Alberta Sports Hall of Fame

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).^[1] The museum was eventually taken over by Sport Alberta in 1973 when the AAAU ceased operations.^[2] It has been maintained by the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and Museum Society since 1997.^[1] The first permanent display for the Hall of Fame was established in Edmonton in 1962.^[3] The museum relocated between Edmonton and Calgary on numerous occasions until settling in Red Deer in 1999.^[1]

Alberta Sports Hall of Fame

Established	1957
Location	Red Deer, Alberta, Canada
Type	Sports Hall of Fame
Website	www.albertasportshall.ca

Induction

Induction was originally limited to amateur athletes. In 1979, eligibility was also extended to professional athletes.^[1] In the Hall's early years, winners of major international competitions were automatic qualifiers for entry.^[2] 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.^[4] 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^[5]

The first inductees, in 1958, were boxers Charles Cheesman, Wilf Greaves and Hugh Sloan, and track athlete George Sutherland.^[1]

Notable inductees

Individual persons

Year	Inductee	Description
2018	Keely Brown	Canadian 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
2007	Don Barry	Canadian football player for the Edmonton Eskimos, three-time Grey Cup champion	[6][7][8]
2013	Earl W. Bascom	American-Canadian cowboy, rodeo performer, and actor known as the "Father of Modern Rodeo"	[9][10][11]
1980	Johnny Bright	Canadian Football League player and member of several football halls of fame	[12][13]
1980	Michelle Calkins	Synchronized swimmer and gold medalist at the 1978 World Aquatics Championships	[14][15]
2000	Ed Chynoweth	President of the Canadian Hockey League and Western Hockey League	[16]
1998	Peter Connellan	University of Calgary Dinos football coach, Canadian Football Hall of Fame inductee	[17][18]
2005	Andy Clovechok	Canadian ice hockey player for the Vancouver Canucks and Edmonton Flyers, others, inducted into at least five halls of fame	[19]
1983	Margaret Crosland	Two-time winner of the Canadian Figure Skating Championships	[20]
2008	Melody Davidson	Head coach of Olympic gold medal-winning Canada women's national ice hockey team	[21][22][23]
1995	Willie deWit	Canadian former Olympic boxer who now is a Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta sitting in Calgary	[24][25]
2005	Red Dutton	Professional ice hockey player and coach, President of the National Hockey League	[26]
2000	Robert Easton	Canadian Paralympic wheelchair racer, and member of three halls of fame in Canada	[27][28]
1995	Dave Fennell	Voted Canadian Football League Top 50 player of the modern era by The Sports Network	[29][30]
1986	Bill Gadsby	Professional ice hockey player, Hockey Hall of Fame inductee	[31]
2004	Bryan Hall	Radio broadcaster for the Edmonton Eskimos	[32]
1988	Sharon Hambrook	Synchronized swimmer and gold medalist at the 1982 World Aquatics Championships	[33][34]
1989	W. G. Hardy	President of the International Ice Hockey Federation and Member of the Order of Canada	[35][36]
1980	Stu Hart	Professional wrestler, mult-sport athlete, patriarch of the Hart wrestling family	[37][38]
2002	Terry Jones	Journalist, Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award recipient, Canadian Football Hall of Fame, Canadian Curling Hall of Fame	[39]
2008	Yoshio Katsuta	Japanese-Canadian judoka and first president of the Alberta Black Belt Association	[40][41]
1990	Reg Kesler	Although he competed in 5 rodeo events, he was best known as a rodeo stock contractor	[42][43]
1983	Ray Kingsmith	Canadian curler and politician who was inducted into the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame in 1986 and 1994	[44][45]
1980	Pete Knight	Canadian and World Champion rodeo bronc rider	[46][47][48]
2013	Ray Knight	Knight created the Raymond Stampede, oldest rodeo in Canada; known as the first stock contractor	[49][11]
2009	Jennifer Krempien	Canada women's national wheelchair basketball team player and Paralympic gold medalist	[50]
1990	Joe Kryczka	President of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association	[51]
1980	Kelly Kryczka	Synchronized swimmer and gold medalist at the 1979 Pan American Games and the 1982 World Aquatics Championships	[52][53]
2008	Lawrence Lemieux	Sailor recognized for his "sportsmanship, self-sacrifice and courage" during the 1988 Summer Olympics	[54][55]
2015	Bruce MacGregor	Retired National Hockey League and World Hockey Association player, and assistant general manager of the Edmonton Oilers	[56][57]
1996	Ron MacLean	Canadian sportscaster for CBC Television and Rogers Media, host of Hockey Night in Canada	[58][59]
1993	Lanny McDonald	Professional ice hockey player, Hockey Hall of Fame inductee	[60]
2015	Joey Moss	Long-time locker room attendant with Down syndrome for the Edmonton Oilers and Edmonton Eskimos due to Wayne Gretsky's influence.	[61][62]
1970	Howard Palmer	1941 Macdonald Brier champion curler	[63]
1968	Art Potter	President of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association and the Alberta Amateur Hockey Association	[64][65]
1980	Billy Rose	Canadian curler, skip of The Brier champion team in 1946 representing Alberta	[66]
2014	Phyllis Sadoway	Canadian born coach for the Canada national ringette team and the United States national ringette team, also a Ringette Canada Hall of Fame inductee	[67][68]
2007	Byron Seaman	One of the original six owners of the Calgary Flames	[69][70]
1988	John Short	Edmonton-based sports journalist and broadcaster	[71][72]
1980	Betty Stanhope-Cole	Canadian Golf Hall of Fame inductee	[73]
1984	Robert Steadward	President of the Canadian Paralympic Committee and International Olympic Committee	[74]
1958	George Sutherland	Athlete at the British Empire Games in track and field events	[1][75]
2008	Karl Tilleman	Canadian two-time Olympian basketball player and attorney	[76][77]
1987	Phil Tollestrup	Canadian basketball player who played in the Olympics and is a member of several halls of fame	[78][79]
1980	Helen Vanderburg	Gold medalist in synchronised swimming at the FINA World Aquatics Championships	[80]
2010	Mike Vernon	Professional ice hockey goaltender	[81]
1994	Marty Wood	Three-time World Champion saddle bronc rider, inducted into five halls of fame	[82][83]

Groups and teams

Year	Group name	Description
2011	1950 Edmonton Mercurys	Gold 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	[84]
1974	1951 Lethbridge Maple Leafs	Gold 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	[85]
1968	1952 Edmonton Mercurys	Gold 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	[86]
1994	1990 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	[87]
2011	1963 Edmonton Oil Kings	Champions 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	[88][89]
2011	1966 Edmonton Oil Kings	Champions 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	[88][89]