Honouring Excellence

ANNUAL PROGRAM 2019 – 2020 Sport has the power to change the world. - NELSON MANDELA

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That’s why we’re proud to support those being inducted into the Sport Hall of Fame.

CONVERSATIONS MATTER. STAY INVOLVED. CONTENTS 2019

Premier’s Message / Chairman’s Message ...... 2 Our Mission / Our Vision / Staff...... 3 CEO Message ...... 4 Chairs of the Hall of Fame / Board of Directors...... 5 Our Museum Activities...... 6 Our Education Program...... 7 Jackie Barrett (by Joel Jacobson) ...... 8 Justine Colley-Leger (by Bruce Rainnie) ...... 16 Suzanne Muir (by Craig Meister) ...... 22 New Exhibit...... 27 Hall of Fame Selection Process ...... 28 Friends of the Hall ...... 29 Jody Shelley (by Bruce Rainnie) ...... 36 Morgan Williams (by Katie Tanner) ...... 48 Henry Boutillier (by Paul MacDougall) ...... 56 Roger Caulfield (by Katie Tanner) ...... 60

Editor: Katie Tanner Contributors: Joel Jacobson, Paul MacDougall, Craig Meister, Bruce Rainnie, Katie Tanner Magazine Photography: Hall of Fame collections, inductee personal collections, others as credited Layout and Design: Katie Tanner, Paul Woodford (Sojourn Signs) Sponsorship and Advertising: Karolyn Sevcik Printing: Bounty Print Contact: 1800 Argyle Street, Suite 446, Halifax, NS B3J 3N8 Phone: 902-421-1266 ◆ Fax: 902-425-1148 ◆ Email: [email protected] ◆ Website: www.nsshf.com Museum Hours of Operation: Monday – Friday, 10am – 5pm; Saturday & Sunday in July & August, 12 – 4pm; And before Scotiabank Centre events PREMIER’S MESSAGE Our Mission The Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame’s mission is to honour excellence he Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame honours our province’s sport heroes and history. We celebrate in Nova Scotia sport by sharing stories of our history and heroes that the talented, dedicated and deserving athletes who have made a difference in their sport and their celebrate, educate and inspire. Tcommunities. This year’s inductees follow in the footsteps of great Nova Scotians. Their accomplishments represent how passion and hard work can lead to excellence and inspire a new generation of athletes. They have Our Vision contributed significantly to Nova Scotia’s rich and vibrant heritage. The Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame’s vision is that Nova Scotia sport achievements and history remain sources of value and inspiration to Thank you to the dedicated organizers and volunteers who have worked hard to bring this event to life. our communities, and sources of education to our youth. It is both an honour and incredible accomplishment to be inducted into the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame. Congratulations to all inductees—thank you for being wonderful role models to the next generation of athletes and for your positive impact on our Values province. • Preserving Nova Scotia sport heritage • Celebrating excellence in Nova Scotia sport Sincerely, • Accessibility (to information, the museum facility and programming)

• Sustainability (in finances, culture and environment)

• Best practices • Diversity and fairness (in our selection process, our programming and our day-to-day operations) Honourable Stephen McNeil, M.L.A. • Inspiring and motivating youth Premier • Serving and engaging the community CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGE

nduction night caps what has been an incredible year for the NS Sport Hall of Fame. On behalf of the Board of Directors, I wish to offer congratulations to all of this year’s inductees. Welcome Mandate to the Hall of Fame and thank you for your incredible contributions to sport in Nova Scotia. On Ia personal note, as Co-Chair of the 2018 Special Olympics Summer Games in Antigonish, I’d like to To permanently record Nova Scotia’s sport heritage, and to maintain a recognize Jackie Barrett as the first ever Special Olympics athlete to be inducted to the Nova Scotia collection that is representative of that Sport Hall of Fame. Jackie, you are most deserving and an inspiration to athletes everywhere. heritage

This past year was remarkable. The NSSHF recently was awarded three major international awards To recognize, honour and celebrate by the International Sports Heritage Association (ISHA). (You can read more about them on individuals, teams and organizations page 14.) The awards were for best book (The Top 15: Nova Scotia’s Greatest Athletes), best social media presence (the NS who have achieved excellence in, or contributed significantly to, sport in Sport Hall of Fame Facebook page), and best Education Program (“Future Hall of Famers Education Program”). ISHA only Nova Scotia presents seven major awards annually, so to win three of them is a tremendous accomplishment. To conduct educational programs This sort of recognition is only possible when an organization is supported by amazing volunteers. On behalf of the Board related to achievements of historical The Hall of Fame team: (Left to Right) Bruce Rainnie, President & CEO; of Directors, thanks to all of you. significance in Nova Scotia sport, and to make them available to all Nova Scotians Karolyn Sevcik, Manager, Administration & Special Events; Katie Tanner, Museum & Communications Coordinator; Shane Mailman, Director of And thanks as well to the Hall staff – Karolyn, Shane, Katie, Christina and Bruce. Your dedication to sport and sport heroes To make information related to Nova Programs & Operations; and, Christina Brien, Education Program & Special in this province is a source of great inspiration. Keep up the great work! Scotia’s sport heritage available and accessible to the general public and Events Coordinator. Sincerely, other organizations, and to publicize this information to wider audiences including those outside of the province

Marc Champoux To serve the community by providing an accessible facility, a variety of programming, and opportunities for Chairman engagement and partnerships 2 3 CEO MESSAGE Chairs elcome to our favourite event here at the NS Sport Hall of Fame. Our annual induction ceremony is something we take great pride in, and our goal is to tell the stories of our heroes of the as best we can. The Induction Class of 2019 is typically outstanding, featuring athletes and buildersW who have left their marks in this province and far beyond. Hall of Fame Here is a message that bears repeating—the mission of the NS Sport Hall of Fame is guided by two overriding principles: 1) To honour and preserve the legacies of Nova Scotians who have made a significant contribution to sport in the province and 2) to make sure these stories are told to Nova Scotia youth, so that Board of Directors they may see what can be accomplished with hard work and a healthy does of humility. When children in this Chairman...... Marc Champoux province look at the 2019 Inductees, they will realize that greatness can be achieved no matter gender, race, Vice Chairman...... Ian Sullivan hometown, or socioeconomic standing. That is a powerful message and one that kids can benefit greatly from hearing. Cape Breton Region...... Patrick Lahey A huge thank you to our selection panel and committee, who took on the challenging task of selecting those most deserving of Central Region...... Mike Brien induction. Kudos as well to the staff of the Hall—Karolyn Sevcik, Shane Mailman, Katie Tanner and Christina Brien. I am surrounded John ‘Gee’ Ahern Hugh Noble Dorothy Walker Fundy Region...... Tanya Colburne by the best team I could ever imagine—they make coming to work everyday an enjoyable and fulfilling experience. Their dedication Halifax Halifax Centreville South Shore Region...... Gil Dares to the Hall and its inductees is unsurpassed. 1958 – 1968 1977 – 1979 1980 – 1983 Valley Region...... Rene MacKay One final note of thanks to our friend, the great Joel Jacobson. Behind the scenes, he has help produce Induction Night for over Highlands Region...... Angie Kolen three decades now, and manages to bring fresh, new enthusiasm with each passing year. Director-At-Large ...... Jim Boudreau We believe we are the finest provincial sport hall of fame in the country, and we know that we are instantly better with the inclusion Director-At-Large ...... Ted Upshaw of the athletes and builders we celebrate tonight. Director-At-Large ...... Josie Gascoigne Thank you for supporting the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame, and enjoy what will be a very special evening. Director-At-Large ...... Jim Mills Director-At-Large ...... Karen Gardiner Government Representative ....Michelle Aucoin Bruce Rainnie Jim Bayer Bill White Eleanor Norrie Wolfville Wolfville Truro Treasurer ...... Stephanie O’Connor 1983 – 1985 1986 – 1991 1991 – 1993 Past Chairman...... Rob Randall Staff President & CEO...... Bruce Rainnie Director, Programs & Operations...... Shane Mailman Manager, Administration & Special Events...... Karolyn Sevcik Tom Lynch Danny Gallivan Fred MacGillivray Education & Special Events Halifax Halifax Halifax Coordinator...... Christina Brien 1993 – 1998 1998 – 2001 2001 – 2010 Museum & Communications Coordinator...... Katie Tanner Auditors Collins Barrow

