Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
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Canada's Sports Hall of Fame is a Hall of Fame located in Toronto and established in 1955 to "preserve the record of Canadian sports achievements and to promote a greater awareness of Canada's heritage of sport"[link].
It was located on the grounds of Exhibition Place (1955-2006) (Canadian National Exhibition), and was the joint home (1961-1993) of the NHL sponsored Hockey Hall of Fame, before the Hockey Hall's move to its present location in the downtown core. In 2006, the Hall of Fame museum closed and is currently looking to relocate to a new location. The building is being torn down to make room for the new National Soccer Stadium at Exhibition Place.
As of June 2004, there were 436 inductees.
In 2005, there were 6 individual inductees (listed below), as well as the 1972 Team Canada Hockey Team.
Inductees
Some of the inductees (with the year inducted in parenthesis) are:- Steve Bauer (2005)
- Paul Beeston (2005)
- George Gross (2005)
- Curt Harnett (2005)
- Catriona Le May Doan (2005)
- Claude Raymond (2005)
- Donovan Bailey (2004)
- Scotty Bowman (2004)
- Abigail Hoffman (2004)
- Larry Robinson (2004)
- Tim Horton (2002)
- Ted Lindsay (2002)
- Carling Bassett-Seguso (2001)
- Herb Carnegie (2001)
- Denis Potvin (2001)
- Cliff Thorburn (2001)
- Jan Betker (2000)
- Wayne Gretzky (2000)
- Sandra Schmirler (2000)
- Johnny Bower (1999)
- Bernie Faloney (1999)
- Marcel Dionne (1997)
- Phil Edwards (1997)
- Victor Davis (1990)
- Gordie Drillon (1989)
- Ferguson Jenkins (1987)
- Ken Dryden (1984)
- Jack Adams (1975)
- Syl Apps (1975)
- Jean Béliveau (1975)
- King Clancy (1975)
- Dit Clapper (1975)
- Charlie Conacher (1975)
- Vic Emery (1971)
See also
External link
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