Editing Brantford (section)

== Sports, teams and tournaments ==
The [[YMCA]] in Brantford organized individual and team sports, led by [[J. Howard Crocker]] from 1908 to 1911.<ref>{{cite news|title=Retire at 60? No, Sir! Dr. J. Howard Crocker Carved a Second Career|last=Henderson|first=Jim|date=September 22, 1956|newspaper=[[Brantford Expositor]]|location=Brantford, Ontario|page=18|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-expositor-crocker-1956/122827468/|access-date=May 28, 2023|archive-date=April 18, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418102940/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-expositor-crocker-1956/122827468/|url-status=live}}</ref> This included intercity basketball competitions,<ref>{{cite news|title=Brantford Players Lost in Basketball at Hamilton by 39–12|date=January 19, 1909|newspaper=[[Brantford Expositor]]|location=Brantford, Ontario|page=5|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brantford-daily-expositor-crocker-19/123308502/|access-date=May 28, 2023|archive-date=April 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426071132/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brantford-daily-expositor-crocker-19/123308502/|url-status=live}}</ref> a [[junior ice hockey]] league,<ref>{{cite news|title=Notes of Sport|date=December 22, 1908|newspaper=[[Brantford Expositor]]|location=Brantford, Ontario|page=3|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brantford-daily-expositor-crocker-19/122970216/|access-date=May 28, 2023|archive-date=April 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420004512/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brantford-daily-expositor-crocker-19/122970216/|url-status=live}}</ref> and a junior baseball league.<ref>{{cite news|title=A Junior League|date=April 13, 1909|newspaper=[[Brantford Expositor]]|location=Brantford, Ontario|page=3|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brantford-daily-expositor-crocker-19/123314671/|access-date=May 28, 2023|archive-date=April 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427114251/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brantford-daily-expositor-crocker-19/123314671/|url-status=live}}; {{cite news|title=City News|date=May 4, 1909|newspaper=[[Brantford Expositor]]|location=Brantford, Ontario|page=2|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brantford-daily-expositor-crocker-19/123315085/|access-date=May 28, 2023|archive-date=April 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427124643/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brantford-daily-expositor-crocker-19/123315085/|url-status=live}}</ref> There was also an annual [[racewalking]] event sponsored by the ''[[Brantford Expositor]]'',<ref name="apr-16-1910">{{cite news|title=Rules for Walking Race|date=April 16, 1910|newspaper=[[Brantford Expositor]]|location=Brantford, Ontario|page=5|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brantford-daily-expositor-crocker-19/123000654/|access-date=May 28, 2023|archive-date=April 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420071322/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brantford-daily-expositor-crocker-19/123000654/|url-status=live}}; {{cite news|title=Ready For Walking Race|date=May 21, 1910|newspaper=[[Brantford Expositor]]|location=Brantford, Ontario|page=11|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115409059/crocker-1910/|access-date=May 28, 2023|archive-date=December 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229224815/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115409059/crocker-1910/|url-status=live}}; {{cite news|title=The Expositor Race for all Walkers|date=April 10, 1911|newspaper=[[Brantford Expositor]]|location=Brantford, Ontario|page=5|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brantford-daily-expositor-crocker-19/123000799/|access-date=May 28, 2023|archive-date=April 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421051422/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brantford-daily-expositor-crocker-19/123000799/|url-status=live}}</ref> and the Brantford-to-[[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]] marathon race.<ref>{{cite news|title=Athletics|date=April 19, 1910|newspaper=[[Brantford Expositor]]|location=Brantford, Ontario|page=3|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brantford-daily-expositor-crocker-19/123339736/|access-date=May 28, 2023|archive-date=April 28, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230428055358/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brantford-daily-expositor-crocker-19/123339736/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1910, Brantford hosted the YMCA national athletics championships.<ref>{{cite news|title=Entries For Y.M.C.A. Sports|date=September 16, 1910|newspaper=[[Brantford Expositor]]|location=Brantford, Ontario|page=2|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brantford-daily-expositor-crocker-19/123344792/|access-date=May 28, 2023|archive-date=April 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426131642/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brantford-daily-expositor-crocker-19/123344792/|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Current intercounty or major teams ===
* [[Brantford Red Sox]] of the [[Intercounty Baseball League]] who play at Arnold Anderson Stadium.
* Brantford Jr. Red Sox of the Junior Intercounty Baseball League who also play at Arnold Anderson Stadium.
* [[Brantford Bulldogs]] of the [[Ontario Hockey League]] who also play at the Brantford Civic Centre.
* [[Brantford Bandits]] of the [[Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League]] who play at the Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre.
* [[Brantford Harlequins]] of the [[Ontario Rugby Union]].