Legal Counsel Floyd Gaetz Don Mills Rob Randall Halifax Halifax Halifax Stephen Russell 2010 – 2012 2012 – 2014 2015 – 2018 Russell Piggott Jones

Marc Champoux Antigonish Incorporation 2018 – Present 1983

4 5 OUR MUSEUM ACTIVITIES OUR EDUCATION PROGRAM

• Join us in the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame’s Scotiabank Legends Theatre on scheduled Wednesdays throughout the year Imagine: boxing inductee Ricky Anderson invites kids to act out scenarios for his lesson about resisting peer pressure; rowing from 12 to 1 pm for FREE low-impact fitness classes. Classes vary week to week and include activities such as yoga, Pilates, World Champion Tracy Cameron gets participants to try out her ergometer as she talks about finding her passion later in life; Zumba and dance. All classes are led by trained professionals. Contact [email protected] for more information. Olympic gymnast Ellie Black, a local celebrity and veritable superhero in the eyes of many girls and boys, hands around her Pan American and World Championship medals as she recounts how she started out finishing last at her competitions. The • The Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame has created a free self-guided walking tour for you to explore all the historic sporting Future Hall of Famers Education Program, of the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame, strives to inspire the heroes of tomorrow sites. Follow the online guide (or grab a booklet at the Hall of Fame museum) and we will guide you around Halifax with stories that demonstrate the great achievements that are possible, even in the small province of Nova Scotia. to some of the most important sport heritage sites in the city. This tour is now a Handpicked Halifax experience with Discover Halifax. The audiences reached by the Future Hall of Famers Education Program are as wide-ranging as the advice found within it. In the last 12 months, the program sustained its province-wide reach, visiting close to 75 Nova Scotian schools, as well as summer • Throughout the week of March Break 2019, the Hall of Fame showed family-friendly sport movies in our Scotiabank camps and senior homes around the province. School and youth groups visiting the Hall of Fame make up the rest of the Legends Theatre. As always, admission was free, and complimentary popcorn was provided as well. Families enjoyed almost 15,000 people who have experienced the programming in the past year. The program invites groups to visit the Hall of watching classic sports flicks, playing in the sports simulator and doing scavenger hunts. Fame museum, and offers schools the option to receive the programming in their own classrooms.

• The Hall of Fame unveiled a new temporary exhibit in summer 2019 that featured a selection of editorial cartoonist Bruce The Future Hall of Famers program is always free of charge, whether welcoming a group of three or thirty, or visiting a school MacKinnon’s greatest sport cartoons. The exhibit of original sports-themed cartoons from MacKinnon’s many years at The in Yarmouth or the Cape Breton Highlands. The NSSHF accommodates as many presentation requests as possible, with Chronicle Herald opened with a launch on July 15. Read more about the exhibit on page 27. Education Program Coordinator Christina Brien driving to each region of the province at least twice per year. However, the program is greatly enriched by some very special helping hands—Hall of Famers and local athletes who volunteer their time • The NSSHF also completed an overhaul of its website, with the new site now live at www.nsshf.com. The new site was built to inspire many young Nova Scotians. Top athletes such as Ellie Black, Karen Furneaux, Mickey Fox and Luke Demetre help to by Creative Curve Media and features better search capabilities, easier navigation and a mobile-friendly design. The site motivate the kids, and seeing the kids’ faces when they get a high five or an autograph from someone who they look up to is a was officially launched with an online party on Tuesday, September 24. special experience for everyone. The NSSHF’s education programming would not be possible without the incredible support of Hall of Famers and local athletes who volunteer their time. These volunteers are more than just familiar faces from sports • August 23-25, 2019 the Hall of Fame hosted its third annual Camp of Excellence, teaching 50 junior-high aged boys and broadcasts and championship wins; they are ambassadors for the Future Hall of Famers education program. girls basketball and life skills at the Canada Games Centre. The camp featured a line-up of knowedgeable local coaches and emphasized the importance of overall phycial health and mental preparedness. To date, more than 35 star-athletes, coaches and officials have lent their voices to the lessons that the program delivers. Ultimately, the education program volunteers create connections that cannot be achieved by facts alone—they provide a layered and ever-changing narration of Nova Scotia’s sport heritage.

6 7 JACKIE CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Hometown: Spryfield, NS • 20 gold Canadian Special Olympics medals BARRETT • 13 gold World Special Olympics medals • Set three Special Olympics world records in 2015 • 277.5 kg squat lift • 297.5 kg deadlift • 697.5 kg triple combination lift by Joel Jacobson • First Special Olympics athlete to be nominated for the Lou Marsh Award as Canada’s top athlete • Broke six Canadian Special Olympics powerlifting records • Two-time Nova Scotia Special Olympics Male he first Athlete of the Year thing you friendship, leadership and a willingness to notice about teach you all there is to know about things “It’s not just hard work, but also smart work,” he TJackie Barrett is says. that fascinate him. His main interest has his effervescent and been athletics, specifically powerlifting, a And Barrett has certainly proved his smarts, constant smile. sport that has taken him to championship Photo: Special Olympics Canada earning a computer science degree from St. Mary’s Then you see a podiums around the University, a testament of his determination to maximize large man, hard to miss in his potential. world. accomplishments have brought him honours wherever he a crowd, and with hands Barrett became dominant among his peers in World has been. Born in Spryfield, he is now a member of the Nova that envelop yours when he powerlifting, winning 13 world gold medals among his champion Scotia Sport Hall of Fame, the first Special Olympics athlete grasps them in a handshake. bevy of others nationally. Jackie Barrett to be inducted. Then you hear When referring to his nomination for the Lou is an athlete Barrett had challenges, being on the autism the booming voice Marsh Award as Canada’s top athlete in 2015, the always who has spectrum, and medical issues. These afflictions were not often as he welcomes positive Barrett says, “Labels don’t really matter anymore. set records evident but demanded special efforts as he performed his you to his Personally, it’s a big honour because I’m recognized as in Nova daily tasks. With determination, he succeeded academically. world. one of Canada’s top athletes.” Scotia, in When he joined the sporting community, he excelled there Barrett’s Barrett says the nomination was an even bigger Canada, and too. world is moment for his sporting community and “for the entire across the He had strong family support as he joined programs one of Special Olympics movement.” globe. His of Nova Scotia Special Olympics 32 years ago when he was “It indicates that 13 years old. After sampling track and field, soccer and no matter if you have bowling, he began swimming and won five medals, including an intellectual two gold, at the 1994 Canadian Special Olympic Games in disability or Halifax. not, Special Small and slender as a teenager, Barrett was a Olympians standout swimmer. He switched to football in high school can perform which his parents allowed despite worries that he would be just as well hurt by his much larger teammates. Barrett started lifting as their weights to bulk up. His parents were very supportive, not able-bodied wanting to keep him sheltered his whole life. counterparts, Barrett describes powerlifting as “ten per cent and physical and 90 per cent mental.” sometimes even better.” Photo: The Chronicle Herald 8 Photo: Special Olympics Canada 9 Photo: The Chronicle Herald Photo: Special Olympics Canada Photo: Special Olympics Canada Special Olympics Photo:

