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T h e N ova S c ot i a
Sport Hall of Fame
Contents 2011–2012
Premier’s Message / Chairman’s Message .............................................................. 2
Bringing the Hall’s Artifacts to the World Online (by Tinisha Stilling) ................. 3
Education Program Having a Positive Impact ...................................................... 6
Team Jones 1999-2004 (by Joel Jacobson) ........................................................... 10
Will Njoku (by Joel Jacobson) ............................................................................. 16
Steve Pound (by Joel Jacobson) ............................................................................ 20
Cam Russell (by Willy Palov)............................................................................... 28
Mike Scarola (by Joel Jacobson) ........................................................................... 34
Hubert Earle (by Joel Jacobson) ........................................................................... 38
Cover Photos
2011 Nova Scotia Sport Hall of
Fame Inductees:
Top (l to r): Mike Scarola, Cam
Russell
Middle: Carolyn Savoy, Will Njoku,
Steve Pound
Bottom: Team Jones 1999-2004,
Hubert Earle
Carolyn Savoy (by Katie Wooler) ........................................................................ 42
Stellar Inductees Enter Hall in 2010 .................................................................. 46
Induction Procedure Meets with Success ........................................................... 50
Past Chairs of Hall of Fame ............................................................................... 51
Our Mission / Our Vision ................................................................................. 52
Editor: Joel Jacobson
Contributors: Joel Jacobson, Willy Palov, Tinisha Stilling, Katie Wooler
Cover Design: Paul Birmingham, Studio11
Magazine Photography: Layla Calvi, Nick Pearce, Hall of Fame staff, Hall of
Fame archives, Inductee personal collections
Marketing Assistance: Karolyn Sevcik, Shane Mailman
Layout and Design: Paula Yochoff, Sport Nova Scotia
Sponsorship and Advertising: Karolyn Sevcik
Printing: Halcraft Print Ltd.
Contact:
Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame
1800 Argyle Street, Suite 446
Halifax, NS B3J 3N8
Tel: (902) 421-1266
Fax: (902) 425-1148
E-mail: [email protected]
www.nsshf.com
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Premier’s Message
O
n behalf of the Province of Nova Scotia, I’m pleased to congratulate the athletes, sports
teams and builders being inducted into the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame.
Our province has a rich history in sports, featuring individuals and teams who have
made significant contributions to the culture and heritage of Nova Scotia. I believe it’s important
to teach the next generation of athletes about their predecessors so that they can continue the
honoured tradition of sportsmanship and competition.
The Future Hall of Famers education campaign is a fantastic program that has achieved great
success with students across Nova Scotia. By sharing the true life stories of our sports heroes, the
program demonstrates that initial failures are learning experiences and that to accomplish their
dreams, they have to stay the course.
Students can also learn more about our sports heritage at the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame,
which features a vast collection of sports memorabilia and fun facts for everyone to enjoy. I encourage everyone to check it out!
Sincerely,
Darrell Dexter
Premier of Nova Scotia
Chairman’s Message
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n behalf of the Board Directors, I wish to welcome and congratulate this year’s Inductees
to The Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame. You are now members of a sports hall that takes
pride in educating, entertaining and inspiring others to reach their dreams.
2011 has been an exciting year. The Induction Awards Ceremonies caps off another great year
of attendance with 80,000 plus visitors to the Hall. The Future Hall of Famers education program
has been expanded to include a full-time education coordinator who works with existing and
future Hall of Famers to share life stories, motivate and inspire youth across Nova Scotia.
NSSHF has completed another successful year, developing a five-year strategic plan, updating
by-laws and strengthening the collection management program. We are in the process of cataloguing
and digitizing the entire collection of over 7,000 items to adhere to national museum standards
and to have the collection available to the public online.
Preserving those great stories and achievements of our sport heroes has remained the priority of NSSHF. We couldn’t do
it without the generous support of our friends of the Hall, corporate sponsors, staff and volunteers.
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Sincerely,
Floyd R. Gaetz
Chair of the Board
Bringing the Hall’s Artifacts
to the World Online
by Tinisha Stilling
T
he Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame is working on
an exciting digitization project. A major goal of
the project is to make Nova Scotian sport heritage
more accessible to the public. That way, all Nova Scotians,
no matter where they live, will have better access to their
heritage online. In fact, information and photos are and will
be available to the whole world to study and enjoy. About
3,000 photos of artifacts have already been put online.
The artifact records and photographs can be accessed by
the public online through the Artifacts Canada database.
A link to this site is available on the Hall of Fame’s website,
The pocket watch with chain and the medallion were
presented to Edward “Nedder” Healey when he won the
Nova Scotia amateur boxing welterweight championship
in 1922. The next year he won the Canadian title. Healey
fought more than 225 amateur and professional bouts, with
an ability to outwit his opponents. Never knocked off his feet,
he lost only eight professional bouts. Healey was inducted to
the Hall of Fame with the original class in 1980.
under “Collections”. Visitors can peruse information on
everything sport-related, from equipment to trophies to
athletes and builders.
The Hall of Fame is part of the Association of Nova Scotia
Museums, which is working on a new public database that is
estimated to be up and running in about a year. With added
and improved features, such as better genealogical research
abilities, more photos and links to online content, including
videos, it will be much more user-friendly and interactive
than Artifacts Canada. The Hall of Fame is continuing to
work hard on the project with the goal that a photograph
of each artifact will be added by the time its new public
database arrives.
These hockey sticks represent both the early days and
Highlights of the
recent years – showing the difference between a basic
single piece of wood stick and the modern composite improvements made
stick, which rarely breaks and has more flexibility with to the collection over
less weight.
the last year:
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artifacts have been
catalogued bringing
the total number
of artifacts in the
collection to over
7,000.
•Forty per cent of
the collection has
been photographed
with the photos
accessible online.
•Work has started
on a new public
database which will
provide the world
with better access to
Nova Scotia’s rich
sport heritage
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This Hall of Fame display shows the evolution
of hockey sticks from the 1800s through modern
day, and from wood to light and flexible material
composites. The first sticks (top in picture) were
carved from a single piece of wood, but by the
1930s, were made of pieces of wood laminated
together, preventing them from breaking as easily
while adding some flexibility.
In the 1960s, players started curving their blades,
giving them greater control of the puck and
influencing their shots. In the 1970s, the first
fibreglass sticks were made–stronger and lighter
than their wooden ancestors. By the 1980s,
aluminum sticks, with replacement wooden
blades, were introduced and gained popularity
among professional players in the 1990s.
Today, both the wooden stick and aluminum
stick have become rarer among pros as new
composite sticks made of materials such as
fibreglass and carbon fibre have become a less
durable, but lighter-weight, option. The wooden
stick, however, is still a less expensive alternative to composite
sticks and still is a popular choice for amateur players.
Below: The 116th Dartmouth Natal Day Regatta was held in August
2011, hosted by the Banook Canoe Club. The club was founded in
1903 and began holding the regatta, along with other sport events
and concerts, a year later. This trophy, displayed at the Hall, was
presented to the Junior Singles winner in 1907.
Above: This typewriter belonged to W.J. “Ace” Foley, a long-time
sports writer and sports editor at the Halifax Chronicle Herald and
Mail Star. He started his newspaper career in 1920 as a copy boy,
spending, he said, as much time at the Halifax Herald as he did in
school.
He said in a book he wrote to commemorate 50 years as sports editor,
“I’ve been in almost every nook and cranny of Nova Scotia at one
time or another.”
His writings promoted Nova Scotia sport and sport heritage for more
than 60 years. He was inducted to the Hall of Fame in 1982.
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Left: This Babe Ruth
autographed baseball sits
proudly on display at the
Hall. It was signed by the
Baseball Hall of Fame
member, considered the
greatest of the greats,
during a visit to Halifax
on August 1, 1942 (after
his retirement from the
game) for the official
opening of a recreation
centre for the Royal
Canadian Navy at Wanderers Grounds.
That weekend, during an exhibition game between Halifax and
Toronto, The Babe stepped to the plate and hit a few pitches for the
5,000 spectators. It has always been rumoured that he hit one into the
Public Gardens, probably 500 feet away. After his hitting exhibition,
he tossed autographed baseballs into the crowd.
Former New York Yankee Babe Ruth has another tie to Nova Scotia.
Raised in an orphan’s home in Baltimore, the man who developed
Ruth’s baseball skills was Cape Breton native, Brother Matthias. The
Babe often vacationed in Nova Scoria where he fished and played
golf.
Above: It is recorded that quoits were already being played on
McNabs Island in 1762. The ring toss like game has its origins in
ancient Greece. The Romans brought the game to England, where
it caught on quickly. A popular game at sea, it is no surprise that it
quickly made its way across the ocean to Nova Scotia.
Quoit rings were made of brass, copper or iron in the past. Today, the
rings are often made of lighter materials, such as rope or rubber, but
heavier metal rings can still be found.
In the photo: Brass quoit rings and a Studley Quoit Club trophy
1908. The Studley Quoit Club was opened in 1858 on the
Northwest Arm, when the game was becoming extremely popular
in Nova Scotia.
