Brian Reginald Gant... soccer family (brothers Bruce and Brent, niece Christine Sinclair)... earned a Bachelor’s degree in Science (Geography) from Simon Fraser University...

her niece Christine Sinclair set the world’s all-time international goalscoring record...

represented Canada in two cycles of FIFA World Cup Qualifiers... career 22 international appearances across nine years from 1973 to 1981 with Canada Soccer’s Men’s National Team, including 16 international "A" appearances...

with New Westminster Blues SC, a Canada Soccer National Championships winner (Challenge Trophy in 1972)... with British Columbia, a Canada Games gold medal winner in 1973...

as noted in a 1975 Whitecaps program, “his speed enables him to become extra attacker without him losing any defensive ability“... wrote the Portland Timbers in 1981, “a wiry, hard-running midfielder who has a reputation for his tenacious play. Has the ability to get into dangerous scoring positions by moving well away frothe ball; exceptional stamina, very good in the air”...

For Country

he was 21 years old when he made his debut for Canada at the national A level (01 August 1973)... represented Canada in 1976-77 CONCACAF / FIFA World Cup Qualifiers for Argentina 1978 (helped Canada finish fourth in the 1977 CONCACAF Championship)... represented Canada in 1980-81 CONCACAF / FIFA World Cup Qualifiers for Spain 1982 (helped Canada finish third in the 1981 CONCACAF Championship)...