When he broke the international squat record in 2015, he said, “That’s showing to the world that no matter who squats how much weight, 600 pounds is 600 pounds.” Barrett was featured in an ESPN Magazine profile at the 2015 World Games, authored by senior writer Devon O’Neil who wrote: “Moments after the competition ended, Barrett and his father, Robert, shared an emphatic embrace in the middle of the still-incredulous crowd. ‘My mom would be very proud of me today,’ Jackie said, to which his dad replied, ‘Oh, she is proud of you.’ “Jeannee Barrett, Jackie’s mother, died in 2014 of lung cancer. ‘She was Jackie’s driving force, his biggest fan,’ The Board of Directors, coaches, Robert said. ‘She was his everything.’” volunteers, sponsors, fans, staff and Canadian coach Ross MacIntosh is amazed by the amount that Barrett can lift, but believes it is Barrett’s drive the athletes of Special Olympics Nova that separates him from others in his sport. Barrett exemplifies a top athlete because he is always one step ahead. He is at Scotia congratulate all inductees! the gym before it opens— completely self-motivated. While dead lifts and squat lifts are Barretts strongest disciplines, his weakest powerlifting event is benchpress. We are very proud to cheer on Jackie However, always a beacon of positivity, he simply states that he is “happy to win a medal of any colour [in benchpress]” Barrett as the first Special Olympics athlete to achieve this honour and and adds that he “had to give someone else a chance to win gold.” know that it will serve as inspiration Since 2008, Barrett has lived in Newfoundland to be close to family. He retired from competition after the 2015 for young athletes across the province. Worlds but, with inspiration and dedication, he coaches young athletes in powerlifting and other disciplines, guiding future Special Olympics athletes to achieve the best they Jackie is the first… who will can with the talent they have been given. be next? Dreams matter! Barrett hopes his story will inspire others to get involved. To get involved or for more information “For all the families out there that have a child, call 902-429-2266 or visit us at or know someone, that has an intellectual disability… www.specialolympicsns.ca my best advice is for them to join Special Olympics,” says Barrett. “The moment they join Special Olympics, it’s going to change your son or daughter’s life, and everyone who’s around them, forever.”

Joel Jacobson is a retired journalist and long-time volunteer at the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame. Photo: Special Olympics Canada

10 11 Making a difference. Together. Congratulations to the 2019 inductees into the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame.

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12 13 Available at local book retailers, Amazon.ca and the Hall of Fame Involved in the NOVA SCOTIA SPORT HALL OF FAME WINS THREE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS AWARDS

The Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame is the recipient of three communications awards from the International Sports community with pride. Heritage Association (ISHA). The awards, called ISHYs, recognize excellence in publications, exhibits and education programming. ISHYs are awarded annually, with the 2019 awards celebrating projects completed between January 1, 2018 and March 31, 2019. Out of the seven award Scotiabank is proud to support the Nova Scotia categories, the NSSHF took home prizes in three of them, competing against sports museums, halls of fame and sports heritage organizations from across North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. Sport Hall of Fame. Within its budget category, the NSSHF won the following awards: Books, Printed or Soft Bound; Marketing Materials – Social Media; and, Educational Programming. We're pleased to be part of your community. The NSSHF earned the books award for its 2018 publication The Top 15: Nova Scotia’s Greatest Athletes, which followed the countdown of the Giving back rewards us all. province’s 15 greatest athletes of all time and preceded “One Night Only,” which saw 1,300 guests attend a dinner featuring eight of the honoured athletes. The book is published by Nimbus and can be purchased in-store and online from Thank you for the opportunity to participate. local book sellers. The social media award was presented to the NSSHF for the Hall’s Facebook page. The NSSHF won the educational programming award for its Future Hall of Famers Education Program: Grade 5 Cross-Curricular Package. This package includes classroom activities, a classroom presentation 1-800-4-SCOTIA and a visit to the museum, all with programming tailored to the provincial Grade 5 curriculum. The NSSHF was recognized for these awards at the 2019 ISHA Conference, which took place at the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame in Wichita, Kansas from October 23 to 24. The NSSHF was also presented with the “Best in Show” award after conference delegates voted the Top 15 book as their favourite entry. Shane Mailman (centre) and Katie Tanner (immediate right) collected the Hall of Fame’s ® Registered trademark of The Bank of Nova Scotia. NHL and the NHL Shield are registered trademarks of the National Hockey League. © NHL 2018. All Rights Reserved awards at the 2019 ISHA conference. 14 JUSTINE Photo: The Chronicle Herald CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Hometown: East Preston, NS • All-time leading scorer in the history of women’s COLLEY- CIS basketball • Two-time CIS National Player of the Year • Two AUS Championship titles with Saint Mary’s University • CIS bronze medal and CIS silver medal with Saint LEGER Mary’s University • Two-time AUS MVP by Bruce Rainnie • Four-time All-Canadian • Five-time AUS first team All-Star • Played more than 40 games with the Canadian he can’t quite pinpoint guess it’s always been in me.” national women’s team the exact moment she That early love of the first touched a game would quickly morph into basketball.S But near-obsession: Colley-Leger’s high school coach at Halifax Grammar Mary’s University. Justine Colley- “I wanted to play all the School. “Just her speed, her lateral movement and her “I knew deep down that I wasn’t going to be as Leger of East time. When I wasn’t playing, I ability to control her body and move it into key positions successful if I left home, not because of my skills or my Preston, wanted to watch. I wanted to in the blink of an eye. That’s so rare to see in either a man capabilities, but more so because I would have been so Nova wear all the jerseys and have the or a woman.” homesick,” reflects Colley-Leger. “Having my family close Scotia, can newest sneakers. If there was no Rare also was Colley-Leger’s love of competition, by, having my community close by – these things were just clearly recall pavement, I’d dribble on grass. described by many as unmatched. too important to me. being hooked No grass, I’d dribble on dirt. I just “I get that from mom and her side of the family,” She joined a squad that was coming off a from the very had to be outside or in a gym. I says Colley-Leger with a smile. “Even if it’s 2-and-18 record the previous year and was first bounce. had to be near a basketball.” a game at the dinner table or a game at immediately named team captain as a “It was Colley-Leger was a baby shower, we’re in it to win it! I rookie. SMU Coach Scott Munro says probably in daycare,” unusually gifted from the very think that competitive nature has choosing Colley-Leger for this role remembers Colley-Leger. start, with athleticism that allowed me to overcome a lot was a no-brainer. “I was too small to actually get perhaps even exceeded her of challenges and hopefully “She had leadership the basketball out of the toy box. remarkable basketball skills. bring out the best in myself skills I have seen in few But I’m told I was persistent, and “Well, she could do and my teammates.” others,” recounts Munro. wouldn’t stop until the teacher had things that I hadn’t ever seen and “Her number one “Players even three to four reached in and grabbed one for me. probably will never see again in priority was to compete and years older immediately Then I would go shoot on the 4-foot my lifetime,” recalls Kathy Spurr, if she had to stomp on you, gave her their respect and basketball net…for hours at a time! So I spit on you, she was going saw her commitment to to do that because she was excellence. She was the a fierce competitor,” laughs hardest worker I’ve ever seen Spurr. “She had that fire in her in practice. Justine is truly a belly. Any time there was any type of person of tremendous character and competition in practice, she was all in.” charisma.” Four transcendent years at Halifax Colley-Leger led the Huskies to the AUS Grammar (she is the only athlete in school Championship game in her first season. By the history to have her/his number retired) led to Colley- end of her fifth and final year, the Huskies had won two Leger being heavily recruited by schools all across Canada league titles, national silver and bronze medals, and she and the US. But she stayed close to home, and chose St. personally had become a two-time national player of the