Right:
Phil
Scott,
nine-time
log-rolling
world champion from
Barrington, NS, wore
these shoes to compete
in his demanding sport.
These spiked shoes were
popular in the 1960s and
1970s when Scott was in
his heyday, but today logrollers wear a modified
soccer shoe. In the past,
the bottoms of the shoes
were made of a very hard
wood and leather to prevent the spikes from pulling through. Today,
the wooden bottoms have been replaced by plastic and rubber. Scott
was inducted to the Hall of Fame in 1987.
Left: Katie Wooler, a
museum assistant at the
Nova Scotia Sport Hall
of Fame, stands besides
a penny farthing bicycle,
named for British coins
of the 19th century. With
its giant front wheel and
small rear wheel, the penny
farthing was not the safest
of vehicles, but it did make
an important contribution
to the development of the
bicycle.
Manufactured
between 1870 and 1885, the penny farthing had a cult following,
willing to pay approximately a month’s income for the popular bike.
Clubs were formed. Cyclists competed in races, organized intercity
trips, and were featured in newspapers.
A new model of the penny farthing, called the “Excelsior”,
manufactured in the 1880s, offered a lighter frame and other design
improvements. Bicycle mania reached Halifax in the 1880’s and
1890’s and became a social trend, with groups of cyclists meeting
at the Public Gardens and Point Pleasant Park for evening rides.
The city’s official bicycle club was the Halifax Ramblers, which has
been reincarnated today as the Nova Scotia Ramblers Bicycle Club,
offering trail rides and special events.
Cliff Shand, an inductee in the Sport Hall of Fame for cycling,
competed on a penny farthing bike as part of the Wanderers Amateur
Athletic Club in the late 1880’s.
Tinisha Stilling is Collections Coordinator at the Nova Scotia
Sport Hall of Fame. In the last year, she has created a collection
policy, improved the storage area, made changes to the viewing
area and catalogued many of the artifacts and pictures.
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Education Program Having
a Positive Impact
Hall of Fame Builder Bernie Chisholm speaks to a group of students about dedication and determination to become the best they can be in both
athletics and life during a Hall of Fame education presentation at St. Andrews Consolidated School in Antigonish. Ken MacNeil (r), a member of
the inducted Robertson softball team that won the National Midget Softball Championship in 1984, observes.
T
he ears of a youngster in Berwick perked up as he
listened to Hall of Fame Education Coordinator
Leah McInnis talk of an inductee from his home
town. Burns Wesley Pierce, she told the school group, was a
distance bicycle racer in the heyday of the sport in the early
1900s. He held records in amateur and professional longdistance and endurance racing. When she mentioned that
he lived very near the school, in a distinctive red brick house
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at 107 Foster Street, the boy called out, “That’s my house.
That’s where I live.” Leah was later told by the teacher that
the 12-year-old boy was excited for days afterward, telling
his friends, and anyone who would listen, that the famous
cyclist lived in HIS house.
“I’ve learned through this spring and summer, speaking
to more than 4,000 youngsters at schools and summer
camps, both on their home turf and at the Hall, that you
can go anywhere in Nova Scotia and find a sport hero in a
community,” Leah says. “Whether an athlete or builder, we
are truly rich in sport history.”
Leah has made presentations, with the help of Hall of Fame
member Mickey Fox and Olympic athlete Sarah Conrad, to
groups throughout the province. Fox and Conrad have been
at the Tim Hortons Camp in Tatamagouche to speak with
children from across the region. Leah has been from one
end of the province to the other, showing artifacts, videos
and PowerPoint presentations from Digby to Inverness and
Sydney.
Above: During an education program presentation, Hall of Fame
Education Coordinator, Leah McInnis, tells a student about a
Hall of Fame member overcoming difficulties to succeed in sport.
“I tell the stories of (marathon runner) Johnny Miles
and (Paralympic gold medalist)
Andrew Haley who overcame such
odds to become champions. I can
tell the kids are paying attention
because they are wide-eyed and
listening intently when I talk of
these sport heroes.”
She tries to make the stories
inspirational, relating how there
have been bumps in the road
before the athletes achieved glory,
how they believed in themselves
to achieve (Haley lost a leg and
part of a lung to cancer), and how
believing is the first step in doing, whether the person wants
to be an athlete, artist or an educator.
Her goal as she moves into the fall season and reaches out
to schools across the province is to get more Hall of Fame
members involved as speakers.
“The children want to see their heroes. There’s certainly
a different dynamic when they hear directly from someone
who has accomplished what these people have done in sport.
They can be very inspiring to young people.”
Right: Olympic
snowboarder
Sarah Conrad (r)
celebrates success
with
children
at
the Tim
Hortons Camp in
Tatamagouche,
Nova
Scotia.
Sarah appeared
as part of the
Sport Hall of
Fame Education
Program.
Right: Hall of Fame Inductee Mickey
Fox shows the basketball skills that
gained him entry at an education session
at the Tim Hortons Camp.
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Below: Two members of the Antigonish Boys and Girls
Club try on skates during a Hall-run education program.
Left, is the Starr skate that a club member tries on over her
shoe. Right, a youngster tries on a Sidney Crosby replica
skate.
Above: During a Hall education program at
Rev. H.J. MacDonald School in Heatherton,
a Grade 6 student at holds a Starr Co. skate,
circa 1900. The skate is attached by laces to the
bottom of a shoe or boot.
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presents
2011 Nova Scotia
Sport Hall of Fame
Induction Awards
w w w . m i c c o . c a
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Team Jones
1999-2004
Team
by Joel Jacobson
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S
ometimes winning a Canadian
championship warrants
induction to a provincial sport
hall of fame.
Sometimes winning a world
title guarantees induction to the
provincial AND national sport halls
of fame.
When you win five Canadian
championships, two World golds
and a World silver to what are you
entitled?
Admiration, adulation,
recognition as the best of the best
and, of course, induction to the
sport hall of fame in the province
where the athlete(s) call home. The
Canadian Hall is yet to come, but it
will – and soon.
The Jones curling team set a
Canadian record that could take a Kim Kelly and Mary-Anne Arsenault guide skip Colleen Jones’ rock down the ice.
says the quartet had a chemistry together “but the three of
while to be beaten – five championships in six years and four
us brought out the best in Colleen. I’ve never met anyone
in a row. Skip Colleen Jones, third Kim Kelly, second Marywith a more insatiable appetite for winning than Colleen,
Anne Arsenault and lead Nancy Delahunt set a standard for
but for her to be the best, she had to be comfortable with
excellence in women’s curling between 1999 and 2004 with
us – and she was.”
Canadian titles in 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004, plus
Nancy adds, “There was no other Colleen Jones. I never
World titles in 2001 and 2004 and a World second in 2003.
saw
anyone across the country like her. She taught us how to
Alternates Laine Peters, Mary Sue Radford and coaches Peter
win and what it means to win.”
Corkum and Ken Bagnell helped ensure success.
Colleen reflects on her beginnings in curling. “I went to
“Their work ethic was unmatched,” says coach/psychologist
the rink with my older sisters when I was young and loved
Bagnell who was with the Jones foursome from 2001 to 2005.
hanging out and being social. After a couple of years, the
“The amount of work, the amount of practice, set the bar
sport seemed easy and I wanted more. In 1976, we went to
for what people do in curling and in sport all over the world.
Junior Nationals, and didn’t do very well, but that was a taste
“The girls spent a lot of time together,” he continues. “Being
at that level and I wanted more of that, too.”
able to live with a new set of sisters and still perform on the
ice is difficult. But they won Nationals four years in a row
(2001-2004), which had never been done before. With two
On The Button
World Championships and a silver medal in four years, that
Career Highlights:
kind of domination is remarkable.”
Colleen skipped the first of 16 Nova Scotia champion teams
•Five Canadian Women’s Curling Championships
at age 19 in 1978. Four years later, she became the youngest
•Two World Women’s Curling Championships
ever to win a Canadian curling championship. By 1999, the
•One World Women’s Silver Championship
pieces of the dominant team were in place.
•Four Canadian titles in succession – record never
Nancy and Colleen had been friends for years and remain
topped
very close. When Mary-Anne became the final piece of the
puzzle in 1999 (Kelly was with the team from 1989), Nancy
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we worked hard at our relationship and developed
tremendous respect for each other.”
Nancy says about 2001’s win at Worlds. “I’ve
known Colleen since high school and always
pulled for her. This time was great. I knew she
deserved it and was thrilled for her, as much as
for all of us.”
Winning again and again took teamwork,
dedication to practise and play, even with families
and work commitments.
Colleen says her first win at Nationals in
1982 was huge, a breakthrough for the Atlantic
Provinces.
Seventeen years later, 1999, they won the
Nationals (The Scotties) again.
Kim Kelly (r) suggests the perfect shot to win an end as Nancy Delahunt, Mary-Anne
“That was a major thrill and an amazing feeling,
Arsenault and skip Colleen Jones listen to the advice.
