How are Honoured Members chosen? The people of Manitoba are the only ones with the power to choose Honoured Members. The people inducted into the Hall of Fame are individuals whose names have been submitted by nomination to an independent Selection Committee. Anyone, except Hall of Fame staff and board members, can submit a nomination for…
The Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and our provincial sport community are remembering Gerry James, an inspiring athlete who passed away on February 13, 2024. Gerry James was honoured by the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame in 1982 for his accomplishments in football, but he was also a standout in hockey. On the gridiron, James,…
The Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and the greater sport community are remembering Kenny Ploen, an incredible athlete who passed away on February 13, 2024. Ploen was an NFL Draft selection by the Cleveland Browns in 1957 but instead signed with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. During the team’s most dominant seasons, Ploen was at the…
The Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and its community is saddened by the recent passing of Mary Dopson. Dopson, nee Pittas, passed away on January 15, 2024, at the amazing age of 105. While Mary was born in Scotland, her family moved to Fort Rouge in 1919 where she lived for most of her life….
Wanda Guenette spent nearly four decades in the game of volleyball, dominating the court and the sand. She picked up the game in seventh grade while attending Munroe Junior High School and continued her development at Miles Macdonell Collegiate before committing to play for the University of Winnipeg Wesmen. Some would say she was destined…
The volleyball and overall sports community is celebrating the life and legacy of Dennis Nord, who passed away on November 29, 2023. A dedicated builder and volunteer for the sport he loved, Nord was co-chair of the Canadian National Women’s Volleyball team and a board member of the Manitoba Volleyball Association. He sought greater exposure…
From 1925 to 1964, the Granite and Strathcona Clubs were Manitoba’s dominant curling clubs, between them winning 24 Manitoba championships in those first 40 years, In 1965, Strathcona’s Bruce Hudson and Granite’s Terry Braunstein teams met in the best-of-three final. Hudson was the defending champion. The Braunsteins were trying to fulfill the promise of…
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette They are known as Milt Stegall’s ‘Six Guarantees in Life’ and they became legendary as he established himself as a Winnipeg Blue Bombers and sporting icon in these parts. Those guarantees – proverbially chiseled into stone tablets and declared as commandments by the man himself — read as follows,…
Chris Glowach broke the tape in the Manitoba Marathon in 1997 and 1998 in about two-and-a-half hours, but his performance in 2004 — which took 30 minutes longer — was something for the ages. He didn’t win that year, but it wasn’t about winning for the first home-grown champion of the Manitoba Marathon, it…
Brent Bottomley was instrumental to the development of cross country skiing in Manitoba. Indeed, his contributions are incalculable. A Passionate Leader Brent was fully immersed in the multi-faceted growth and development of cross country skiing in our province. He served as Chairman of the Cross Country Ski Association of Manitoba (CCSAM) Board of…