Photo: Saint Mary’s University, Nick Pearce Photo: Saint Mary’s University, Nick Pearce

16 17 year and the all-time leading scorer in CIS women’s history! “Justine helped put Saint Mary’s on the national stage,” says Munro. “Her impact on St. Mary’s Women’s basketball is immeasurable, and she is certainly front and centre in the conversation of the best to ever play at the University level in Canada.” Colley-Leger also became a key player and leading scorer with the Canadian National Women’s program. It seemed a professional career was certainly in the offing, as well as many more international games representing her country. But Colley-Leger surprised many by walking away from the sport before the 2016 Summer Olympics. “You know, I always say to people, ‘If you eat pizza every meal for 13 years, you’re going to want to try other foods.’ I felt as if I had accomplished enough and that I could walk away comfortably. I had been to so many different parts of the world, and had so many incredible experiences. But it was time to move on. Simply put, my love of family, my desire to be a Mom and to experience other challenges—these all eclipsed my passion for basketball.” “I absolutely love my life now,” concludes Colley-Leger. “But I must say, that pizza was pretty tasty while it lasted!”

*****Justine Colley-Leger lives in East Preston with her husband, Nic and son, Nyo. She is also step-mother to Malaya-Joy Leger and Isaiah Leger. She is working as the African Nova Scotia Sexual Violence Community Engagement Coordinator and serving as the treasurer for the East Preston Ratepayers Association. She also is the Honorary Chair of the Dartmouth General Hospital Capital Campaign.

Bruce Rainnie is President and CEO of the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame Photos: Saint Mary’s University, Nick Pearce

Justine Colley-Leger You’re our www.dghfoundation.ca superhero!

Photo by Nick Pearce Dartmouth General Hospital Foundation congratulates Justine Colley-Leger for her induction into the Nova Scotia Sports Hall of Fame. Thank you Justine for joining us as Celebrity Co-Chair of our Above and Beyond Campaign. You are supporting our campaign which will increase orthopedic capacity for Nova Scotia to reduce wait times for surgery.

18 19 he entire Hall of Fame collection of over 7,900 artifacts is available to the public online at VISIT US IN THE www.novamuse.ca. The Hall encourages anyone Tlooking for a particular item or conducting research on a related topic to search NovaMuse, which has been recently SCOTIABANK updated with improved features. This excellent resource allows us to have our entire collection visible at all times even though only a small portion of it can physically be on display CENTRE at once. Please let us know of any questions or comments you have regarding our collection on NovaMuse!

On your Induction into The Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame FREE ADMISSION @nsshf ◆ www.nsshf.com Justine Colley-Leger Basketball BComm'14

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20 21 SUZANNE CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Hometown: Dartmouth, NS • AUS Rookie of the Year MUIR • Two-time AUS MVP • Five-time AUS All-Star • Two-time All-Canadian • Two-time Athlete of the Year at Saint Mary’s by Craig Meister University • Played with the Canadian national women’s team from 1992 to 1999

ooking back, it should come as little • Played with the national team at the 1995 and 1999 surprise that Suzanne Muir came of age World Cups in an era marked by transcendent two-sportL athlete Bo Jackson. Muir also won a Canadian senior women’s gold But, while Jackson’s exploits in something I always enjoyed, and the more I medal with the Coquitlam, B.C., Strikers in 1994, proving pro football and baseball in the late played, the more I wanted to, and the more her ability to succeed with every team on which she has 1980s and early ’90s transformed him sports I wanted to try. I just really always played a starring role. into a pop-culture icon, Muir quietly enjoyed the challenge, the teamwork and the She says the influence of Kehoe and his wife, carved out a sterling reputation as a camaraderie.” Donna – who acted as manager on those powerhouse City her into the program. soccer and basketball star worth her weight in “I think that competitive drive has Mazda squads that reeled “And she stayed gold – and silver. always been a part of me,” she adds. off three medals nationally there for, I think, seven Muir followed a string of John Kehoe, a trail-blazing from 1990-92, and the years after that. Ironically, three consecutive silver medals coach in female soccer circles runner-up Canada Games she scored three goals, I at the national senior women’s recruited Muir when she was a squad - is enormous, and thought she was probably soccer championships with student at Eric Graves Junior ongoing. the best striker in the another at the Canada High in Dartmouth. He coached “I think it was such tournament, but when they Games in 1993. her from the age of 15 to 23, and a gift what we shared put her into the national By the time again after her international together as a team with program, they turned her she had completed career ended. He remembers John and his wife Donna. into a defender.” her Bachelor of a strong, speedy player with a They weren’t just our The versatile Muir, Commerce and Arts knack for scoring big goals. coaches, they mentored who also played outside degrees at Saint Those attributes are how us through our youth midfielder, was on the team Mary’s University, she eventually caught the and life, and there was for two World Cups and she had added two attention of the national team. a connection and a amassed 31 caps during league MVP awards on “We beat Ontario 3-2 [at friendship between all seven years, which was the the pitch for SMU, and a pair of the Canada Games] and of us that has lasted a 10th highest total when she athlete-of-the-year honours that Suzanne scored all three lifetime, and a bond that retired in 1999. recognized her key contributions as goals,” notes Kehoe. “And will always be there. It was “It’s such an point guard on the court. with the national team an incredibly special time honour and privilege “From a young age, I was coach sitting there in and I am very fortunate to be able to represent always drawn to participating in the stands, I mean, that for it.” your country, says Muir, sports,” says Muir, who moved from was it. She was on the A proud Santamarian, 49, an Inspector with Brockville, Ontario to Dartmouth, national team after that. Muir was inducted into the Vancouver Police Nova Scotia as a child. “It was That was the game that put the Huskies’ Hall of Department. “I feel Fame – by Kehoe, fittingly incredibly fortunate to have enough — in 2014. had that opportunity.” For someone whom “If I reflect back, Kehoe praises for her I don’t know if you even extreme loyalty, Muir think or know of the Photo: The Chronicle Herald values friends, family and possibilities that exist in teammates over individual achievements and is reluctant front of you.” 22 23 Muir (right) with teammate and fellow to pick a role model. When Hall of Famer Mary Beth Bowie pressed, she quietly mentions her late mother, Joan, a woman with a gentle soul who passed before Suzanne’s final year at SMU. Being named to the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame is another Herald Chronicle The Photo: honour, says Muir, who is pursuing a two-year MBA degree at the University of British Columbia when she is not working, hiking, biking, working out, running, or playing soccer. “It wasn’t something I expected at all,” she says of being selected for the Hall of Fame. “I Congratulations! was very surprised and, again, honoured. It’s an impressive list of people inducted over the years, so I’m extremely humbled.” WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOUR Craig Meister is a Nova Scotia- raised journalist who has worked with the Bridgewater Bulletin, Halifax Daily News, Chronicle Herald, Kentville Advertiser, Canadian Press/Broadcast News, and the Ottawa Sun. ACHIEVEMENTS. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE TO INSPIRE AND DEVELOP THE GAME OF SOCCER IN NOVA SCOTIA.