BUT it was quickly silenced by the (loss at)
Worlds. We felt we had let people down and after
She was second stone on that team but the next year, when
we lost at Canadians in 2000, we thought 1999’s Scotties was
asked to skip, Colleen readily accepted. “I wanted to throw last
a fluke. But we won in 2001, and then won the Worlds, and
rock. I knew I could do it and didn’t really feel the pressure.”
got on a ride (four Nationals in a row) that was very special.”
She admits that she was practising a lot – more than anyone
She confesses winning four in a row resulted from a lot
else – and that built the confidence that she could make
of breaks, things going the right way each game for a week
whatever shot faced her.
and then in playoffs, every roll, every draw, double takeout,
Kim Kelly has several defining curling moments. “The
runback, going perfectly.
first was winning that first Canadian title in 1999. Then the
“You look for consistency, but it’s hard to do,” she says.
Worlds in 2001 and the third, the Continental Cup of 2002.”
She admits there was constant pressure to win. “Canadians
expect performance because we ARE Canada (and it’s a
Joel Jacobson is a former columnist with the Halifax Chronicle
Canadian game). At the Worlds in 1999, there was so much
Herald and now a freelance journalist, guest speaker and Master
pressure and we weren’t ready for that. Until you experience
of Ceremonies.
it, you don’t know how smothering wearing the Maple Leaf
can be.”
By 2001, after a heart-wrenching loss to Kelly
Law in a Scott Tournament of Hearts preliminary
game to make the team 3-4, the team sat with coach
Bagnell and he let them vent. It worked. They won
four in a row, made the playoffs and won.
Kelly says that defined who they were and became.
“We had tenacity and fortitude. I think what brings
the biggest smile to my face is thinking of the Worlds
win that year. Colleen had never won and really
The Colleen Jones rink won the World Championship in
Norway in 2004. Team members (l to r) were Colleen
Jones, Kim Kelly, Mary-Anne Arsenault, Nancy Delahunt,
Mary Sue Radford - 5th, Ken Bagnell - Team Coach and
Elaine Dagg-Jackson - National Team Coach.
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The Nova Scotia
Curling Association
congratulates
Congratulations
Colleen Jones!
Team Jones
CBC Nova Scotia is proud to
celebrate Colleen Jones’s
induction into the Nova Scotia
Sports Hall of Fame.
on their induction into the
Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame.
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Will Njoku
Athlete
by Joel Jacobson
Y
ou look at Will Njoku – 6’9” tall, lean,
built to play basketball – and you think,
“Wow! Things must have been easy
for a guy of that size to excel at this sport.”
Not so!
The Ghana-born, Halifax-educated and raised
young man was challenged from the get-go. He
was a soccer player who came into basketball in
Grade 7 and didn’t really blossom until his high
school years.
Coming out of a stellar academic and basketball experience
at Halifax West High School under coach Nick Morash, Will was
recruited by dozens of Division I schools in the United States – Duke,
Duquesne and Western Kentucky among them – and across Canada.
“I felt I was needed at home,” says Will today, recalling his decision to
stay in Halifax. His father had died when Will was in Grade 9 and being
the oldest son, he felt the need to help support his mother, two sisters and
brother by being the role model.
Will chose Saint Mary’s over his mother’s wishes for him to attend Dalhousie.
“When I worked out at Saint Mary’s, they were friendly compared to
Dal where it was tough to get into the gym. Mother’s are always right,”
Will says with a smile. “And with 20-20 hindsight, maybe she would
have been right, but I have great feelings toward Saint Mary’s,
the players I was with, the coaches, and the overall experience.”
The Saint Mary’s experience resulted in a National
Championship and Will’s selection as the outstanding
university player in Canada in 1993. It also exposed him to
the Canadian National Team program to which he was chosen
and for whom he played for 10 years. Playing for Canada also moved
Will closer to a dream he had had since he was eight years old.
“I saw a story in the newspaper about how happy a guy was to represent
Canada and finish 10th at the Olympics,” he recalls. “I started making a
scrapbook about the Olympics. It became my goal.”
By age 16, Will was on the Canadian Junior National Team and moved
forward from there. His experience with the National Team, alongside
players like NBAers Steve Nash and Rick Fox, included playing in a couple
of World Championships.
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“Our big chance to get to the Olympics
was a qualifying tournament in 1996. We
were in the final four with Brazil, Puerto
Rico and (host) Argentina. We had to win
one game to get to Atlanta, but lost to
Brazil and Puerto Rico. I was the only one
in our dressing room crying because I knew
I had missed the goal I had lived for.”
Will gained dozens of honours in high
school and university basketball – MVPs
at youth, junior high and high school
levels; Provincial Juvenile Player of the
Year; member of the Nova Scotia Canada
Games team in 1989; Rookie of the Year
at Saint Mary’s in 1991 and then first and
second team all-AUS before being AUS
MVP in 1992 and 1993, and All-Canadian
in 1993 and 1994.
Left: Will won many awards in minor
basketball while dreaming of the day he’d
play on the Canadian National Team.
Will’s Wowzers
Career Highlights:
•CIS MVP, 1993
•AUS MVP, 1993 and 1994
•All Canadian, 1993 and 1994
•Halifax Metro High School MVP, 1990
•Canadian Junior Men’s Team, 1991
•Canadian Senior Men’s Team, 1993-1998
•Drafted NBA Indiana Pacers 41st overall, 1994
•Portuguese League all-star, 1998
•Most rebounds in one game CIS Final 8 – 21
•2nd all-time leading scorer at Saint Mary’s
University
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We were encouraged to be honest, respectful and get a
good education. There was extreme discipline in our home
and I used basketball to isolate myself from that, to have
fun, be with teammates and friends. But I learned amazing
qualities from my parents and am so proud of the sacrifices
they made for us.”
Today Will runs a motivational company – Will2Win
– that encourages people to use their skills and talents to
become better at what they do, to set goals and strive to
reach them.
“God has been good to me to help others, kids specifically,
see me as someone who can be a mentor and help them
achieve the best they can be,” Will says.
Joel Jacobson has been Chairman of Induction Night since
1984.
He had an NBA tryout with Phoenix in 1993 and was
selected by Indiana 41st in 1994, the only Halifax-raised
player to be drafted to the NBA. His chance to play in
the pro league was hampered by numbers that year as the
Pacers had several players competing for a spot or two.
Will played minor pro ball in the States before embarking
on a 10-year European career in France, Germany, Turkey,
Portugal, Kosovo, Macedonia and Belgium.
“You went where the best money was and the best
chance to play was,” says Will of his nomadic tour of
European basketball. But he adds he was eager to travel,
learn about all these countries, and grow as a person. The
experience was valuable to him.
He stresses people don’t realize the dedication needed
to play at the highest levels. “I was lucky. I learned
discipline at home. I was raised in an immigrant family
where my mum and dad worked to support their kids.
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On the court and in life, he
plays to win.
Congratulations to former Husky Will Njoku for his 2011
induction into the Nova Scotia Sports Hall of Fame.
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Steve Pound
Athlete
by Joel Jacobson
S
teve Pound was a skinny freshman when he first
stepped on the basketball court at Acadia University
in 1968.
Despite a high school career that saw him average 40
points a game in his senior season, tops in the United States,
and despite being recruited by more than 30 American
Division I and II schools, Steve chose Acadia because, on
his campus visit, academics, not basketball, were stressed.
“I think I was more mature than the average 18-year-old,”
Steve says today. “I came from a difficult family situation,
had lived away from my parents (who were divorced) at
times, and had to make many of my own decisions. Coming
to Acadia just continued that, even though as a freshman,
I was living totally away from home for the first time and
had to learn to budget my time.”
He did everything well.
His school work was consistently good. In fact, he had
the top Grade Point Average in his graduating class in 1972.
His basketball improved because, in 1968, coach Gib
Chapman made him a point guard (passer) instead of the
shooting guard he was in high school. “The fact we had
Brian Heaney as a shooter, and he was a senior that year,
helped me improve my total game by being forced to learn
a new position.”
Steve learned it well. He was an Atlantic University Sport
all-star and helped Acadia win the league title.
In 1969-70, with Steve back in the shooting role, the
Axemen finished 22-4. His scoring feats were legendary as he
led the nation in scoring and was a unanimous All-Canadian.
The next season was the highlight for Steve. As team
captain and an AUS All-Star, he led the Axemen to a 30-2
record and the National Championship in a tournament
played in Wolfville.
As a senior, he set an all-time Acadia four-year scoring
record when he passed the 2,000 point plateau, topping
Heaney’s 1,917. Again captain and All-Canadian, Steve
led the Axemen into the Nationals again where they lost in
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the championship
game.
Tw i c e A c a d i a’s
Athlete of the Year, a
three-time member of
the university’s Sport Hall
of Fame, and an inductee
to the New England High
School Basketball Hall of
Fame, Steve received his BA
from Acadia, a Master’s in
Education at Dalhousie
and PhD in Education
Leadership from Laval
University.
Steve helped Halifax
Wandlyn Motor Inn win
the Canadian Senior A
Championship in 1973 by
averaging 47 points in the
event and being MVP of
the tournament. The next
year, his team advanced to
the final.
