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1 l i The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, May 28,1986 7 34 Oshawa Athletes Inducted into Hall of Fame Terry Kelly, chairman of the Board of Governors of the Oshawa Sports Hall of Fame, chats with hockey superstar Bobby Orr during a news conference held last Wednesday. The first members of the Hall of Fame were formally inducted on May 21,;in ceremonies held at the Oshawa Civic Auditorium. Bobby Orr, a former Osliawa General, was one of the many inductees from virtually every sport played in Oshawa. Thirty-four of Oshawa's most famous athletes were honored last Wednesday, May 21, a 1 the launching of the city's sports hall of fame.. ,/ The HfU of Fame, located at the ZCivic Auditorium, was officially opened by Jake G/udaur, chairman of Canadl's Sports Hall of Fame./ Metibers include hockey great/ Bobby Orr and Eddie Westfall figure skaters Donild Jackson and Bar- baraUnderhill, and the late RSJMcLaughlin as well as many others who have contributed contributed to amateur and professional sport. "In the four years spent here, the people made me feel at home," said Bobby Orr, commenting on his stay in Oshawa as a rising star with the Oshawa Generals during the early 1960s. Naturally, the Oshawa Civic Auditorium contains many fond memories for Bobby Orr, including a trip to the Memorial Cup cham : pionship in the 1965-66 season. season. 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But he adds that when all is said and done, defence remains the key. "In the end, the team that has the best defence wins the Stanley Cup," he said. Wren Blair, the former coach of the Minnesota North Stars and former manager of the Oshawa Generals, is another of the Sports Hall of Fame inductees inductees honored this year. "It's a very honored day for me vjust to be associated with the kind of people who are here," he said. He sees Osha wa as a great sports town and adds that coaching players such as Orr and Wayne Cashman is one of his greatest rewards. Many of the players have gone on not only to do well in sports careers but also in other pursuits. Terry Kelly, Oshawa's sports "superfan" and chairman of the Hall of Fame's Board of Governors, said the project has been four years in the making. Mr. Kelly explained that the organization plans to in-: duct five new members each year. The following is a list of the inductees for 1986: • ROBERT ATTERSLEY: Member of the world championship championship 1958 Whitby Dun- lops and member of the Oshawa Generals for three seasons. Currently mayor of the Town of Whitby. NORMIE BAGNELL: One of the finest softball/ fastball pitchers in Canadian Canadian sports history. He com- >TTENTION SENIORS Increase Your Security! Install a Dead Lock Security System and receive a 15% Discount on a complete lock installation House Keys SpCCial 79^ Receive your FREE Security Inventory Check List, Thurs. and Fri. only j Ask about our "Sound-Activated" Svvitch System to automatically turn on your lights. (8 King St.E., /Bowmanville ij Telephone 623-1021 <0 cks5p* piled over 1,000 victories, including 26 perfect games and 54 no-hitters in his career. A member of the Oshawa Pedlars and also the Oshawa Tony's, he belongs belongs to the Canadian Softball Hall of Fame. JIM BISHOP: Sometimes referred to as Mr. Lacrosse in Canada. He guided Oshawa Green Gaels to seven Minto Cup championships championships between 1963 and 1969. He is a member of the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame. WREN A.BLAIR: General manager and coach of the NHL expansion club Minnesota Minnesota North Stars until 1974, Wren Blair was a successful successful manager at virtually every level of hockey. He was a. farm club director of the Boston Bruins and had the distinction of signing Bobby Orr to the Oshawa Generals. JOHN GERRARD BRADY: Winner of numerous numerous awards for softball involvement, involvement, Mr. Brady was president of the Ontario Amateur Softball Association Association in 1955-56 and was Oshawa City and District Softball President from 1943 to 1949. He served on the Oshawa Parks Board, the Civic Auditorium Building Building Committee, and the Kinsmen Civic Memorial Stadium Commission. GEORGE HENRY CAMPBELL: George spent 42 years with the Oshawa Times, first as a sportswri- ter and then as sports editor. He was also well known as a softball player and a curler. He coached three Ontario ladies' softball champions and is a past president of the Oshawa Curling Club. BILL DELL: A Canadian Football League official for 