Muir with her biggest fans: her Suzanne Muir sisters and nephew Soccer Nova Scotia

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Many thousands of Chronicle Herald readers have enjoyed the award-winning work of editorial cartoonist Bruce MacKinnon (pictured below right) through his almost 33-year career at the daily newspaper. Now thousands more are seeing MacKinnon’s creativity at the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame. Over two dozen sport-themed MacKinnon cartoons are on display at the Hall, and will be for another several months. They are all originals, loaned by MacKinnon, The Chronicle Herald, StFX and private lenders. A handful of the cartoons are devoted to hockey icon Sidney Crosby, and MacKinnon has also loaned an original painting of Sid the Kid, commemorating his second Olympic gold-medal win with Team Canada, that is on display in the Crosby exhibit. The one cartoon included in the exhibit that has possibly attracted the most acclaim is the one done after the Humboldt Broncos bus crash in 2018. MacKinnon’s cartoon depicts the outpouring of national support for the team, a drawing of one hockey player from each province and territory, supporting a player from Saskatchewan off the ice. Other cartoons depict Hall of Famers such as Coach Steve Konchalski and famed marathon runner Johnny Miles; homegrown NHL talent such as Nathan MacKinnon and Brad Marchand; Nova Scotia locales such as Cole Harbour and Windsor; and significant moments in national sport history such as Rick Hansen’s Man in Motion World Tour. Each piece perfectly illustrates how closely interwoven sports are with culture, politics and current events. The idea of the display was sparked by a loan to the Hall of a MacKinnon original for the Top 15 exhibit. Jamie Bone (pictured below left viewing the display), a multi-medal winner at the Paralympic Games, was depicted in his wheelchair with his three gold medals and Herculean arms. The Hall of Fame had such a positive response to that cartoon that a full Bruce MacKinnon display seemed like a perfect fit for the museum. A native of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Bruce MacKinnon studied at StFX University, Mount Allison University and the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. His first professional experience in cartooning was at the age of 14, when he was hired to draw cartoons for the local weekly, The Casket. MacKinnon started drawing a weekly editorial cartoon for The Chronicle Herald in 1985, working at home while raising his newborn daughter. He joined the paper full-time in August of 1986. His work has been featured in publications and exhibits around the world. MacKinnon’s cartoons have been acquired by the National Archives of Canada, the Library of Congress, the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, as well as other galleries. Many of his originals are part of StFX University’s permanent art collection. He has published four books of cartoons and caricatures: Inklings (1990); Inklings II (1994); Pendemonium (2002); and Penetration (2010), which marked his 25th year with The Chronicle Herald. MacKinnon has been recognized nationally and internationally for his work. He has two honorary degrees, and is a member of the Order of Canada and the Order of Nova Scotia.

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Helping to Select Nova Scotia Sport Heroes to the Hall Hubert Earle Gail Rice Wayne Finck Artuitive Group Elizabeth Douglas John MacDonald Allan MacLaughlin David Andrews he selection process for the Nova Scotia Sport Hall top four vote getters in the athlete-team category receiving Ken Mantin Walter Williams Courtney Malcolm Nigel Kemp of Fame has proven to be very successful, creating automatic election. Those others receiving at least 50 per David Garnier Wilfred Moore (In honour William Wilson Kevin Heisler transparency and expanded participation, while cent of the first-ballot vote are then placed on a second Fred MacGillivray of the 1962 Halifax Kevin Veinot Ian Ramsay Tensuring the best athletes, teams and builders continue ballot, and require at least 75 per cent of the vote to attain Cathy Campbell Kingfishers Jr. A Hockey Norm Ferguson Michael Sullivan to gain the recognition they deserve. A 24-person review election. A maximum of five new members in the category Ian Smith Team) Dan Reid Vernon Kynock panel from across the province, all sport-knowledgeable can be elected each year. Jeffrey Whitman Jocelyn Webb L.G. Trask Holdings Jonathan Beausang people, review the nominations – usually between 80 and The process is similar for builders with a maximum of Daniel Gallivan Phil Henderson William O’Donnell Graham MacIntyre 100 submissions annually. two to be elected each year, unless there are extenuating Robert Ferguson Arthur Donahoe IMO Dr. Cecil MacLean Marie Bowness Using a weighted point system, each of the 24 ranks his circumstances. Leo and Peggy Gallant Kenneth Marchant Doug Holland Steven Shriver or her top 10 in the athlete-team category and top five in Chair of the Hall of Fame selection process is Board Virginia Smith Marjorie Turner-Bailey Helmut Stoeckl Bruce Hunt the builder category. member and Hall of Famer Mark Smith, elected as an Ronald MacDonald Bill Robinson Edwin Harris Keith Souchereau Two short lists – top point getters in athlete-team and athlete in 2002. Rene MacKay Rob Randall Wayne Clyke Peter Miller builder categories – in alphabetical order, are then presented Members of the two committees welcomed the new Bruce Rainnie Judi Rice Robert MacDonald Brian and Liana Heaney to a final 12-member selection committee, consisting of process in 2009 and have seen its success in the years George Hallett Philip Bowes Mason Johnston Scott Logan Lowell Cormier Peter Halpin regional representatives with sport background expertise. following. Robert Shaw Geraldine Thomas Karen Moore Farida Gabbani and Larry Cyril MacLeod Dave Robertson That committee meets in person to review the final list Nominations are accepted until January 31st each year. Derek White Anthony Community Foundation of Paul Boutilier of nominees, with open and detailed discussion taking The selection process moves through committees from Ian Thompson Jamie Oyler Nova Scotia David Cudmore place on each nominee. March through May. Michael Henderson Dr. Bill Stanish Glenn and Mary Taylor Bill Riley A transparent first-ballot vote narrows the list, with the Brian Langley James Farquhar Frances Hayes Marc Champoux Packy McFarland Skit Ferguson Wendell Young Peter Hope Russell Burton Joel Jacobson Mickey Fox Colby Leisure Pools SELECTION COMMITTEE PERSONNEL Steve Konchalski Peter Corkum Ted Cumming Chris Giannou Tyrone Gardiner IMO Ralph Simmons Catherine MacRae Doug Wright Albert Peppard Walter Dann Stephen MacDonald Mary Beth Bowie 2019 Selection Review Panel 2019 Selection Committee William Fraser Rick Rivers Wayne MacDonald Allyson Stevens John and Bonnie Wooler Jean Meagher Don and Liz Mills Scott Ellison and Lynda Michelle Aucoin Albert Johnson Chairman Dorothy Robbins Tony Munden Phillip Gaunce Shoveller Ray Bradshaw Alex Joseph Mark Smith Daniel Joseph Tom Lynch Anthony Sweet Cathy Burton Nigel Kemp Cathy Burton Fred Smithers Lowell Cormier Bill Kiely Janice Cossar Ross McNeil William Squires Janice Cossar Steve Locke George Hallett Thank you for your support! Glen Delaney Melissa MacKinnon Mike Henderson Ann Dodge John Randles Bill Kiely Ken Douglas Burton Russell Alison MacDonald Thanks to the generous support of our Education Program sponsors and attendees of our annnual Fox Harb’r Karen Furneaux John Ryan Dave MacLean Invitational Golf Tournament, we are able to continue to Matt Haliburton Gordie Smith Monty Mosher offer the Future Hall of Famers program free of charge George Hallett Stephanie Spencer Gail Rice and fund necessary resources such as a new Hall of Fame Mike Henderson Anna Stammberger Gordie Sutherland vehicle for visiting schools. Ambrose White Ted Upshaw