He played professional
ball in England for a year,
leading the league in scoring
with a 30-point-plus-per-game
average, including a 55-point
effort that remains in the Guinness
Book of Records as the most points
scored in an English pro league
game.
Steve loved to shoot. He could
score on a picture-perfect jumper
from around the key and from
what is now three-point territory
(imagine how many points he’d have scored if the threepoint line was in effect when he played) and on drives to
the hoop. His game was multi-dimensional as his defense
and tenacity was important to every team performance, too.
Steve eventually became a principal at Quebec (City) High
School where, under his coaching, the basketball team won
80 per cent of its games, two Quebec Small High School
Provincial Championships and, in 1985, went 69-2.
He later was an assistant coach at Acadia while serving
as Alumni Association director. He returned to his
native Maine in the early 2000s where he was a school
superintendent until retirement two years ago. Today he is
associate director of workforce development for Cianbro
Institute, a Maine-based company with 3,000 employees
in 41 states.
“My high school basketball coach, George Wentworth,
probably challenged me more than anyone else,” says Steve.
“At my first practise as a Grade 9 freshman, he told me
‘You’re the worst shooter I’ve ever seen.’ He knew it would
make me mad and that I’d work hard to show him. I did
and kept improving. That really changed my life.”
Pound Points
Career Highlights:
• All-time leading Acadia scorer – more than 2,000
points
• Four-time AUS All-Star
• CIS All-Canadian and MVP, 1969-1970
• CIS Scoring Champion, 1969-1970
• CIS Champion – Acadia, 1971
• Canadian Senior A Men’s Champions, 1972-1973
• Twice Acadia Athlete of the Year
• USA top high-school scorer in 1968 – 40 pts per game
• USA High-School All-American, 1968
• Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame – Team
• Acadia Sport Hall of Fame – Athlete and Team
• New England High-School Basketball Hall of Fame
Steve credits coaches and teammates for the success he had
but is quick to add, “Good people like George, Gib, and
Jim Logue (an assistant at Acadia) supported me, challenged
me, and made me a better person.”
The 1971 CIS champion Acadia Axemen. Steve Pound is second from right, kneeling in front.
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Above: Acadia and Steve Pound (12)
celebrate the 1971 CIS Championship
win by cutting down the nets at Acadia’s
War Memorial Gymnasium.
Right: Acadia Alumni Association
director Bill Parker congratulates Steve
Pound (left) and Rick Eaton on their
title win.
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Congratulations
on your induction
into the
Nova Scotia Sport
Hall of Fame
Stand Up and Cheer
for Acadia’s newest
Nova Scotia Sport
Hall of Fame members.
Steve Pound (’72 & ’75)
Nancy (Taylor) Delahunt (’82)
Congratulations!
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Congratulations
Steve
on your induction
to the
Hall of Fame
congratulates
WILL NJOKU,
STEVE POUND
CAROLYN SAVOY
&
The Gaetz Family
L-R Back Row: Manager Willis Porter, Tom Staines, Fred Moczulski, Tom Farrington, Trainer Harvey Mills.
Middle Row: Bruiser McGee, Jon Beausang, Terry Condon, Freeman Schofield, Paul Talbot.
Front Row: Gary Folker, Coach Gib Chapman, Co-Captain Steve Pound, Co-Captain Rick Eaton, Assistant
Coach Jim Logue, Peter Phipps. Trophy: McGee Trophy – C.I.A.U. National Championship Trophy
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Cecilia Branch, Halifax,
center, is pictured with
teammates at University of
Nevada at Las Vegas. She
was inducted to the Nova
Scotia Sport Hall of Fame
in 1991 and holds 65 Nova
Scotia track and field records.
Branch set a Canadian high
school record in the 100m
hurdles in 1973 and was
rated third in the country in
the 100m hurdles. She was
a member of the Canadian
Pan-Am Games track team
in 1979, and the Canadian
Olympic team in 1980. She
was the Canadian indoor
and outdoor 60m hurdles
champion in 1985, the same
year she was America’s Cup
100 metre hurdle champion.
She was named UNLV’s most
outstanding performer twice
and was a bronze medalist
in AIAW Track and Field
Championships.
The members of the
Atlantic Division CanoeKayak Canada
applaud
Mike Scarola
on his induction to the Sport Hall of Fame
and being a role model
for sprint paddlers to follow.
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The Office of Health and Wellness
recognizes the contributions of the
honoured members of
The Nova
Scotia Sport
Hall of Fame
Maureen MacDonald
Minister
THE
ORIGINAL
SPORT HALL
OF FAME
INDUCTEES
ATHLETE
Alfred “Ackie” Allbon •
Hector “Hec” Andrews •
Sam R. Balcom •
Marty Barry •
Wally Barteaux •
Fabie Bates •
D. Stanley Bauld
Joey Beaton
Richard Beazley •
Vaughan Black •
Neddy Borne •
Arthur J. Brady •
Henry “Ducky” Brooks •
Frank Brown •
George Brown •
Freddie Cameron •
“Hockey Jack” Campbell •
Mike Carney •
Frank Carroll •
Carroll Charleton •
D.R. “Dempsey” Chisholm •
Roy Chisholm •
Frank Condon •
Jack Condon •
Johnny Conroy •
Thurston Cook •
Joe Crockett •
George Cutten •
Art Dalton •
Robie Davison •
Claire DeMont •
George Dixon •
W.R. “Tee” Doyle •
Burns Dunbar •
Bill Dunphy •
Vern Eville •
Layton Ferguson •
Robert “Burglar” Ferguson •
Vincent Ferguson •
Leon Fluck •
Charlie Foley •
Tom Foley •
Bob Forward •
Jack Stan Fraser •
Jimmy Fraser •
Bob Goodhew •
Louis “Louie” Graham •
Chester Gregory •
John “Hap” Hanlon •
Reg Hart •
Roy Haverstock •
Nedder Healey •
William A. Henry •
Charles “Tiny” Herman •
Grant Holmes •
Vernon “Newt” Hopper •
John “Timmie” Hunter •
Roy Hunter •
Nedder Hurley •
Gordon B. Isnor •
Roy Isnor •
Stanton Jackson •
Waldon Kennedy •
Alf Kirby •
Gordon “Doggie” Kuhn •
Robert Laidlaw •
Ves Laing •
Mellish Lane •
Sam Langford •
George Latham •
Jack Learment •
Sammy Lesser •
Fergie Little •
Tommy Little •
Lester Lowther •
Mark & Mike Lynch •
Victor MacAulay •
Ritchie MacCoy •
“Big” Alex MacDonald •
Ian MacDonald •
Jack D. MacDonald •
R.J. MacDonald •
Roddie MacDonald •
Toby MacDonald •
John MacIntyre •
“Mickey” MacIntyre •
Hughie MacKinnon •
Clarence “Coot” MacLean •
Kirk MacLellan •
Silas MacLellan •
Wilbert Martel •
Jimmy Martin •
Stephen “Duke” McIsaac •
Bill McKay •
Jack McKenna •
Sandy McMullin •
Aileen Meagher •
Bert “Basket” Messervy
Johnny Miles •
Leigh Miller •
Billy Mooney •
Frank Morrison •
Ernie Mosher •
Tom Mullane •
Jack Munroe •
Mike Murphy •
A.V. “Chummie” Murray •
Frank Nicks •
Con Olson •
Gerald “Jigger” O’Neil •
John W. O’Neill •
Jim “Hank” O’Rourke •
Billy Parsons •
Charles Patterson Sr. •
Charles Patterson 2nd •
Charlie Paul •
Gertrude Phinney •
Billy Pickering •
Burns Wesley Pierce •
Wyman Porter •
Billy Rawley •
Vaughan Reagh •
Walter Rice •
Billy Richardson •
Harvey Richardson •
“Nugget” Richmond •
Percy Ring •
Mickey Roach •
Alf Rogers •
William C. Ross •
Fritz Schaefer •
Cliff Shand •
Howard Shaw •
Lou Shaw •
Lou Siderski •
Billy Smith •
Ted Stackhouse •
Frank Stephen •
Bill “Red” Stuart •
Dave Thomson •
George Tracy •
Jimmy Trott •
Jack Twaddle •
Angus Walters •
Terrence “Tiger” Warrington •
Russel T. Ward •
George Weatherbee •
Neddie Weaver •
Steven Whelan •
Neil Wilkie •
James “Minute” Wilkie •
Benny Woodworth •
