Sports Museum in Thunder Bay, Ontario
The Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame , established in 1978 in Thunder Bay , Ontario , Canada, is dedicated to the people of Northwestern Ontario who have achieved greatness in sport. It is located on 219 South May Street in Downtown Fort William .[citation needed ]
Notable inductees
Andrea Cole , former Paralympic swimmer.
Fred Kearney (1897–1998), former Canadian ice hockey player for the St. Louis Flyers .[ 1]
Fred Page (1915–1997), president of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association and vice-president of the International Ice Hockey Federation, inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame[ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
Frank Sargent (1902–1988), president of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association and Dominion Curling Association, inducted into the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame[ 5] [ 6]
Dave Siciliano (born 1946), ice hockey coach for the Lakehead Nor'Westers , Thunder Bay Flyers , Edmonton Ice , Owen Sound Platers , and the Sioux City Musketeers [ 7]
Joe Wirkkunen (1928–1986), Finnish-Canadian coach of the Finland men's national ice hockey team [ 8]
References
^ "Allan Cup 1927 Fred Kearney" . allancup.ca . Archived from the original on March 10, 2016. Retrieved February 14, 2020 .
^ "Page, Frederick – Biography – Honoured Builder" . Legends of Hockey . Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved November 25, 2018 .
^ March, Ashley (April 28, 2015). "Who is Fred Page, and why do hockey players battle for his trophy?" . Cornwall Seaway News . Retrieved November 25, 2018 .
^ "Page, Frederick (Fred)". The Chronicle-Journal . Thunder Bay, Ontario. December 26, 1997. p. 31.
^ "Deaths: Sargent". The Chronicle-Journal . Thunder Bay, Ontario. September 29, 1988. p. 31.
^ "Frank Sargent dead at 86". The Chronicle-Journal . Thunder Bay, Ontario. September 29, 1988. p. 3.
^ "Dave Siciliano" . Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame . Thunder Bay, Ontario. 1995. Retrieved August 7, 2021 .
^ "Joe Wirkkunen" . Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame . 2008. Retrieved August 21, 2024 .
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