PLAY BY PLAY - Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame

PLAY BY PLAY
VOLUME 9, ISSUE 2
SUMMER 2016
NEWSLETTER
Meet the Induction Class of 2016
Karen Furneaux
Ante Jazic
Leon Carter
Simon Gillis
David Fry
Fred
MacGillivray
Tracy Cameron
On June 7 the Hall of Fame held a media conference to announce the 2016 inductees. Five athletes and
two builders will be enshrined at the ceremony on November 12 at the World Trade and Convention
Centre. This year’s class includes world champions, Olympians, a multi-sport athlete, a pro soccer star,
and community visionaries. Tickets are on sale now! Call 902-404-3321 or visit www.nsshf.com.
Karen Furneaux
Kayaking, Waverley
Karen is Nova Scotia’s most
decorated female paddler. With
three Olympic appearances
and nine World Championship
medals, Karen was a force to be
reckoned with in international
kayaking. Two of her nine World
Championship medals are gold,
making her the best in the world
in both 1998 and 2001. After
2005, she was ranked second
out of all international female
paddlers. In Canada, Karen was
the winner of over 50 national
championships, and she also
brought home two gold medals
for her country from the 1999
Pan American Games. With an
athletic record of this calibre,
it is no wonder that Karen has
been named Nova Scotia Female
Athlete of the Year five times.
Ante Jazic
Soccer, Bedford
Ante is Nova Scotia’s most
successful soccer talent, with
a 16-year professional career
playing for five different teams.
He began his unmatched soccer
career as a CIS All-Canadian
and Rookie of the Year with
Dalhousie, propelling them to
their 1995 CIS championship
win. After racking up two
national medals with the
Halifax King of Donair team,
he joined the professional ranks
and led his teammates to a
Croatian Cup Championship
win and a Croatian 1st League
Championship title. A two-time
captain for Team Canada at the
World Cup qualifications, Ante’s
incredible skill even earned him
a place on the LA Galaxy’s field
with teammate David Beckham.
Tracy Cameron
Rowing, Shubenacadie
Tracy rose to great heights in
her sport in a short period of
time. After taking a “Learn
to Row” class at age 25, Tracy
skyrocketed to the top of the
World Championship podium
only five years later. She
repeated her world champion
performance five years after
that, claiming six World Cup
medals and an Olympic bronze
medal in between her World
Championship golds. After her
medal-winning appearance at
the 2008 Olympics, she won
her seventh World Cup medal
and qualified for the 2012
Olympic Games. The extent
of accomplishments that Tracy
achieved in only a decade makes
her one of the greatest rowers
this province has ever produced.
David Fry
Builder: Swimming, Halifax
David left a legacy in the swimming community during his 40 years
as a swim coach in Nova Scotia. He is responsible for coaching three
athletes to the Olympics: David Sharpe, Kiera Aitken and Hall of
Famer Marie Moore. As head swim coach with the Dal Tigers for 13
years, he was named Dalhousie University’s Varsity Coach of the Year
five times and Canadian University Swimming Coach of the Year
twice. David was also head coach of the Dartmouth Crusaders for
12 years, head coach of the NS Canada Games swim team for three
years and learning facilitator for Swimming Canada for 16 years. He
has been honoured as Swim Nova Scotia Coach of the Year twice.
David is being inducted posthumously.
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Leon Carter
Baseball/Golf, River Bourgeois
Leon has made a name for
himself as both a baseball
heavyweight and a Nova Scotia
golfing great. He was a member
of Canada’s first national baseball
team to win an international
medal and a national team
member for Canada’s firstever appearance at the World
Championships, during which
time he was named the most
outstanding hitter. As a junior
player, he was recognized as
Sport NS Athlete of the Year and
Baseball NS Player of the Year.
Leon then turned to golf, where,
in an amazing 10-year span, he
won four Nova Scotia Men’s
Amateur Championships, two
mid-amateur championships and
was a member of the team that
won the 2007 Canadian amateur
golf championships.
Simon Gillis
Hammer Throw, Gillisdale
Simon displayed feats of strength
in hammer throw that remain
unmatched today, earning him
a venerated spot among Nova
Scotia’s very first Olympians.
He represented the USA at
the 1904 and 1908 Olympics,
and qualified in 1912 before
an injury prevented him from
competing. In the first decade
of the 20th century, he was the
hammer throw champion at
many national and international
athletics events, setting two
world records (193.25 ft and
210 ft) with the 12-lb hammer.
Able to single-handedly defeat a
team of six men in tug-of-war,
Simon maintained his strength,
recording a hammer throw in
1928 that out-distanced the
Olympic record. Simon is being
inducted posthumously.