TEAM
Jubilee Four Oared Crew of 1930
(Rowing)
Ross Foley Four Oared Crew
(Rowing)
St. Mary’s Four Oared Crew of
1909 (Rowing)
Smith-Nickerson Four Oared Crew
(Rowing)
1980
ATHLETE
David Amadio •
Paul Andrea
Don Bauld
Len Boss •
Joe “Beef” Cameron •
Dr. W.A. “Buddy” Condy •
John Devison
Foster “Moxie” Dickson •
P. “Skit” Ferguson
Fred Fox •
Lawson Fowler •
Tyrone Gardiner
Doug Grant
Art Hafey
John “Junior” Hanna •
Jimmy Hawboldt •
Robert Hayes •
J. “Bert” Hirschfeld •
Dorothy Holmes
Vida Large •
Parker MacDonald
Steve “Kid” MacDonald •
Allister MacNeil
Avard Mann •
S. “Chook” Maxwell •
Joseph “Joey” Mullins •
Roy Oliver •
Bevil “Bev” Piers •
Blair Richardson •
Richie Spears
Sherman White •
R. “Tic” Williams •
Frances J. Woodbury •
BUILDER
Bob Beaton •
A. Garnet Brown •
Ted Cumming
John Cechetto
Hanson Dowell •
Danny Gallivan •
Eddie Gillis •
Jack Gray •
Don Henderson •
Clarence Johnson •
Fred Kelly •
Art Lightfoot •
Frank McGibbon •
Leo “Pop” McKenna •
John MacCarthy •
Charles MacVicar •
Hugh Noble •
Victor deB. Oland •
John Piers •
Dannie Seaman •
H.L. “Bud” Thorbourne •
Harry Trainor •
Abbie Warden •
George Warden •
TEAM
Acadia University “Axemen”
Basketball 1971
Caledonia Rugby 1937
Halifax “Atlantics” Hockey 195253-54
Halifax Queen Elizabeth “Lions”
Basketball 1950
Halifax “Wolverines” Hockey
1934-35
Kentville “Glooscap” Curling 1951
Kentville Wildcats Hockey 1926-27
New Glasgow High School
Track and Field 1937
New Waterford Central High School
Basketball 1961
New Waterford “Strands” Basketball
1946-47-48
St. Agnes Juvenile Basketball New Waterford 1932
Stellarton “Albions” Baseball
1951-52-53
Sydney Millionaires Hockey 1941
Truro “Bearcats” Senior Baseball
1946
Truro Bearcats “Seven Survivors”
Hockey 1930-31
Truro “Slugs” Girls Softball 194546-50
Lowell MacDonald
Gary Walter MacMahon
MacKenzie “Kenzie” MacNeil •
Gerald “Tarp” Walsh •
BUILDER
John E. “Gee” Ahern •
Gerald St. Clair “Jerry” Bauld •
TEAM
Acadia Senior Men’s Varsity
Basketball 1964-65
Acadia Senior Women’s Varsity
Swim 1977-78
Bridgetown Men’s Lawn Bowling
1973-75
International Dory Racing - Lloyd
Heisler & Russell Langille
1952-55
Springhill “Fencebusters” Baseball
1927-28
MEDIA AWARD
W.J. “Ace” Foley •
1983
ATHLETE
Clyde Gray
George “Rock-A-Bye” Ross •
BUILDER
Frank Baldwin •
TEAM
World Championship Sailing
Glen Dexter, Andreas Josenhans,
Alexander “Sandy” MacMillan
1977, 1980
MEDIA AWARD
Alex Nickerson •
1984
ATHLETE
1981
Marjorie Bailey Brown
Lyle Carter
Gerald Mielke •
Wayne Smith
Edith Bauld
John Alexander “Johnny” Clark •
Delmore William “Buddy” Daye •
James Goode “Jimmy” Gray •
John Edward McCurdy
Jesse Elroy Mitchell
BUILDER
BUILDER
Earl R.J. Morton •
ATHLETE
John “Brother” MacDonald •
Jimmy McDonald •
MEDIA AWARD
Nathan Scoville “Nate” Bain •
Harold William “Harry” Butler •
Captain John Theodore Cruikshank •
James Archibald “J.A.” Ferguson •
Judge Julian Elliot Hudson •
Donald John Loney •
John “Jack” Thomas •
Freda Noble Wales •
1985
TEAM
Frederick Robert “Fred” Lynch •
Les Topshee •
Acadia University Men’s Basketball
1930
Halifax Curling Club Men’s 1927
Liverpool Jets Senior Women’s
Softball 1965-67
Liverpool Larrupers Senior
Baseball 1939-41
Yarmouth Gateways Senior Baseball 1929-35
1982
ATHLETE
Norman “Normie” Ferguson
George Ross Harper
Christopher “Chris” Hook
Maisie Howard •
Richard “Kid” Howard •
Rita Lohnes
ATHLETE
Susan Mason (MacLeod)
Thomas Melvin “Ike” Murray
Beverley “Bev” Wade •
BUILDER
MEDIA AWARD
Dr. Cecil MacLean •
1986
ATHLETE
Sylvester “Daddy” Bubar •
Nancy Ellen Garapick
Gerald “Gerry” Leslie Glinz •
Marty Martinello •
BUILDER
Steve MacDonald
Gordon S. Mont
TEAM
Saint Mary’s University Football 1973
1987
ATHLETE
John “Jack” Fritz •
Phil Scott
Francis “Rocky” MacDougall •
BUILDER
Janet Merry
Owen N. Sawler •
TEAM
Shearwater Flyers Football 1957
1988
ATHLETE
Douglas “Dugger” McNeil
David Piers
Earl Arthur Ryan •
Garfield MacDonald •
BUILDER
George “Porgy” Kehoe •
Annie Longard •
Gladys Longard •
TEAM
Brookfield Elks Softball 1980
1989
ATHLETE
Hugh Alexander Campbell
Herbert MacLeod •
Sydney Hale Roy •
Reginald J. Muise
BUILDER
John Brophy
Nigel Kemp
Donald Wheeler •
TEAM
Stellarton Monarchs Senior
Softball 1937-38
1990
ATHLETE
Reginald “Reg” Beazley •
Peter Hope
Sam Wareham •
Jerry Byers •
BUILDER
Robert “Bob” Kaplan
Herman Kaplan •
Alfred “Alf” LeJeune
TEAM
Windsor Maple Leafs Senior
Hockey 1963-64
1991
ATHLETE
Walter Dann
Hilliard Graves
Angus “Sonny” MacDonald •
John Myketyn •
Billy O’Donnell
BUILDER
John Fortunato •
Keith MacKenzie
Rod Shoveller •
1992
ATHLETE
Fred Cuvelier •
Ismet “Hum” Joseph •
Wayne Maxner
BUILDER
Darius “Pat” Patterson •
Bob Sayer
TEAM
Saint Francis Xavier Hockey 1950-51
1993
ATHLETE
Leo Amadio •
Andrew Cole
Elizabeth Connor •
Robert McCall •
Robert Mills
Miriam Penney •
Doug Sulliman
BUILDER
James Creighton •
Bill Kingston •
1994
1998
2003
2007
William “Bill” Carter •
Wilson Parsons
William “Bill” Riley
Ken Shea
Rick Anderson
Jim Beckman
Malcolm Davis
Graham MacIntyre
Clyde Roy •
Barry Shakespeare •
Frank Dorrington
Stan Hennigar Jr.
Fred Lake •
Penny LaRocque
Charles Smith •
Wendell Young
BUILDER
BUILDER
Jerome Bruhm
Leo Fahey
Steve Konchalski
Don Koharski
Dick MacLean •
ATHLETE
BUILDER
Elizabeth Chard •
Lois MacGregor
Bob Wong
TEAM
Saint Mary’s University Basketball
1972-73
1999
ATHLETE
Dave Downey
Duncan Gillis •
Mike Henderson
Mike McPhee
ATHLETE
BUILDER
Paul Boutilier
Ann Dodge
Peter Doig
Karin Maessen
Bob Boucher •
Pat Connolly
John MacGlashen
BUILDER
Robert “Bob” Douglas •
Frank Garner
TEAM
TEAM
Halifax Arcade Ladies Softball
1946-49
2000
Saint Francis Xavier Football 1966
ATHLETE
1995
Donald “Chick” Charlton •
William Hannon
Kevin Morrison
Lawrence “Butch” O’Hearn
Josephine Laba •
Paul MacLean
Marie Moore
Ralph Simmons •
BUILDER
ATHLETE
BUILDER
Gussie MacLellan •
Ken Mantin
TEAM
Nova Scotia Women’s Field Hockey 1975
1996
ATHLETE
David Crabbe
Edna Lockhart Duncanson •
Duncan MacIntyre
Marie McNeil Bowness
Karen Fraser Moore
BUILDER
Kell Antoft •
Brian Langley
Al Yarr
TEAM
Sydney Millionaires Hockey
1948-49
2001
ATHLETE
Cecilia Branch
Donald MacVicar
Kathy MacCormack Spurr
BUILDER
Laurie Power •
Ginny Smith
TEAM
Taylor Gordon
Fred MacGillivray, Sr. •
Joyce Myers •
Thorburn Mohawks Maritime Junior
Softball 1963-65
1981 Canada Games Junior Boys
Softball
1997
2002
Jamie Bone
Rick Bowness
Edwin Crowell
John “Jook” Munroe
Bob Piers
Fabian Joseph
Cliff Roach •
Mark Smith
BUILDER
Terry Henderson
Alexander “Sandy” Young •
ATHLETE
George Athanasiou
Dr. William Stanish
Dorothy Walker
TEAM
Nova Scotia Voyageurs Hockey
1971-72
ATHLETE
BUILDER
TEAM
Dalhousie University Volleyball
1982
Saint Mary’s Junior Hockey 1948
ATHLETE
TEAM
Saint Francis Xavier Football 1963
MEDIA
Hugh Townsend
2004
ATHLETE
Art Dorrington
Hugh Little •
Gerry MacMillan
Kathy Powers
Tyrone Williams
BUILDER
Bernie Chisholm
Hugh Matheson
Gail Rice
William James Roue •
TEAM
Glace Bay Colonels 1987
MEDIA
Donnie MacIsaac •
ATHLETE
2008
ATHLETE
Don Brien
Peter Corkum
Al MacInnis
Carroll Morgan
BUILDER
Wayne Finck
David Fraser
Arnold Patterson •
TEAM
Amherst Ramblers Hockey
1960-61
2009
ATHLETE
Bruce Beaton
Mickey Fox
Brian Heaney
Jody Hennigar
Gordie Smith
2005
BUILDER
Neil Amadio •
John Cassidy
Jackie Hayden
David “Ducky” Webber
TEAM
BUILDER
2010
ATHLETE
John Paris Jr.
