Jim Gard

Jim Rodney Gard was born in Seattle on Christmas Day in 1933 and passed away at the age of 91 on September 26, 2025 in Mesa, AZ.

Jim was raised in Enumclaw and graduated in 1952. Jim excelled in football, basketball and baseball for the Hornets. He led them as the QB and DB to a Puget Sound League Football Championship in 1950.

In his White River senior year, Jim hit the first home run out of the newly renovated Pete’s Pool Baseball Park and Jim won a number of prizes from the community/clubs. In 1952, Jim played in the All State Baseball game at Seattle’s Sick’s Stadium.

Jim attended Western Washington University and played Quarterback on the football team and Second Base on the baseball team for four years.

In the midst of his college years, Jim served 2 years in the Army at Fort Ord