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Sports Hall of Fame
Criteria & Nomination Form (PDF, 100KB)
The Initiative to immortalize the legacies from Nanaimo's sports community was launched in 2008 and recognizes achievement in five categories - Athlete, Builder, Media, Pioneer, and Team. It is located in the Museum lobby and is free for all to see.
A total of four new inductees were honoured at the Sports Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in the Nanaimo Museum Gallery on Saturday, September 22, 2012.
2013 Wally Buono Award Ceremony
The Wally Buono Award Recepient for 2012 is VI Raiders Quarterback Jordan Yantz! We are please to host the invitation-only award ceremony here at the Nanaimo Museum this March. The Museum recently became the home of this prestigious national award thanks to an exciting collaboration with the St. Marche family and the St. Bernard Pass Charitable Foundation. For more details, please read the press release.
2012 INDUCTEES- Souvenier Program
Jim Gold, Builder
Allison Forsyth, Athlete - Skiing
Mary (Frizzell) Thomasson, Athlete - Track & Field
Don Ashbee, Athlete - Lacrosse
2011 INDUCTEES - Souvenier Program
Al Hill "Hilly", Athlete - Hockey
Michelle Stillwell "Mikey", Athlete - Wheelchair Racing
Larry McNabb, Builder
Ernest Edmonds, Pioneer - Soccer
2010 INDUCTEES - Souvenier Program
Angela Chalmers, Olympian 1988 & 1992, Athlete - Track & Field
Alfred "Red Car", Builder
Michael "Rhodsie" Rhode, Media
Dr. Leo Margolis, Builder
Frank Crane, Builder
Barry Pederson, Athlete - Hockey
1983 Malaspina Mariners' Soccer Team, Team - Soccer
2009 INDUCTEES - Souvenier Program
Angie Dobie (Radonovich), Athlete - Basketball
Michael Edgson, Athlete - Swimming
Bill English, Builder
Lloyd Gilmour, Builder - Official
Don MacRae Rink, Team - Curling
John Sandland, Pioneer - Athlete
Ray Telford, Athlete - Soccer
Douglas White, Athlete - Lacrosse, Football
2008 INDUCTEES - Souvenier Program
1914 Northfield Violets, Pioneer – Soccer
1923 Nanaimo FC Wanderers, Pioneer – Soccer
1956 IWA Nanaimo Timbermen, Team – Lacrosse
Gerald Kazanowski, Olympian 1984 & 1988, Athlete – Basketball
Phil Olsen, Olympian 1976, Athlete – Javelin
Brenda Taylor, Olympian 1988 & 1992, Athlete – Rowing
Larry Thomas, Media
Hugh (Red) Thomson, Olympian 1936, Pioneer – Mile Runner
F. Elwood Wylie, Builder
Harry R. Wipper, Builder
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