan on social media.<\/p>\n

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