=== Defunct teams ===
* [[Brantford Alexanders]] (1976 to 1978), a former team of the Senior Ontario Hockey Association who played at the Brantford Civic Centre. Won [[1978 Allan Cup]].
* [[Brantford Motts Clamatos]]. Won [[1987 Allan Cup]].
* [[Brantford Golden Eagles]] of the [[Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League]], moved in 2012 to become [[Caledonia Corvairs]].
* [[Brantford Alexanders]] (1978 to 1984), a former team of the [[Ontario Hockey League]] who played at the Brantford Civic Centre. They are now the [[Erie Otters]].
* [[Brantford Smoke]] (1991–1998) of the CoHL, [[Colonial Hockey League]] who played at the Brantford Civic Centre. The team moved to Asheville in 1998.
* Brantford Blaze of the [[Canadian National Basketball League]] played only a few exhibition games in 2003–04.
* [[Brantford Blast]] of the [[Allan Cup Hockey]] League who played at the [[Brantford Civic Centre]].
* [[Brantford 99ers]] of the [[Ontario Junior Hockey League]] who played at the Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre.
* [[Brantford Galaxy SC]] of the [[Canadian Soccer League]] who played at Lion's Park.

=== Events ===
* The Wayne Gretzky International Hockey Tournament,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://brantfordminorhockey.com/Tournaments/3256/Wayne_Gretzky_International_Hockey_Tournament/ |title=2016–2017 > Wayne Gretzky International Hockey Tournament (Brantford Minor Hockey Association) |website=brantfordminorhockey.com |access-date=2016-11-09 |archive-date=2016-11-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161110043406/http://brantfordminorhockey.com/Tournaments/3256/Wayne_Gretzky_International_Hockey_Tournament/ |url-status=live }}</ref> which celebrated its 9th anniversary in 2015,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gamble |first1=Susan |title=Walter Gretzky Street Hockey Tournament: Look for 'big things' for 10th anniversary |url=http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/2015/06/21/walter-gretzky-street-hockey-tournament-look-for-big-things-for-10th-anniversary |access-date=5 May 2016 |publisher=Brantford Expositor |date=21 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602004756/http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/2015/06/21/walter-gretzky-street-hockey-tournament-look-for-big-things-for-10th-anniversary |archive-date=2016-06-02 |url-status=dead}}</ref> is held in Brantford annually.
* Brantford hosted and won the 2008 [[Allan Cup]], which celebrated the 100th anniversary of the event.<ref>{{cite web |title=Brantford Blast 2008 Allan Cup Champions |url=http://www.allancup.ca/Brantford2008.htm |publisher=Allan Cup 2008 |access-date=18 November 2016 |archive-date=15 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315143035/http://www.allancup.ca/Brantford2008.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
* The city served as the pre-season camp and facility for the [[Pittsburgh Penguins]] during the late 1960s, hosting the franchise's first preseason training camp and its first preseason exhibition game.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pittsburgh Penguins Start With Many Goalies On Team |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5-ZdAAAAIBAJ&dq=pittsburgh%20penguins&pg=2735%2C1568367 |publisher=Observer-Reporter |date=13 September 1967 |access-date=26 January 2012 |archive-date=18 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210318113930/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5-ZdAAAAIBAJ&dq=pittsburgh+penguins&pg=2735%2C1568367 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* The Walter Gretzky Street Hockey Tournament, which celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2016, is held in Brantford annually. In 2010, the tournament was recognized and established a Guinness World Record for the largest Street Hockey Tournament in the world, with 205 teams and just over 2,096 participants.