Fred MacGillivray
Builder: Sport Admin, Halifax
Fred has left a lasting impact
on the city with his initiatives
to bring world-class sporting
events to Nova Scotia and his
involvement in over 30 nonprofit organizations, including
the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of
Fame. He secured Halifax as
host for the Memorial Cup,
the first Touchdown Atlantic
CFL Exhibition Game, CIS
basketball, the first IIHF
men’s championship to be
held in Canada, and the IIHF
women’s and World Juniors
championships. Fred was also
instrumental in the strategic
development of the Hall of
Fame, serving as a Board
Director and Chair for close to a
decade and playing a vital role in
the success and development of
the Hall of Fame facility.
Community Support
The International Women’s Forum,
Atlantic Chapter made a $3,000
contribution to the Hall of Fame and the
Future Hall of Famers Education Program
after 2016 inductee Karen Furneaux spoke
at their International Women’s Day event.
Pamela Scott Crace of the Forum was at
the Hall of Fame inductee media release
on June 7 to formally present Karen and
the Hall with the generous donation.
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New Education Coordinator Joins Hall Team
The Hall of Fame is happy to have Christina Brien join the staff as the new
Education Program and Special Events Coordinator. Christina completed
her Bachelor of Business Administration at Mount Saint Vincent University,
where she was also Captain of the women’s basketball team. She then
completed the Sport and Event Marketing program at George Brown College
in Toronto, during which time she worked as a Marketing and Events Intern
for Canada Basketball. In her new position, Christina has already travelled
the province presenting to thousands of students and representing the Hall
at sport fairs. She is excited to continue the Future Hall of Famers Education
Program, working with inductees and local athletes to inspire youth.
In the past three months, the Hall of Fame has
reached 6,000+ students with its Future Hall of
Famers program, hosting five groups at the Hall
facility and presenting at more than 30 schools across
the province. Guest speakers included gymnasts Ellie
Black and Hugh Smith; Hall of Famers Mickey Fox,
Hubert Earle, Tyrone Gardiner and Marjorie TurnerBailey; Olympian Luke Demetre; ACC gold-medallist
Chelsea Whalen; Para Pan Am medallist Pam LeJean;
Junior World Champion curler Mary Fay; Special
Olympian gold-medallist Matt Fay; and members
of the Halifax Hurricanes basketball team. The Hall
also produced new education activity booklets with
motivational messaging to distribute at presentations.
Students from Hawthorn Elementary check out the
famous Crosby dryer during a class visit to the Hall
of Fame, where they also met gymnast Hugh Smith.
Education Coordinator Christina Brien and Hall of
Famer and guest speaker Marjorie Turner-Bailey (back
row centre) at Lockeport Elementary School. Marjorie
One of the many activity book submissions: student
is an Olympian and track champion.
drawing of their hero, soccer inductee Cindy Tye.
Facility Sponsors
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Hall of Fame Welcomes New Board Member
Our newest board member, Karen Gardiner, is a partner at McInnes Cooper,
Halifax and practices in their Business Law Group. She is a member of the
Canadian Bar Association and the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society. Karen
is also a board member for the YMCA Greater Halifax/Dartmouth and is
currently the co-chair of the StFX Women of X-cellence, which was created to
raise awareness for women’s athletics and to enhance the experience of StFX
female student-athletes both on and off the playing field.
(Biography source: http://www.mcinnescooper.com)
Hall Maintains Active Role in Community
The Hall of Fame visited Hall of Famer
Courtney Parks Malcolm (left with Hall staff
and right with Pictou Hall director Barry
Trenholm) at the Pictou County Sports
Heritage Hall of Fame in April. The Hall also
donated two of Ken Poole’s badminton medals
to the Truro Sports Hall of Fame and loaned
sports artifacts to the Museum of Industry for
their March Break programming. On April 14,
the Hall of Fame presented at the national Canadian Museums Conference in Halifax.
In Memorium: Bill White, Taylor Gordon, Jim Rodgers
Bill White (top) passed away on March 28, 2016 at age 77. A past Chair of
the Hall of Fame Board of Directors, Bill made many contributions to sport
and recreation in Nova Scotia as a coach and administrator. Bill worked for
more than 20 years at Acadia University and coached both the men’s and
women’s volleyball teams. He ended his career as the Executive Director
of Nova Scotia Sport and Recreation. He was president of the Recreation
Association of Nova Scotia, a director with the Canadian Volleyball
Association, Nova Scotia Chef de Mission for the 1969 Canada Games, and
founder and president of Volleyball Nova Scotia. Bill also excelled in tennis
and basketball as a varsity athlete at both Dalhousie and Acadia. He was a
long serving basketball official, and received a 25-year service award from the
International Association of Approved Basketball Officials, and the Centennial
Award from Basketball Nova Scotia. Taylor Gordon (middle) passed away
May 31, 2016 at age 84. Taylor was inducted as a builder for his tremendous
contributions to boxing. He coached nine Nova Scotian boxers to the
Olympics, working with the national team at seven Games and training
athletes at his Citadel Amateur Boxing Club. Taylor himself won the
Canadian forces title in the lightweight class during his time in the Navy.
