The Braver Than Braver tournament embraces those values while bringing together players from all over Ontario to play the game Tucker loved. His parents, both teachers, have always stressed the importance of family, friends, and community. He is the boy that will forever be remembered as being ‘braver than brave.’ He was always ready to play – whether it be with his teammates, friends, or family. On December 17 th, 2014, just 6 short months after that last game, Tucker Williams passed away in his parents arms. One day after that game, he was fighting for his life in ICU at Sick Kids.
While cancer ravaged his body, he scored 3 of 4 goals in the championship game of the highest level of lacrosse in the province. Unknown to his doctors, parents, or him, he played his last lacrosse game while cancer had quickly spread to his heart, lungs, brain, liver, spleen and pancreas. Brave Williams When you’re the living and breathing synonym for the word brave in fact, indomitable you follow your creativity and passion where fate takes you. After his diagnosis, his was admitted to the Hospital for Sick Kids in Toronto, where he had surgery to remove his tumor and immediately started chemotherapy.Īfter 4 straight months of chemotherapy, he returned to the lacrosse floor to lead his team to 2 tournament titles in what seemed like a Hollywood recovery story. Braver Than Brave was born in January 2014 when 8 year old Tucker Williams, an outstanding hockey and lacrosse player in our community, was diagnosed with Burkitt’s Lymphoma, a rare form of cancer.
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