New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame
The New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame was established in 1970 to honor outstanding athletes, teams and sport builders in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The Sports Hall of Fame operates a Sports Museum in the provincial capital city of Fredericton, equipped with interactive exhibits and one of the largest collection of charcoal portraits in the province, one for each of its 231 Honoured Members.
Some New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame Honoured Members
Individuals:
- Marc Albert - volleyball
- Earle Avery - harness racing
- Norman Buchanan (MC) - baseball. An army officer, politician, business man. He served during the Second World War and was awarded the Military Cross with two bars, an extremely high honour held by only 23 other Commonwealth Officers.
- Rhéal Cormier, Major League Baseball pitcher
- Tony Currie - National Hockey League player
- Mabel DeWare - National curling champion
- Gordie Drillon - National Hockey League player
- Yvon Durelle - boxing champion
- George Gallant- Running
- Dick Gamble, National Hockey League player
- Charles Gorman, speed skater
- Danny Grant - National Hockey League player
- Bill Harris, Major League Baseball player
- Buster Harvey, ice hockey player
- Russ Howard - Olympic Gold Medal in curling
- Marianne Limpert, swimmer
- Willy Logan, speed skater
- Peter Maher, ice hockey announcer
- Greg Malone, National Hockey League player
- Manny McIntyre - hockey and baseball player
- Roland McLenahan - National Hockey League
- Roland Melanson, National Hockey League player
- Willie O'Ree - first Black player in the National Hockey League
- Scott Pellerin, National Hockey League player
- Marc Pepin - Tennis Champion
- Matt Stairs, Major League Baseball player
- Don Sweeney, National Hockey League player
- Milaine Thériault, cross-country skier
- Ron Turcotte - Hall of Fame jockey who rode Secretariat to the Triple Crown
- Stacy Wilson - Olympic women's hockey player
Team/Group Inductees:
- The Paris Crew - world rowing champions
- Campbellton Tigers, 1972 ice hockey club
- Campbellton Tigers, 1977 ice hockey club
- Moncton Hawks, 1970 ice hockey club
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