He had 111 amateur fights, winning 101. Jim Rodgers (bottom) passed
away on March 7, 2016 at age 62. Born in Philadelphia, Jim came to Halifax
to attend St. Mary’s University and play on the football team. He is inducted
with the 1973 Huskies team that was the first Atlantic university team to win
a national football championship.
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Two Nova Scotians to be Inducted into
Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame
Congratulations to Colleen
Jones and Sue Holloway on
their upcoming induction
into Canada’s Sports Hall of
Fame! Born in Halifax, Colleen
dominated women’s curling
as the skip of five Canadian
Championship teams and two
World Championship teams,
with an unprecedented record
of national titles– four of which
were consecutive. Sue Holloway,
also of Halifax, became the first
woman to compete in both the
Winter and Summer Olympics in
the same year, she participated as
a cross-country skier at the 1976
Winter Games and as a kayak
sprinter at the 1976 Summer
Games. She won a silver and a
bronze for sprint kayak at the
1984 Games in Los Angeles.
Hall of Fame Begins New Oral Histories Project
The Hall of Fame has recently invested in the equipment needed
to undertake an oral histories project, which staff will begin this
summer. The project will involve conducting video interviews
with Hall of Famers in order to preserve their stories and
sport history knowledge. These interviews will be catalogued,
transcribed and stored for research purposes, and excerpted into
video clips for dispay at the Hall of Fame museum, use in the
education program and public access online. Our Hall of Famer
narratives are a vital part of Nova Scotia’s rich sport heritage and
a valuable enhancement to our collections. The Hall has already
made plans to interview inductee Bill Hannon, pictured here
when he visited the Hall in May just after his 98th birthday.
Go to NovaMuse.ca to search over 7,000 items in our collection.
Connect with the
Hall of Fame Online
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For questions or comments regarding
the newsletter, please contact Katie
Wooler at 902-404-3343 /
[email protected].
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Nova Scotian Olympian Stories
Did you know that Hall of Famer Dr. Ronald J. MacDonald was the
first Nova Scotian to compete at the Olympics and the first Nova
Scotian to win the Boston Marathon? He was born in Frasers Grant
near Antigonish in 1877. MacDonald had never run a marathon
before he won the Boston Marathon in 1898. He ran to victory in
a pair of bicycle shoes and, at the end of the race, he had lost eight
pounds and gained a gold combination watch worth $150 (with
inflation, that is around a $4,000 value in 2016). However, Ronnie
J. was unable to finish his second attempt at the Boston Marathon.
In 1900, MacDonald entered the marathon again and was favoured
to win and set a new record. Spectators who had bet thousands on
an Ontario runner named Caffery were not pleased at the prospect
of MacDonald winning. Part way through the race, MacDonald
accepted a soaked sponge from a bystander thinking it was saturated with water. He soon fell ill and had to
drop out of the race. He was treated by a doctor who detected chloroform on the sponge—a potentially fatal
sabotage for an outstanding Nova Scotian runner! The same year MacDonald competed with the American
Olympic marathon team (Canada did not yet have an Olympic team). While he did not win a medal, he
managed to finish the race despite the 98 degrees Fahrenheit weather and the suspected foul play of several of
his competitors—one of whom later admitted to catching a lift for 15 miles of the race!
Sixth Annual Fox Harb’r Invitational Tournament
The sixth annual Hall of Fame Invitational Golf Tournament is at Fox Harb’r Resort,
September 15-16, 2016. This corporate fundraiser supports the province-wide “Future
Hall of Famers” education program. For more information contact Bill Robinson at
902-404-3313 / [email protected].
Limited Edition Graham MacIntyre Prints Available
Graham MacIntyre is one of the all-time
greats of Nova Scotian amateur golf. The
New Glasgow native is a four-time Nova
Scotia amateur champion and a two-time
Nova Scotia junior champion. MacIntyre
has represented his province on a national
level 29 times, including a record nine
consecutive appearances on the NS
Willingdon Cup team. He is also a talented artist, known for his
scenic paintings of golf courses and attention to detail.
Signed prints of Graham’s painting of The 16th at Fox
Harb’r are available at the Hall of Fame.
Call 902-404-3321 or email [email protected] .
By honouring the accomplishments of those who have gone before, we can instill a sense of possibility
in those who will follow. We continue to invest in our goals and hope you share our dream and support your
Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame and its programs. All donations are appreciated. Find out more about how
you can help by visiting the Donations section at www.nsshf.com or calling 902-404-3313. The Hall of Fame
is a registered charity and provides tax receipts for all charitable donations.
“Together we can preserve, promote and honour Nova Scotia’s rich sport heritage.”
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