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Oland • Cruikshank • TEAM Rod Shoveller • Marie McNeil Bowness honoured members of Bill McKay • John Piers • James Archibald “J.A.” World Championship Karen Fraser Moore Ross Foley Four Oared Crew Shearwater Flyers Football Jack McKenna • Dannie Seaman • Ferguson • Sailing 1992 (Rowing) 1957 BUILDER Sandy McMullin • H.L. “Bud” Thorbourne • Judge Julian Elliot Glen Dexter, Andreas ATHLETE The Nova Leo Glavine St. Mary’s Four Oared Aileen Meagher • Harry Trainor • Hudson • Josenhans, Alexander 1988 Fred Cuvelier • Taylor Gordon • Minister Crew of 1909 (Rowing) “Sandy” MacMillan Fred MacGillivray, Sr. • Bert “Basket” Messervey • Smith-Nickerson Four Abbie Warden • Donald John Loney • ATHLETE Ismet “Hum” Joseph • Scotia Sport Johnny Miles • George Warden • John “Jack” Thomas • 1977, 1980 Wayne Maxner Joyce Myers • Oared Crew (Rowing) Douglas “Dugger” Leigh Miller • Freda Noble Wales • MEDIA AWARD TEAM McNeil • BUILDER 1997 Billy Mooney • 1980 Hall of Fame TEAM Alex Nickerson • David Piers ATHLETE Frank Morrison • ATHLETE Acadia University Darius “Pat” Patterson • Earl Arthur Ryan • Ernie Mosher • “Axemen” Acadia University Men’s 1984 Bob Sayer Jamie Bone David Amadio • Basketball 1971 Basketball 1930 Garfield MacDonald • Rick Bowness • Deceased Bob Forward • Tom Mullane • ATHLETE TEAM Paul Andrea Caledonia Rugby 1937 Halifax Curling Club Edwin Crowell • Jack Stan Fraser • Jack Munroe • BUILDER ORIGINAL Don Bauld • Halifax “Atlantics” Hockey Men’s 1927 Marjorie Turner-Bailey Saint Francis Xavier Hockey John “Jook” Munroe Jimmy Fraser • Mike Murphy • George “Porgy” Kehoe • INDUCTEES Len Boss • 1952-53-54 Liverpool Jets Senior Lyle Carter 1950-51 Bob Piers Bob Goodhew • A.V. “Chummie” Murray • Gerald Mielke • Annie Longard • ATHLETE Joe “Beef” Cameron • Halifax Queen Elizabeth Women’s Softball 1965-67 Louis “Louie” Graham • Frank Nicks • Gladys Longard • 1993 BUILDER Dr. W.A. “Buddy” “Lions” Basketball 1950 Liverpool Larrupers Wayne Smith • Alfred “Ackie” Allbon • Chester Gregory • Con Olson • ATHLETE Condy • Halifax “Wolverines” Senior Baseball 1939-41 BUILDER TEAM George Athanasiou Hector “Hec” Andrews • John “Hap” Hanlon • Gerald “Jigger” O’Neil • John Devison Leo Amadio • Dr. William Stanish Hockey 1934-35 Yarmouth Gateways John “Brother” Brookfield Elks Softball Sam R. Balcom • Reg Hart • John W. O’Neill • Foster “Moxie” Dickson • Andrew Cole Dorothy Walker Kentville “Glooscap” Senior Baseball 1929-35 1980 Marty Barry • Roy Haverstock • Jim “Hank” O’Rourke • MacDonald • Elizabeth Connor • P. “Skit” Ferguson Curling 1951 • TEAM Wally Barteaux • Nedder Healey • Billy Parsons • 1982 Jimmy McDonald • Robert McCall • Fred Fox • Kentville Wildcats Hockey 1989 Fabie Bates • William A. Henry • Charles Patterson Sr. • MEDIA AWARD Robert Mills Nova Scotia Voyageurs Lawson Fowler • 1926-27 ATHLETE ATHLETE D. Stanley Bauld • Charles “Tiny” Charles Patterson 2nd • Miriam Penney • Hockey 1971-72 Tyrone Gardiner New Glasgow High Norman “Normie” Earl R.J. Morton • Hugh Alexander Joey Beaton • Hermann • Charlie Paul • Doug Sulliman Doug Grant School Ferguson 1998 Richard Beazley • Grant Holmes • Gertrude Phinney • 1985 Campbell Art Hafey Track and Field 1937 George Ross Harper BUILDER ATHLETE Fred “Stonewall” Bishop • Vernon “Newt” Hopper • Billy Pickering • ATHLETE Herbert MacLeod • John “Junior” Hanna • New Waterford Central Christopher “Chris” Hook Vaughan Black • John “Timmie” Hunter • Burns Wesley Pierce • Sydney Hale Roy • James Creighton • William “Bill” Carter • Jimmy Hawboldt • High School Basketball Maisie Howard • Susan Mason (MacLeod) Neddy Borne • Roy Hunter • Wyman Porter • Reginald J. Muise Bill Kingston • Wilson Parsons Robert Hayes • 1961 Richard “Kid” Howard • Thomas Melvin “Ike” Arthur J. Brady • Nedder Hurley • Billy Rawley • BUILDER William “Bill” Riley J. “Bert” Hirschfeld • New Waterford “Strands” Rita Lohnes Murray • 1994 Henry “Ducky” Brooks • Gordon B. Isnor • Vaughan Reagh • Ken Shea Dorothy Holmes • Basketball 1946-47-48 Lowell MacDonald Beverley “Bev” Wade • John Brophy • ATHLETE Frank Brown • Roy Isnor • Walter Rice • BUILDER Vida Large • St. Agnes Juvenile Gary Walter McMahon BUILDER Nigel Kemp George Brown • Stanton Jackson • Billy Richardson • Paul Boutilier Parker MacDonald Basketball - John “Kenzie” MacNeill • Donald Wheeler • Elizabeth Chard • Freddie Cameron • Waldon Kennedy • Harvey Richardson • Frederick Robert “Fred” Ann Dodge Steve “Kid” MacDonald • New Waterford 1932 Gerald “Tarp” Walsh • TEAM Lois MacGregor “Hockey Jack” Campbell • Alf Kirby • “Nugget” Richmond • Lynch • Peter Doig • Allister MacNeil Stellarton “Albions” Bob Wong Mike Carney • Gordon “Doggie” Kuhn • Percy Ring • BUILDER Les Topshee • Stellarton Monarchs Karin Maessen Avard Mann • Baseball 1951-52-53 TEAM Frank Carroll • Robert Laidlaw • Mickey Roach • John E. “Gee” Ahern • Senior Softball 1937-38 BUILDER S. “Chook” Maxwell • Sydney Millionaires MEDIA AWARD Carroll Charleton • Ves Laing • Alf Rogers • Gerald St. Clair “Jerry” Saint Mary’s University Joseph “Joey” Mullins • Hockey 1941 Dr. Cecil MacLean • 1990 Robert “Bob” Douglas • D.R. “Dempsey” Mellish Lane • William C. Ross • Bauld • Basketball 1972-73 Roy Oliver • Truro “Bearcats” Senior ATHLETE Frank Garner Chisholm • Sam Langford • Fritz Schaefer • Bevil “Bev” Piers • TEAM 1986 Baseball 1946 Reginald “Reg” Beazley • TEAM 1999 Roy Chisholm • George Latham • Cliff Shand • Blair Richardson • ATHLETE Truro Bearcats “Seven Acadia Senior Men’s Peter Hope Saint Francis Xavier ATHLETE Frank Condon • Jack Learment • Howard Shaw • Richie Spears Survivors” Hockey Varsity Basketball 1964- Sylvester “Daddy” Bubar • Sam Wareham • Football 1966 Dave Downey Jack Condon • Sammy Lesser • Lou Shaw • Sherman White • 1930-31 65 Nancy Ellen Garapick Jerry Byers • Duncan Gillis • Johnny Conroy • Fergie Little • Lou Siderski • R. “Tic” Williams • 1995 