Susan Smith
Murray Sleep •
TEAM
Antigonish Robertson’s Midget
Softball 1984
Nova Scotia Canada Games Men’s
Basketball 1987
MEDIA
Al Hollingsworth
2006
Roy Clements •
Gus Fahey
Acadia University Men’s Basketball
1976-77
ATHLETE
Janice Cossar
Mike Forgeron
Robyn Meagher
Gary Sabean
Cindy Tye
Ross Webb
BUILDER
Carl “Bucky” Buchanan
Kevin Heisler
Rick Rivers
ATHLETE
2011
Terry Baker
Chris Clarke
John Giovannetti
David Pinkney Sr. •
Ken Reardon
Will Njoku
Steve Pound
Cam Russell
Michael Scarola
ATHLETE
BUILDER
BUILDER
David Andrews
Muriel Fage •
Courtney Malcolm
Hubert Earle
Carolyn Savoy
TEAM
Judy Lugar and Morag McLean
Sailing
Fisherman’s Market Midget Boys
Fast Pitch Softball 1981
TEAM
Team Jones 1999-2004
• Deceased
Cam Russell
Athlete
by Willy Palov
I
t may be hard to picture now, but Cam Russell was a skilled
As a third-round
offensive defenceman who rarely took penalties when
pick trying to make the
he was a minor hockey player.
Blackhawks in the late 1980s
It wasn’t until he got to the higher levels
and early ‘90s Russell used
that he adopted the rugged stay-athis six-foot-four, 200-pound
home style that produced a 10frame to his advantage, literally
year NHL career.
fighting his way into the big
“Growing up I scored a lot of
leagues. He accumulated
points and was almost always
872 penalties to go with
voted most gentlemanly player
30 points during a
on my teams. I used to always
10-year, 396-game
win those Esso medals for
NHL career, mostly
most sportsmanlike,” the Cole
in Chicago. In 1991,
Harbour product said with a
Russell’s Hawks made
laugh. “The role I played as
the Stanley Cup final
a kid was as a power-play
which they eventually lost
guy and just an all-around
to Pittsburgh.
defenceman. It was more
“I was always the type
when I went to Chicago
of guy that found it hard to
and I was looking
look in the mirror if I didn’t
around and seeing that
do what I was supposed to do
role had been taken by
out there,” said Russell, who
four or five other guys;
also spent half a season with
I thought ‘what can I
the Colorado Avalanche.
do to stay here?’ It
“I think deep down
was just a matter of
everyone knows
survival. I just had
what needs
to be done.
to figure out
It wasn’t easy, but
for me,
what to do
living with the guilt or
not
to make
being able to look at myself in the
it.”
mirror would’ve been a lot harder.”
Long-time teammate Stephane Matteau was
quick to say how highly Russell was regarded in the
dressing room for always having his friends’ backs.
“I played four years of junior with him in Hull and
then we played together in Chicago, so I got to know
him really well,” Matteau said. “To me, he was the gutsiest
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But the rough-and-tumble role took its toll. Russell had numerous injuries
and a dozen surgeries during his playing career and it was a major shoulder
reconstruction in 1999 that forced him into early retirement.
“I was only 30 at the time,” Russell said. “I had two torn rotator cuffs in
my shoulder and a torn labrum. They cut me open in the front and then
down the deltoid so I just never got the range of motion back. I knew what
I had to do. I filed for my disability and they sent me to an independent
medical evaluator and he deemed me unable to play because of the limited
range of motion and the lack of strength. To this day, there are still lots of
things I can’t do with my left arm. “It was tough, but you know what, it was my 12th operation so you start
to think about your quality of life after hockey. I’d had spinal fusion, I had
a big operation on my face where I broke four bones in my face, I had my
nose fixed three times, had my knees done and obviously my shoulder. I
player I ever played with. He wasn’t
the biggest or the toughest, but he
was the gutsiest. He was incredible.
I still talk about this guy all the time
when I tell stories.
“He cared about everyone and
even though he knew in some battles
that he went into, it wasn’t a fair
fight, he would still go. He gained
a lot of respect from his teammates
that way.”
Top: Cam dreamed of an NHL career
when he was playing minor hockey in
Dartmouth.
Right: Cam’s dream came true as he played
ten seasons in hockey’s top league.
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just knew it was time. My body had had enough.
It’s one thing if you’re scoring goals but if you’re
playing the kind of game I had to play, it definitely
takes its toll on you.”
Willy Palov covers the Halifax Mooseheads and
the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League for The
Chronicle Herald.
Below: Early in his career, Cam checks a Minnesota North Star
player.
Cam’s Clips
Career Highlights:
• Ten years in NHL
• 396 regular season games
• Stanley Cup finalist
• Stay-at-home defenceman
• 30 points
• 872 penalty minutes
• Twice QMJHL champion with Hull Olympiques
• Played in two Memorial Cup championships
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on his induction
into the
2011 Nova
Scotia Sport
Hall of Fame!
Cam
Congratulations
on all your hard work, dedication
and success. We applaud you.
Congratulations on achieving induction
into the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame!!
Sincerely,
Hockey Nova Scotia board, staff and 23,000 members.
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Mike Scarola
Athlete
by Joel Jacobson
M
ike Scarola was always smaller than the rest of
the kids but that meant he had to work harder
to keep up.
The desire to improve, to beat the bigger
kids, pushed him to become better,
better than almost everyone else in
the world.
Eventually, Mike Scarola
was able to surpass almost
all his teammates and
competitors on the
world stage, winning
gold, silver and bronze
medals at world canoe
championships,
World Cups, and
being top six
at the 2004
Olympic
Games.
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Mike learned to paddle on
Lake Banook in Dartmouth. With
three canoe clubs available on that
world-class water, much was available
to a nine-year-old hankering to get
into a boat.
“I had to wait a month after I joined
Senobe Club because I wasn’t strong
enough to pass the swim test,” he recalls
with a smile. “I worked hard, I passed and I
was on my way. I picked up the paddling
technique quickly but, as the other
kids grew, I fell behind. Even
though I outworked
everyone
and really liked it, I
didn’t really think I’d ever do well.”
He certainly did well. He had solid
coaching, and role models like eventual
Olympic medallist Steve Giles of Lake
Echo with whom he trained often,
and Larry Cain, a Canadian
paddling gold medalist who,
when in Dartmouth for
Nationals, was awed by young
Mike.
“I was really struck by him,” he recalls. “He put status
in paddling.”
At 13, in 1989, Mike went to his first National
Championships, young, and racing out of his age class. As
the helmsman of the four-man boat, he couldn’t keep the
craft in its lane. The team was disqualified.
“One of our guys, older and bigger, screamed at me and
said, ‘I knew you weren’t strong enough to steer.’ That
just gave me the inspiration to get stronger and work even
harder. “
Mike made the Nova Scotia Canada Games team at 17
and won gold in the solo 6,000 metres. He competed at
Junior Worlds at 18.
Yet, when he moved to senior paddling, he feared his peers
were still bigger and stronger. He lacked confidence and
almost quit. He was training at half level but then moved
to Cheema Aquatic Club in Waverly.
Mike came under the tutelage of Laszlo (Chum)
Latorovszki who dealt with young athletes with a different
approach.
Magnificent Mike
Career Highlights:
• 19-time Canadian National Senior Champion
• Sixth-place, Olympic Games, Athens 2004
• Gold and silver medals, 1993 Canada Games
• Four gold medals, World Cups, 2001
• Bronze medal, C2 Sprint World Championships, 2002
• Six silver medals, World Cups, 2000 through 2004
• Silver medal, World University Championships, 2002
• Silver medal, C2 Marathon World Championships,
2000
“He worked his athletes really hard, knocked fitness into
them, and I started to love the sport again. I saw quick
improvements and by age 21, made the National team and
competed at Worlds. Chum was the biggest influence. He
entrenched that working harder than everyone else would
pay off.”
