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Alberta Sports Hall of Fame

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nameAlberta Sports Hall of Fame
established1957
locationRed Deer, Alberta, Canada
typeSports Hall of Fame
website

The Alberta Sports Hall of Fame is a hall of fame and museum in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, dedicated to the preservation and history of sports within the province. It was created in 1957 by the Alberta Amateur Athletic Union (AAAU). The museum was eventually taken over by Sport Alberta in 1973 when the AAAU ceased operations. It has been maintained by the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and Museum Society since 1997. The first permanent display for the Hall of Fame was established in Edmonton in 1962. The museum relocated between Edmonton and Calgary on numerous occasions until settling in Red Deer in 1999.

Induction

Induction was originally limited to amateur athletes. In 1979, eligibility was also extended to professional athletes. In the Hall's early years, winners of major international competitions were automatic qualifiers for entry. However, that practice was ended by 1981 as part of a general tightening of induction criteria for such halls of fame across Canada. At that time, the maximum number of inductions was limited to seven athletes or teams per year. Inductees are divided into several categories such as athletes, teams, builders, and pioneers. The provincial sports media members were also given the Bell Memorial Award

The first inductees, in 1958, were boxers Charles Cheesman, Wilf Greaves and Hugh Sloan, and track athlete George Sutherland.

Notable inductees

Individual persons

YearInducteeDescription
2018Canadian born ringette goalie and coach for the Canada national ringette team, goalie for the Canada women's national inline hockey team, ice hockey goalie, and a Ringette Canada Hall of Fame inductee
2007Canadian football player for the Edmonton Eskimos, three-time Grey Cup champion
2013American-Canadian cowboy, rodeo performer, and actor known as the "Father of Modern Rodeo"
1980Canadian Football League player and member of several football halls of fame
1980Synchronized swimmer and gold medalist at the 1978 World Aquatics Championships
2000President of the Canadian Hockey League and Western Hockey League
1998University of Calgary Dinos football coach, Canadian Football Hall of Fame inductee
2005Canadian ice hockey player for the Vancouver Canucks and Edmonton Flyers, others, inducted into at least five halls of fame
1983Two-time winner of the Canadian Figure Skating Championships
2008Head coach of Olympic gold medal-winning Canada women's national ice hockey team
1995Canadian former Olympic boxer who now is a Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta sitting in Calgary
1980Baseball executive and umpire, owner of the Edmonton Eskimos
2005Professional ice hockey player and coach, President of the National Hockey League
2000Canadian Paralympic wheelchair racer, and member of three halls of fame in Canada
1995Voted Canadian Football League Top 50 player of the modern era by The Sports Network
1986Professional ice hockey player, Hockey Hall of Fame inductee
2004Radio broadcaster for the Edmonton Eskimos
1988Synchronized swimmer and gold medalist at the 1982 World Aquatics Championships
1989President of the International Ice Hockey Federation and Member of the Order of Canada
1980Professional wrestler, mult-sport athlete, patriarch of the Hart wrestling family
2002Journalist, Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award recipient, Canadian Football Hall of Fame, Canadian Curling Hall of Fame
2008Japanese-Canadian judoka and first president of the Alberta Black Belt Association
1990Although he competed in 5 rodeo events, he was best known as a rodeo stock contractor
1983Canadian curler and politician who was inducted into the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame in 1986 and 1994
1980Canadian and World Champion rodeo bronc rider
2013Knight created the Raymond Stampede, oldest rodeo in Canada; known as the first stock contractor
2009Canada women's national wheelchair basketball team player and Paralympic gold medalist
1990President of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association
1980Synchronized swimmer and gold medalist at the 1979 Pan American Games and the 1982 World Aquatics Championships
2008Sailor recognized for his "sportsmanship, self-sacrifice and courage" during the 1988 Summer Olympics
2015Retired National Hockey League and World Hockey Association player, and assistant general manager of the Edmonton Oilers
1996Canadian sportscaster for CBC Television and Rogers Media, host of Hockey Night in Canada
1993Professional ice hockey player, Hockey Hall of Fame inductee
2015Long-time locker room attendant with Down syndrome for the Edmonton Oilers and Edmonton Eskimos due to Wayne Gretsky's influence.
19701941 Macdonald Brier champion curler
1968President of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association and the Alberta Amateur Hockey Association
1980Canadian curler, skip of The Brier champion team in 1946 representing Alberta
2014Canadian born coach for the Canada national ringette team and the United States national ringette team, also a Ringette Canada Hall of Fame inductee
2007One of the original six owners of the Calgary Flames
1988Edmonton-based sports journalist and broadcaster
1980Canadian Golf Hall of Fame inductee
1984President of the Canadian Paralympic Committee and International Olympic Committee
1958Athlete at the British Empire Games in track and field events
2008Canadian two-time Olympian basketball player and attorney
1987Canadian basketball player who played in the Olympics and is a member of several halls of fame
1980Gold medalist in synchronised swimming at the FINA World Aquatics Championships
2010Professional ice hockey goaltender
1959Canadian Track and Field Athlete, Represented Canada in the 1956 & 1960 Olympic Games, 1954 British Empire Games and the 1959 & 1963 Pan American Games. Founder of the Calgary Marathon & CALTAF. UBC Sports Hall Of Fame inductee
1994Three-time World Champion saddle bronc rider, inducted into five halls of fame

