Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame
Sports Museum in Thunder Bay, Ontario
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Established | 1978 |
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Location | 219 South May Street, Thunder Bay, Ontario |
Type | Sports Museum |
Public transit access | ![]() 1 3M 8 10 12 14 16 18 4 (limited) |
Website | Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame |
The Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame, established in 1978 in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, is dedicated to the people of Northwestern Ontario who have achieved greatness in sport. It is located on 219 South May Street in Downtown Fort William.[citation needed]
Notable inductees
- Andrea Cole, former Paralympic swimmer.
- Fred Kearney (1897–1998), former Canadian ice hockey player for the St. Louis Flyers.[1]
- Fred Page (1915–1997), president of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association and vice-president of the International Ice Hockey Federation, inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame[2][3][4]
- Frank Sargent (1902–1988), president of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association and Dominion Curling Association, inducted into the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame[5][6]
- Dave Siciliano (born 1946), ice hockey coach for the Lakehead Nor'Westers, Thunder Bay Flyers, Edmonton Ice, Owen Sound Platers, and the Sioux City Musketeers[7]
- Joe Wirkkunen (1928–1986), Finnish-Canadian coach of the Finland men's national ice hockey team[8]
References
- ^ "Allan Cup 1927 Fred Kearney". allancup.ca. Archived from the original on March 10, 2016. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
- ^ "Page, Frederick – Biography – Honoured Builder". Legends of Hockey. Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
- ^ March, Ashley (April 28, 2015). "Who is Fred Page, and why do hockey players battle for his trophy?". Cornwall Seaway News. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
- ^ "Page, Frederick (Fred)". The Chronicle-Journal. Thunder Bay, Ontario. December 26, 1997. p. 31.
- ^ "Deaths: Sargent". The Chronicle-Journal. Thunder Bay, Ontario. September 29, 1988. p. 31.
- ^ "Frank Sargent dead at 86". The Chronicle-Journal. Thunder Bay, Ontario. September 29, 1988. p. 3.
- ^ "Dave Siciliano". Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame. Thunder Bay, Ontario. 1995. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
- ^ "Joe Wirkkunen". Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame. 2008. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
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