Mike says focus, determination, a willingness to outwork
his competitors, and want it more, was the way
he operated – and it did pay off.
By 2000, at age 24, he was medalling regularly
on the world stage. Between 2000 and 2004, he
won four golds, six silvers and two bronze medals
at World Cups—all at either C2 500 or 1,000
metres. Between 1997 and 2003, he was a solid
competitor at World Sprint Championships.
In 2000, on his home course, he won silver in C2
40km at the World Marathon Championships. He
was second in C2 1,000 at the World University
Games in 2002, the same year he earned third at
the World Sprint Championships in C2 1,000.
The capper was making the Canadian Olympic
team in 2004 where he and long-time C2 partner
Richard Dalton of Dartmouth finished sixth in
the C2 1,000 metre race.
“Richard and I partnered in 1999 and stayed
together until 2004. We narrowly missed
qualifying for the Canadian Olympic team in
2000, but later that year we beat the Olympic crew
five times. Richard and I had a tight relationship.
We lived in the same room for five-six months a
Mike Scarola and Richard Dalton cool down after a race.
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year while training, were always on the water together for 10
to 14 practises a week. We really complemented each other.
He benefitted from my organizational skills and I learned
from watching a great paddler who had a work ethic and
focus second to none.”
Mike retired six months after Athens, in January 2005.
“The transition is the biggest challenge for a national athlete,
You have to have something else to focus on and I did.”
He had married his long-time girlfriend, Barb Locke.
They had a child, with two more to follow, and Mike had
completed his business degree at Saint Mary’s University
and an MBA at Dalhousie.
Almost 30 at the time, he had been part of RBC’s Esteem
Team (as an Olympic athlete speaking to youngsters
and corporate groups to inspire them to set goals and
be successful), was president of the Atlantic chapter of
Olympians Canada, and a member of Canoe Kayak
Canada’s High Performance Committee.
“I had a job with RBC (in investment banking) and it
was time to prove myself in another area. Sure I missed
paddling for a few years but I’m getting back into it at this
year’s senior men’s war canoe and in a
senior men’s C4 boat. Where we end
up is not as important as it once was,
even though I really want to win.”
Mike says the most valuable
takeaway from paddling has been
learning that hard work, focus and
planning can ensure you overcome
hurdles. “What seems impossible at
the start can become reality. Learning
that in sport can transfer to how you
approach life.”
Joel Jacobson is a former daily newspaper
columnist who now writes and edits
the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame
newsletter, On The Go, and coordinates
the Hall of Fame Induction Night.
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Hubert Earle
Builder
by Joel Jacobson
H
ubert Earle confesses he’s allergic to pain.
He boxed once in a practice gym, was
knocked senseless and decided that wasn’t for
him.
He is obviously a quick learner. He decided, if he wanted to be
part of the sport, it would be as an official and administrator. Forty
years later, he’s the director of combat sport for the Nova Scotia Boxing
Authority, an organization he chaired for several years. Hubert works with
the provincial government’s Department of Health and Wellness, formerly
Health Promotion and Protection.
Hubert Earle is also a world class boxing referee, still officiating
world title bouts in far-flung places around the globe. In his home,
Hubert Earle has a wall of pictures, boxing
posters and presentation plaques
recognizing
some of the
hundreds
of fights
h e ’ s
officiated.
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Left & below: Hubert Earle performs two
of the most difficult tasks of a boxing referee,
leaving himself open to a wild punch and
breaking the fighters from a clinch.
Hubert is a builder in the true sense. He has volunteered
thousands of hours to write and re-write rules and
regulations that make his sports safer for the competitors,
and more understanding to the coaches, trainers,
promoters and spectators.
He has worked hard to get where he is, never
considering the compensation that comes with
some phases of his job (he says it has cost him
plenty of money from his pocket to referee
around the world in lost wages from jobs
and minor expenses not covered by the
World Boxing Association that hires
him).
He has been a student all his life,
learning what he can about each
area of the combat sports. When the
viability of mixed martial arts was an
issue as it came to Nova Scotia, Hubert
got into the ring with men half his age and
more to learn what the competitors saw and
felt. He spent six months in pain and basically on
the couch after his first “rolling” session (MMA’s
equivalent to boxing’s sparring). He never rolled
again, but truly knew what went on in the cage.
In the late 1990s, while heading the Authority,
Hubert initiated mandatory infectious disease testing
and head CT scans throughout Canada. He drafted
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Left: One of Hubert’s
proudest moments
was walking into
Madison
Square
Garden in New
York as the first
Nova Scotian and
Canadian to referee
a major boxing
match in what is
known as the mecca
of boxing.
Fort Worth ,Texas, with welterweight Donald Curry,” says
Hubert. “But, even today, those start-of-bout jitters are gone
in seconds and you go to work.”
He admits stepping through the ropes still gives him
his greatest thrill even though what he does for the Boxing
Authority has, through concern for safety, far greater impact
on the men and women who compete in boxing and mixed
martial arts.
Hubert’s Hot Shots
a manual of guidelines for Canadian Boxing Association
referees, runs medical seminars as he shows doctors what a
ring doctor needs to know, and sessions for ring officials.
He also oversees annual updates of rules and regulations for
boxing and MMA in Nova Scotia.
“I always liked boxing,” he says. “I’d go to the fights at the
Forum and yell at the referees if I thought they were wrong.
One day, someone sitting near me said, ‘If you think you’re
so good, why don’t you try it.’ ”
Hubert laughs, as he does often when he gets embarrassed
talking about himself. “I decided I could have the best seat
in the house – in the ring - , not pay for a ticket and be paid
to do something I enjoyed,” he says.
He trained with Hall of
Famer Bobby Beaton for
three years and finally was
assigned a bout. That started
a local career that blossomed
to international when the
very shy Hubert finally spoke
with another Hall of Famer,
Murray Sleep, who was with
the WBA.
“What took you so long (to
approach me)?, asked Sleep,
and, recognizing Hubert’s
talent, arranged for him to
get world fights.
“My knees were shaking
when I did my first one, in
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Career Highlights:
• Ring Official, World Boxing Association
Refereed dozens of major world boxing championships
• Referee-in-Chief, Nova Scotia Boxing Authority
• Referee-in-Chief, Canadian Professional Boxing
Federation
• Referee, New York State Athletic Commission
• Director of Combat Sports, NSBA
• Trained officials for NSBA
• Amended rules, instituted mandatory CT scans and
infectious disease testing in Canadian combat sports
Below: Hubert points Roy Jones Jr. to the corner after an early
knockdown of Joe Calzaghe at Madison Square Garden in New
York. Refereeing there was a highlight of Hubert’s illustrious officiating
career. Calzaghe came back to win a decision.
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Carolyn Savoy
Builder
by Katherine Wooler
T
he team is everything.”
That’s Dr. Carolyn
Savoy’s philosophy, one
that has enabled her to amass
858 wins in almost 40 years as a
basketball coach.
Du r i n g h e r 3 2 y e a r s a s
coach of Dalhousie women’s
basketball team (1977-2009),
and seven earlier years at St.
Francis Xavier University,
Savoy set a Canadian
In t e r u n i v e r s i t y
Sport (CIS)
standard
for
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career wins. Her Dal Tigers won 11 regular
season Atlantic University Sport (AUS)
championships, five playoff titles, and won
silver at the CIS 1980 women’s championship.
Between 1979 and 1982, Dr. Savoy’s Tigers went
on a winning streak of 49 consecutive AUS league
games. Savoy was a five-time AUS Coach of the Year.
The “team” concept of the student-athlete, and
building relationships, have been at the forefront of
Savoy’s coaching mantra.
Her students, while succeeding on the
court, have accomplished a 100 per cent
graduation rate, for those who have
been in her program for between three
and five years. Sixteen of her athletes
have been named All-Canadians.
Five have become members of the
Canadian National Team.
She finds it all “extremely
rewarding. I’m not a maker of
basketball players,” she says,
“but a maker of people.”
Carolyn’s Contributions
Career Highlights:
• Record 858 CIS wins as coach
• 75 per cent winning record
• 11 AUS league titles
• Five AUS conference (playoff ) titles
• Five-time AUS Coach of the Year
• 16 players named All-Canadian
• Five players on Canadian National Team
• 100 per cent graduation record for athletes playing 3-5
years
• President of Basketball Nova Scotia
• Basketball Canada Board of Directors, 1998-1987
• Saint John, New Brunswick, Sports Hall of Fame, 2003
Coach Carolyn Savoy hugs Sue Parke of the 1996 AUS champion
Tigers on Senior Night in a 1997 pre-game ceremony. Most universities
honour graduating players at their final home game.
Carolyn Savoy urges better performance from her team as AUS all-star
Alex Legge listens intently.
Her student athletes admit the coach has been tough,
demanding and intense on the practice and game floor, but
has been a willing mentor and listening post off of it.