Groups and teams

YearGroup nameDescription
20111950 Edmonton MercurysGold medalists at the 1950 Ice Hockey World Championships. Team members: Jimmy Graham (coach), Harry Allen, Marsh Darling, Bob David, John Davies, Billie Dawe, Wilbert Delainey, Donald Gauf, Jimmy Kilburn, Leo Lucchini, Jack Manson, Doug MacAuley, Ab Newsome, Allan Purvis, Don Stanley, Bob Watt, Pete Wright, Hassie Young
19741951 Lethbridge Maple LeafsGold medalists at the 1951 Ice Hockey World Championships. Team members: Dick Gray (coach), Ken Branch, Bill Chandler, Dinny Flanagan, Bill Flick, Mallie Hughes, Bert Knibbs, Jim Malacko, Robert McGregor, Don McLean, Nap Milroy, Hector Negrello, Stan Obodiac, Walter Rimstad, Mickey Roth, Lou Siray, Carl Sorokoski, Jack Sumner, Don Vogan, Tom Wood
19681952 Edmonton MercurysGold medalists in ice hockey at the 1952 Winter Olympics. Team members: Louis Holmes (coach), George Abel, John Davies, Billie Dawe, Robert Dickson, Donald Gauf, William Gibson, Ralph Hansch, Robert Meyers, David Miller, Eric Paterson, Thomas Pollock, Allan Purvis, Gordon Robertson, Louis Secco, Francis Sullivan, Bob Watt
19941990 and 1992 Canada West teams (Canada national ringette team)Champions of the 1990 World Ringette Championships and the 1992 World Ringette Championships (also inducted into the Ringette Canada Hall of Fame). Team members: Tamara Anderson, Cindy Annala, Cara Brown, Lisa Brown, George Buzak (AC), Nicole Chapdelaine, Shauna Chomik, Jenny Cook, Susan Curran, Judy Diduck, Sandy Fenton, Shauna Flath, Anne Gillespie, Cheryl Govenlock (C), Stacey Hannay, Heather Hansen, Tami Ironside
20111963 Edmonton Oil KingsChampions of the 1963 Memorial Cup. Team members: Russ Brayshaw (coach), Ron Anderson, Butch Barber, Tom Bend, Roger Bourbonnais, Jim Brown, Rich Bulloch, Jim Chase, Vince Downey, Jim Eagle, Ron Falkenberg, Harold Fleming, Doug Fox, Russ Kirk, S. Knox, Bert Marshall, Max Mestinsek, Butch Paul, Gregg Pilling, Pat Quinn, Dave Rochefort, Glen Sather, Reg Tashuk
20111966 Edmonton Oil KingsChampions of the 1966 Memorial Cup. Team members: Ray Kinasewich (coach), Ron Anderson, Garnet Bailey, Doug Barrie, Brian Bennett, Ron Caley, Craig Cameron, Bob Falkenberg, Brian Hague, Al Hamilton, Jim Harrison, Galen Head, Ted Hodgsen, Kerry Ketter, Jim Knox, Ross Lonsberry, Don McLeod, Jim Mitchell, Harold Myers, Eugene Peacosh, Ross Perkins, Murray Pierce, Dave Rochefort, Ted Rogers, Jim Schraefel, Red Simpson, Ron Walters

References

Other sources

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