23 years and member of six Grey Cup final officiating crews. He played Junior B hockey and was a halfback with the Oshawa Collegiate and Vocational Institute team as well as the Oshawa Red Raiders Juniors and the Queen's University Golden Gaels. He was active in a number of Oshawa sports associations. GEORGE EASTON: A prominent mepiber of Oshawa's sports community for over 50 years, "Geordie" was the most sought-after trainer in the city. He served as the Oshawa Generals Generals trainer and also as trainer for the Colts and Tony's softball teams along with numerous other hoc: 'key, softball, football, and soccer clubs. A park at the northeast corner of Adelaide Ave. and Harmony Harmony Rd. is named in his honor. BENJ F ALLMAN: Born and educated in Sweden, he was a key organizer of track and field in Oshawa. He won 13 Canadian track and field championships between between 1937 and 1963 and won 16 Ontario titles between between 1935 and 1960. He was also instrumental in organizing organizing the Oshawa Ski Club. EFFIE MADELINE HEZ- ZELWOOD: She has been hailed as the grand dame of southern Ontario ladies' curling. She has played on many winning rinks, including including the winning foursome in the Diamond Senior Competition Competition of 1983. She is an active member in both the Oshawa Golf Club and the Oshawa Curling Club. NANCY LORRAINE HIGGINS HIGGINS JONES: At the age of 22, she helped Canada's women's eights crew to a fourth place finish at the '76 Montreal Olympics. Many other excellent performances performances followed that event and Nancy later graduated to the coaching ranks. EARL F. "PEG" HURST: He played on the Oshawa General Motors team which won the Central Ontario Baseball League Championship Championship in 1936. Later, he was president - manager - player with the team which captured Oshawa's intercity intercity baseball league title in 1940. He also became an Ontario Ontario Hockey Association Referee and officiated two games at the 1949 Memorial Cup. DONALD JACKSON: He took the continent by storm in 1959, winning both the Canadian and North American American championships. He is also famous as the first skater skater to land a triple lutz in international competition. He is the winner of the 1962 Lou Marsh Trophy as Canada's Canada's Outstanding Athlete of the Year and was also inducted inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame. JACK A. LANGMAID: Jack, with his daughter, Nancy, won the 1971 World Albacore class at the Royal Canadian-Yacht Club in Toronto. Toronto. He has twice won the Canadian Albacore championship championship and won the U.S. title on three occasions. He is also active in tennis and baseball and taught skiing for 20 years. MATTHEW LEYDEN: Matt earned a place in the Oshawa Sports Hall of Fame for his career as manager manager of the Oshawa generals from 1928 to 1953. During that time, the team won seven consecutive OHA Championships and three Memorial Cups. He was also active in lacrosse and as a member of the executive of the OHA. GORDON SAMUEL MACMILLAN: MACMILLAN: Born in Oshawa, Gord won the Canadian Singles Lawn Bowling championship in 1966 and two Ontario singles titles in 1963 and 1966. He was also active in curling. NANCY MURRAL MAC- KAY: She was honored for her skills as a track athlete, having participated in the 1948 Olympics in England where she helped the women's 400 metre team to a bronze medal performance. performance. She also won numerous Canadian medals, medals, including six golds at the Canadian Track Championships Championships between 1936 and 1941. ROBERT SAMUEL MCLAUGHLIN: An avid sportsman as well as chairman chairman of the board of General Motors of Canada Limited, Col. McLaughlin is remembered remembered for his generous nature nature as much as his sporting accomplishments. His Parkwood Stables horses won the King's Plate on three occasions and his yacht, Eleanor, won the Richardson Cup in 1926. DEAN WILLIAM MCLAUGHLIN: He is a 13- time Canadian championship championship horseshoe pitchër. Mr. McLaughlin also won the NorthAmétifcân:title:once. He also distinguished himself himself in softball and curling. PAM MILLER FRANK: The finest female golfer Oshawa has produced; she won the Ontario Ladies' championship in 1966 and 1967 as well as the Manitoba Ladies' title in 1975 and . 