Kelly Donald, who played for the Tigers under Carolyn’s
direction for four years, says, “Looking back, I wouldn’t want
to do anything differently.” She now applies many of Carolyn’s
coaching techniques to her own coaching endeavors at local
high schools.
Leah Girdwood, a Tiger from 2003-2008, said “Carolyn
made it very clear what was demanded. She expected
performance and we loved that about her. But she would also
go to bat and do anything for her players. She always had
our interest at heart – in athletics, the classroom or socially.
She just wanted the best for us and for us to give our best.”
Kelly agrees, and comments on the respect Carolyn had
for the game and her players. “She always wore suits to big
games. You knew she meant business when she was wearing
one of her suits, and she had a large variety of them.”
Building a relationship is what Savoy believes to be the
most important part of coaching, something carried forward
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by many of her former players who have become coaches at
the school and club level. She facilitated healthy relationshipbuilding by creating a successful mentorship program where
mentors aid Dalhousie players in delivering presentations
to high school teams. This leadership-oriented program
is included in the stream of coaching courses that Savoy
introduced to Dalhousie’s School of Health and Human
Performance, where she taught for more than 30 years and
from which she retired as an associate professor last June.
Savoy was a guest coach with Basketball Canada for two
decades, coach of Nova Scotia’s 2001 Canada Games women’s
basketball team, served as president of Basketball Nova Scotia,
president of the Dalhousie Faculty Association, and was an
assistant coach under Pat Summitt at University of Tennessee
in 1991, when the Lady Vols won the NCAA Championship.
With her level-four coaching certification, and PhD in
Sport Psychology from University of Tennessee (1992), Savoy
has written two books, The Art of Coaching and Psychological
Training Programs for Team Sport Athletes, as well as numerous
articles on coaching and sport psychology.
Dr. Savoy gives equal credit for her career to her team
members, emphasizing that Dalhousie students, alumni,
and sponsors have helped her get to where she is today. “The
players are my legacy,” she adds.
Katherine Wooler works as a museum
assistant for The Nova Scotia Sport
Hall of Fame, while pursuing her
final year of a Combined Honours
in English and Creative Writing at
Dalhousie University. She is also a
writer for DalNews.
Carolyn gives wise counsel during a
time-out at a Tigers home game.
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Stellar Inductees
Top left: Janice Cossar is congratulated by
her brothers John and Darren, both of whom
presented her Induction Pin.
Top right: Rick Rivers explains the sport of
football to MC Bruce Rainnie.
Middle left: Bucky Buchanan (r) receives his
pin from long-time friend Russ MacNeil.
Middle right: Robyn Meagher enjoys the
commentary as her Hall of Fame career is
highlighted.
Bottom left: Pat Daly (middle) was named Hall
of Fame Volunteer of the Year. John Randles Jr.
(l) presented his plaque after Hall CEO Bill
Robinson outlined his accomplishments.
Bottom right: Members of the large audience
cheer loudly as Mike Forgeron’s rowing feats were
described.
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Enter Hall in 2010
Top left: Kevin Heisler describes the challenges of being a track
& field builder.
Top middle: International karate champion Gary Sabean proudly
enters the induction ceremony.
Top right: Mike Forgeron beams as he joins the Hall of Fame.
Middle left: Ross Webb tells Bruce Rainnie how easy it is to score
hundreds of soccer goals.
Middle right: One of many displays enjoyed by the large crowd
attending Induction Night.
Bottom left: Cindy Tye (middle) enjoys her moment with former
teammates Stephanie Carlisle (l) and Dana Holmes Giles.
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Induction Procedure Meets With Success
Transparency, expanded committee participation highlight process
T
he revamped selection process for inductees to the
Hall of Fame, introduced in 2009, has proved to be
very successful, creating transparency and expanded
participation while ensuring the province’s best athletes, teams
and builders continue to gain the recognition they deserve.
Hall of Fame executive director Bill Robinson says a 24-person
review panel from across the province, all sport-knowledgeable
people, reviews the nominees, usually between 80 and 100 of
them annually.
Using a weighted point system, each of the 24 ranks his
or her top 10 in the athlete-team category and top five
builders.
Two short lists – top point getters in athlete-team and
builder categories – in alphabetical order, are then presented
to a final 12-member selection committee, consisting of
regional representatives with sport background expertise.
That committee meets in person to review the final list of
nominees, with open and detailed discussion taking place
on each nominee.
A transparent first-ballot vote narrows the list, with the
top four vote getters in the athlete-team category receiving
automatic election. Those others receiving at least 50 per
cent of the first-ballot vote are then placed on a second
ballot, and require at least 75 per cent of the vote to attain
election. A maximum of six new members in the category
can be elected each year.
The process is similar for builders with a maximum of
two to be elected each year, unless there are extenuating
circumstances.
Chair of the Hall of Fame selection process is Hall of Fame
member Mark Smith, elected as an athlete in 2002.
Members of the two committees welcomed the new process
in 2009 and have seen its success in the years following.
Nominations are accepted until January 31 each year. The
selection process moves through committees from March
through May.
S e l e c t i o n C ommit tee P ersonnel
2011 Selection Review Panel
Ray Bradshaw
Richard Burton
Bo Chisholm
Nancy Delahunt
George Hallett
Mike Henderson
Paul Hollingsworth
Nevin Jackson
Albert Johnson
Nigel Kemp
Bill Kiely
Dave LeBlanc
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Gail MacDougall
Lois MacGregor
Glen MacKinnon
Dave MacLean
Rick Pottie
Bruce Rainnie
Carol Rizzetto
Rick Swain
Hugh Townsend
Blaine Whynott
Cecil Wright
2011 Selection Committee
Chairman
Mark Smith
Kevin Cameron
George Hallett
Mike Henderson
Paul Hollingsworth
Albert Johnson
Bill Kiely
Kathy MacCormack Spurr
Karen Moore
Dianne Norman
Gordie Sutherland
Hugh Townsend
Past Chairs
of the
Hall of Fame
Dorothy Walker
Centreville
1980 – 1983
Hugh Noble
Halifax
1977 – 1979
Board of
D irectors
Chairman........................................... Floyd Gaetz
Vice Chairman....................... Dr. William Stanish
Cape Breton Region..................... Dave MacLean
Central Region.................................... Don Mills
Fundy Region.................................... Kelly Kolke
Highland Region...................... Marc Champoux
South Shore Region................... Mike Boudreau
Valley Region........................... Gerry MacMillan
Director-At-Large............. Stephanie O’Connor
Director-At-Large.......................... Mark Smith
Liaison............................................... Blaise Landry
Treasurer. ........................................ Rob Randall
Past Chairman..........................Fred MacGillivray
S taff
Jim Bayer
Wolfville
1983 – 1985
Bill White
Wolfville
1986 – 1991
Eleanor Norrie
Truro
1991 – 1993
CEO.................................................Bill Robinson
Facility & Communications
Manager........................................Shane Mailman
Administration & Special Events
Coordinator..................................Karolyn Sevcik
Education Coordinator.................Leah McInnis
Collections Coordinator........... Tinisha Stilling
A uditors
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L egal C ounsel
Stephen Russell
Russell Piggott Jones
Tom Lynch
Halifax
1993 – 1998
Danny Gallivan
Halifax
1998 – 2001
Fred MacGillivray
Halifax
2002 – 2010
I ncorporation
1983
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Our Mission
To honour, promote and preserve the sport history of Nova Scotia.
Our Vision
To be the best provincial Sport Hall of Fame in Canada.
Administration
T
he Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame is administered by a Board of Directors which consists of six regional representatives,
a chairman, past chairman, directors-at-large, and a treasurer. The Board meets regularly to ensure sound management
policy and direction in the program operations of the Hall.
O bjectives
T
o permanently record information and achievements of historical significance to sport in Nova Scotia;
To research, catalogue, file and make available to the general public, including without limitation, students, writers, schools
and universities, information and achievements of historical significance to sport in Nova Scotia;
To publish books, periodicals, pamphlets and other literature recording information on the achievement of sports individuals,
teams, and organizations of historical significance to sport in Nova Scotia, for distribution to members of the public;
To conduct programs of education for organizations in the community, including without limitation, schools, universities
and special care homes, for the purpose of educating the public with information and achievements of historical significance to
sport in Nova Scotia;
To maintain an archives of sport in Nova Scotia and exhibit to the public, literature, artifacts, photographs and other media
information of historical significance to sport in Nova Scotia;
To recognize, honour and pay tribute to individuals, teams or organizations who have achieved extraordinary distinction in, have
given distinguished service to, and who have made major contributions to the development and advancement of sport in Nova
Scotia.
H all
T
of
F ame N ominations
he selection process for induction into the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame is the responsibility of a 24-person review
panel and the provincial selection committee. The 24-person panel reviews all nominations for final recommendation
to the provincial selection committee. The provincial selection committee, which consists of 12 people, including
a provincial chairperson, carefully scrutinizes the final recommendations. Upon their review, under the terms and criteria
for entry into the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame, the final candidates are selected and announced as inductees annually.
Nominations for candidates are open to the general public and are received annually at the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of
Fame with a January 31st deadline.
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