Career
He was Canada"s FISU representative at the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics. He was also president of the Central Ontario Rowing Association, the Canadian Secondary School Rowing Association and the Canadian Amateur Association of Oarsmen. Saunders was the first Canadian to hold a referee"s license from the International Rowing Federation.
Saunders was born in Hamilton, Ontario.
At the time of his death, he was Canada"s second-oldest living Olympic competitor, behind Betty Tancock.