Truro “Slugs” Girls Softball Acadia Senior Women’s Gerald “Gerry” Leslie Mike Henderson Thurston Cook • Tommy Little • Billy Smith • Frances L. Woodbury • BUILDER 1945-46-50 Varsity Swim 1977-78 Glinz • ATHLETE Mike McPhee Joe Crockett • Lester Lowther • Ted Stackhouse • Robert “Bob” Kaplan • BUILDER Bridgetown Men’s Lawn Marty Martinello Josephine Laba • George Cutten • Mark & Mike Lynch • Frank Stephen • 1981 Herman Kaplan • BUILDER Bowling 1973-75 BUILDER Paul MacLean Art Dalton • Victor MacAulay • Bill “Red” Stuart • Bob Beaton • ATHLETE International Dory Racing Alfred “Alf” LeJeune • Bob Boucher • Robie Davison • Ritchie MacCoy • Dave Thomson • A. Garnet Brown • Steve MacDonald • Marie Moore Edith Bauld • - Lloyd Heisler & Russell Pat Connolly • Clarence DeMont • “Big” Alex MacDonald • George Tracy • Ted Cumming Gordon S. Mont TEAM Ralph Simmons • John Alexander “Johnny” Langille 1952-55 John MacGlashen • George Dixon • Ian MacDonald • Jimmy Trott • John Cechetto Windsor Maple Leafs BUILDER Clark • TEAM W.R. “Tee” Doyle • Jack D. MacDonald • Jack Twaddle • Hanson Dowell • Springhill “Fencebusters” Senior Hockey 1963-64 TEAM Delmore William “Buddy” Baseball 1927-28 Gussie MacLellan • Burns Dunbar • R.J. MacDonald • Angus Walters • Danny Gallivan • Saint Mary’s University Halifax Arcade Ladies Daye • 1991 Ken Mantin Bill Dunphy • Roddie MacDonald • Terrence “Tiger” Eddie Gillis • MEDIA AWARD Football 1973 Softball 1946-49 James Goode “Jimmy” ATHLETE Vern Eville • Toby MacDonald • Warrington • Jack Gray • TEAM Gray • W.J. “Ace” Foley • 1987 Layton Ferguson • John MacIntyre • Russell T. Ward • Don Henderson • Walter Dann Nova Scotia Women’s 2000 John Edward McCurdy • ATHLETE Robert “Burglar” “Mickey” MacIntyre • George Weatherbee • Clarence Johnson • 1983 Hilliard Graves Field Hockey 1975 ATHLETE Jesse Elroy Mitchell • John “Jack” Fritz • Ferguson • Hughie MacKinnon • Neddie Weaver • Fred Kelly • ATHLETE Angus “Sonny” Donald “Chick” Phil Scott 1996 Vincent Ferguson • Clarence “Coot” Steven Whelan • Art Lightfoot • BUILDER Clyde Gray MacDonald • Charlton • Francis “Rocky” Leon Fluck • MacLean • Neil Wilkie • Frank McGibbon • Nathan Scoville “Nate” George “Rock-A-Bye” John Myketyn • ATHLETE William Hannon • MacDougall • Charlie Foley • Kirk MacLellan • James “Minute” Wilkie • Leo “Pop” McKenna • Bain • Ross • Billy O’Donnell David Crabbe Kevin Morrison Tom Foley • Silas MacLellan • Benny Woodworth • John MacCarthy • BUILDER Lawrence “Butch” Harold William “Harry” BUILDER BUILDER Edna Lockhart O’Hearn BUILDER Hugh Little • Wendell Young 2004 Leon Carter Kell Antoft • Gerry MacMillan BUILDER 2012 Karen Furneaux Kathy Powers Simon P. Gillis • Brian Langley Steve Konchalski ATHLETE Al Yarr Tyrone Williams Ante Jazic Don Koharski Julie Barton BUILDER TEAM Dick MacLean • Steve Giles BUILDER Sydney Millionaires Bernie Chisholm 2008 Vince Horsman David Fry • Hockey 1948-49 Hugh Matheson Glen Murray Fred MacGillivray THANK YOU Gail Rice ATHLETE BUILDER 2001 William James Roue • Don Brien 2017 John (Jack) Graham ATHLETE TO OUR INDUCTION NIGHT AND FACILITY SPONSORS ATHLETE TEAM Peter Corkum Al MacInnis Howard Jackson • Sarah Baker Cecilia Branch Glace Bay Colonels 1987 Donald MacVicar Carroll Morgan • TEAM Amy Cotton MEDIA Kathy MacCormack Spurr BUILDER 2001 King of Donair Men’s Todd King Donnie MacIsaac • Lucy Smith BUILDER Wayne Finck Soccer Club Colin White Laurie Power • 2005 David Fraser 2013 Arnold Patterson • Ginny Smith ATHLETE ATHLETE BUILDER TEAM TEAM Neil Amadio • Lawrence Hafey Brad Barton Thorburn Mohawks John Cassidy Amherst Ramblers John Hatch Mike Kelly • Hockey 1960-61 Maritime Junior Softball Jackie Hayden • BUILDER TEAM David “Ducky” Webber 1963-65 2009 Stephen Fairbairn 1977 Cheema Canoe 1981 Canada Games BUILDER ATHLETE Tak Kikuchi Team Junior Boys Softball John Paris Jr. Bruce Beaton TEAM 2018 2002 Susan Smith Mickey Fox Murray Sleep • 1981 Acadia University ATHLETE ATHLETE Brian Heaney Axemen Football TEAM Mary Beth Bowie Fabian Joseph Jody Hennigar 1985 Kentville Wildcats Gordie Smith Kristan Burley Cliff Roach • Antigonish Robertson’s Baseball Anna Pendergast Mark Smith Midget Softball 1984 BUILDER Stammberger Nova Scotia Canada 2014 BUILDER Roy Clements • ATHLETE Somebeachsomewhere • Games Men’s Basketball Gus Fahey Terry Henderson 1987 Kevin Dugas BUILDER Alexander “Sandy” TEAM MEDIA Scott Fraser • Thomas Doucette • Young • Acadia University Men’s Theresa MacCuish Al Hollingsworth Margaret “Peggy” Gallant TEAM Basketball 1976-77 Richard G. Munro TEAM Dalhousie University 2006 Ken Poole 2010 1978 SMU Men’s Volleyball 1982 ATHLETE BUILDER ATHLETE Basketball Team Saint Mary’s Junior Hockey Terry Baker Dr. Cathy Campbell Janice Cossar 1948 Chris Clarke Anthony Hall Mike Forgeron John Giovannetti • 2003 Robyn Meagher TEAM 2019 David Pinkney Sr. • ATHLETE Gary Sabean 1998 Truro TSN Bearcats ATHLETE Ken Reardon Jackie Barrett Rick Anderson Cindy Tye Hockey Club BUILDER Justine Colley-Leger Jim Beckman Ross Webb 2015 Suzanne Muir Malcolm Davis David Andrews BUILDER Muriel Fage • ATHLETE Jody Shelley Graham MacIntyre Carl “Bucky” Buchanan Courtney Malcolm Raymond “Sugar Ray” Morgan Williams Clyde Roy • Kevin Heisler Downey Barry Shakespeare • TEAM Rick Rivers Chris Flynn BUILDER BUILDER Judy Lugar and Morag 2011 Andrew Haley Henry Boutilier Jerome Bruhm McLean Sailing David Kikuchi ATHLETE Roger Caulfield Leo Fahey • Fisherman’s Market Midget Boys Fast Pitch Will Njoku BUILDER TEAM Softball 1981 Steve Pound Jim Bottomley Saint Francis Xavier Cam Russell Lowell Cormier 2007 Michael Scarola Football 1963 TEAM ATHLETE BUILDER MEDIA 1995 Dalhousie University Frank Dorrington • Hugh Townsend Hubert Earle Men’s Soccer Team Stan Hennigar Jr. Carolyn Savoy • 2004 Fred Lake • 2016 TEAM ATHLETE Penny LaRocque ATHLETE Charles Smith • Team Colleen Jones 1999- Art Dorrington • Tracy Cameron Shelley (left) with Jean-Sébastien Giguère