1976. In the mid-1970s, she was the sixth-ranked female golfer in Canada. LORRAINE MURPHY: She was honored for her contribution to the advancement advancement of five-pin bowling bowling in Oshawa and area. Among her achievements is the formation of the Ontario Durham Five Pin Bowlers' Association in 1968. She was also a shortstop and catcher on the. team which won the 1934 Ontario Ladies' Softball Championship. Championship. HAROLD OVERTON NORVILLE: The winner of national weightlifting titles in 1968 and 1975, he also was Ontario's champion in 1968, 1969 and 1975. Mr. Norville is also known for his coach-. ing skills. He returned to compete in thé World Masters Masters Games in 1945, where he won the over-40 bantamweight bantamweight class and set four North American records. OSHAWA COLLEGIATE AND VOCATIONAL INSTITUTE INSTITUTE SCHOOLBOY CURLr ING TEAM: This team of Bob Walker, Dune Bodie, Clare Peacock, and George MacGregor won the Canadian Canadian and Ontario schoolboy curling championships in 1953. ALEX OAKLEY: A race walk specialist, he won the gold medal in the 20 kilometre event at the 1983 Pan American Games in /. , -AT -V" ; ■ •« " Bowmanville's Lawn Bowling Club got off to a President Oscar Wollstein, kneeling at right and good start for the season on Sunday afternoon when Les Langs, left, while other members cheered in they were blessed with ideal weather. On hand to the background. Later, they bowled several ends as toss the first bowl was His Worship Mayor John well and concluded opening day with lunch. Winters' who received expert advice from Sao Paulo, Brazil. He also represented Canada at five Olympic Games ; and two Commonwealth Games Competitions. ROBERT GORDON ORR: Undoubtedly the most famous famous of the many fine players produced by the Oshawa Generals. DONALD WALKER ROWDEN: "Doc" once turned down a professional offer from the Toronto Maple Leafs and was a star at virtually every sport he tried. He was a field runner with the Oshawa Blue Devils football team and a star baseball player as well as a coach of the Oshawa Generals Juniors. JOHN THOMAS RYAN: He became the first Oshawa native to play baseball in the International League, joining Syracuse in 1964. He later played for Rochester and Toronto, winning the Silver Glove Award in 1967 and the Toronto MVP award for that season. He later joined the University of Jacksonville as a coach. HARRY,: JAMES SIN- " DEN: Harry Sinden was behind behind the bench forCanada's victory over the USSR in the deciding game of the 1972 championship. A former Oshawa General and former Whitby Dunlop captain, captain, he is a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame. He graduated to coaching the Boston Bruins from 1967 to 1970 and also from 1979- 1980, later becoming general general manager of the Boston club. BILLY TAYLOR: He captained captained Oshawa's Memorial Cup winning squad in 1938- 39, turning professional with the Toronto Maple Leafs on his 20th birthday. He played, for Detroit Red Wings, Boston Bruins, and New York Rangers. BARBARA UNDERHILL: UNDERHILL: Underhill, with Paul Martini, finished seventh in the pairs championship in the 1984 Olympics. But five weeks later they won the World Figure Skating Championships in Ottawa. They won both the Canadian Canadian Junior Nationals and the World Junior compei- tion and also captured the Canadian Senior Nationals from 1979-1983. EDDIE WESTFALL: He was the first graduate of the Oshawa Minor Hockey system system to play on a Stanley Cup winning team, playing with the Boston Bruins in the championship seasons of 69-70 and 70-71. He played 1,227 regular season games in an 18 year career. He was captain for the New York Islanders Islanders for four and one- half seasons, retiring to a public relations position with the club. Clarke Museum Corner Ottawa Visit Concluded by Dyana Layng I must say Ottawa is a very pleasant place to visit - and this was a surprise, as all the comments I had heard about it were so negative. The way the city is laid out around Parliament Parliament Hill is very exciting; of course, it can be very exciting inside the Parliament Buildings Buildings some days too, but I didn't get that far. Leaving the War Museum, I walked down past the Market area, and had lunch in one of the small restaurants there - healthy first course, sinful dessert. Walking down towards towards the Convention Centre, I passed a very amusing window window display for a shop selling elegant wedding dresses. The 'bride' in gown and veil looked very irritated. In her hand was the beginning of a very long scroll, which wound its way down to the floor and along into the next window of the store. It was a 'Dear Jane' letter of excuses why he, Rambo, couldn't marry, her! 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