Introduction
A process has started to renew, revive or begin a new
Canadian Boxing Hall Of Fame that will be established
to recognize and remember some of the past greats
from the old timers like GEORGE DIXON and
SAM LANGFORD to others like GEORGE CHUVALO,
ART HAFEY and many others such as JIMMY MCLARNIN.
OTHER HALLS:
A good starting point is to revisit the many Hall of Fame
sites to list those that have been recognized for their role
in the sport of amateur and/or professional boxing.
WESTERN CANADA - SPORTS HALLS:
1. BRITISH COLUMBIA AMATEUR BOXING
HALL OF FAME:
The above 25 names are the ones recognized in 2010 and 2011.
There will be others in 2012, also the process of selecting some
administrators for 2012 is presently being decided with four
ready to serve as of November 11. The final decision will be
done by December 31, 2011.
Freddy Fuller, Eddie Haddad, Frankie Scott
Dale Walters, Dick Findlay, Fred Desrosiers
2. BRITISH COLUMBIA SPORTS HALL OF FAME
Seven boxing inductees:
Jimmy McLarnin, Billy Townsend, Tommy Paonessa, Bert Lowes,
Harold Mann, Lennie Walters, and Dale Walters.
Allan Ford, Bill McGrandle, Charlie Smallface, Havey Reti, Kai Yip,
Jack Dunbar, Paul Hortie, Scotty Olson, and Wilf Greaves.
4. MANITOBA SPORTS HALL OF FAME
Frank Battaglia, Donny Lalonde, Steve Trojack, Herb Embuldeniya,
Eddie Haddad, Terence Fowler, and Peter Kawalia.
Eddie not only is an inductee in the
Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame, but
is a member of:
.Greater Victoria Sports Hall of Fame,
.Canadian Military Hall of Fame,
.British Columbia Amateur Boxing
Hall of Fame.
SASKATCHEWAN SPORTS HALL OF FAME:
Lee Donison, Gaston A. Eichel, Adam Faul, Ken Goff,
George Goff, Hank Hartenberger and Claude Warwick.
)
(Phote: "The Weyburn Review", May 9, 1974)
.Coach Hank Hartenburger of the Weyburn Soo Line Boxing Club
with Kerry Fahlman, and kneeling Morgan Williams and Ian Weir.
.following the Western Canadian Championships, Weir would move
to Victoria and be part of the rebuilding of boxing.
BEYOND THE PROVINCIAL HALLS - The Municipalities:
GREATER VICTORIA SPORTS HALL OF FAME:
The two key inductees for boxing are:
Eddie Haddad and Mike Caird
MIKE CAIRD, 2009 Inductee GVSHOF
Caird began boxing in Victoria in the
Fifties and boxed until 1964. During that
time one of the tournaments that he was
victorious was the 1963 BC Golden Gloves.
His prime coach was Nick Lystar.
After 1964, Caird would become a boxing
coach and work with a number of boxing
clubs and work with a number of other
coaches in Greater Victoria.
(photo by Dorothy Zelley, 2009 Greater Victoria Sports Hall of Fame
induction Cermony at the Pacific Institute of Sports Excellence, November 21st.)
Group: Tom Turnbull, Ian Weir, Mike Caird, Jason Heit, Don Orr and Brian Zelley.
PRINCE GEORGE SPORTS HALL OF FAME:
Inductees comprised of:
Harold Mann, Laurie Mann, Jack Meda, Sid McKnight,
Allan Bain, Boyd Bain and Wayne Sponagle.
BURNABY SPORTS HALL OF FAME:
Boxing inductees for the municipality of Burnaby, BC
includes DES ARCHER, AL PRINCIPE,
MANNY SOBRAL, DALE and LENNIE WALTERS.
Dale Walters Lennie Walters
EDMONTON, ALBERTA "Sports Hall of Fame"
In 2011, ex- boxer SCOTTY OLSON was the latest addition
into the City of Edmonton Hall of Fame for Sports. The
hall was started in 1959.
EASTERN CANADA: THE SPORTS HALLS
NOVA SCOTIA SPORTS HALL OF FAME:
The Nova Scotia sports hall of fame has about 38 boxing inductees
from legends of long ago such as George Dixon and Sam Langford
to modern fighters such as Chris Clarke and Rickey Anderson and
builders such as Murray Sleep and Taylor Gordon.
A sample of the other names include:
Art Hafey, Blair Richardson, Carroll Morgan, Clyde Gray,
Dave Downey, Harry Trainor and George "Rock-a-bye" Ross.
CLYDE GRAY
NEW BRUNSWICK SPORTS HALL OF FAME
Edwin Connolly, Paul Doucet, Yvon Durelle
Robert Edgett
John Lifford, Richard O'Brien, Ralph Thomas
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