Photo: Halifax Mooseheads CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Hometown: Yarmouth, NS • Scored a spot with the Halifax Mooseheads as a “walk-on” player in 1994 • Halifax Mooseheads team captain, 1996-97 • Led the Halifax Mooseheads to within one win from a berth in the 1997 Memorial Cup JODY SHELLEY • Voted favourite Mooseheads player of all time for the 15th Mooseheads Anniversary season by Bruce Rainnie • Had his Mooseheads jersey, #45, retired • 14-year NHL career with the Columbus Blue Jackets, San Jose Sharks, New York Rangers and Philadelphia here have been many great stars who have Flyers played major junior hockey in Halifax. • Played in over 625 regular season and playoff games Names like Nathan MacKinnon, Jonathan therefore in uncharted territory when he was challenged Drouin,T Alex Tanguay, Ladislav Nagy and Jean- in the NHL physically by one of the biggest players on the ice: Sebastien Giguere leap to mind. But, you could “I was in front of the net and Danny Dupont [son of • Holds the all-time record in penalty minutes for a make a strong argument that no player ever forged former Philadelphia Flyer Moose Dupont] whacked me. regular season with the Halifax Mooseheads (420), a connection with Nova Scotia fans the way Jody I said ‘Don’t do it again.’ And he did. So I dropped the and the single-game penalty minutes record for the Shelley did. gloves with him. Remember, I had NEVER been in a fight. San Jose Sharks (41) The big left-winger played his minor hockey in I held my own, I guess. I ended up with a shiner, but also Yarmouth, honing his skills with peewee, bantam, felt I earned a lot of respect. and midget rep teams. Then in 1994, a new “I remember Shawn MacKenzie, the assistant Tanguay. “We felt it in the locker room, and QMJHL team called the Mooseheads coach, talking to me one day after a invited him to its first ever training the fans felt it in the arena. He brought practice. He said, “If you want to play such great energy not only to our camp. like you’re 5’7’, we have guys like “I was what they called a team but also to the building.” that all over the world. But if you “As a leader,” says Shelley, “I ‘walk on’ player. Nobody want to play like you’re 6’3”, recruited me, I tried to get to know everyone. well – there’s not so many I also tried to include of those guys. I got the everyone in team activities, message.” whether they were rookies Shelley would go on was on nobody’s radar,” or third year players. That to make the team and, way, I always knew the remembers Shelley with a laugh. within two years, had “I’m pretty sure a major reason I was pulse of the team. I also become a 25-goal scorer was never afraid to speak invited was because I was Nova Scotian, and and the Mooseheads the Mooseheads wanted to have some homegrown up if I thought a player captain; their leader on wasn’t pulling his weight.” players in camp. I heard more than once, ‘Who is this big and off the ice. Legendary kid from Yarmouth?’ I really wasn’t sure I fit in. His leadership skills Moose Goaltender Jean and tireless work ethic “It was day three of camp when I called home and told Sebastien Giguere reflects my Dad, ‘I don’t want to be here.’ He said, ‘Do yourself resulted in what Shelley on the example he set: describes as an “unlikely” a favor, don’t cut yourself, let them cut you.’ I’m glad I “Jody is not the guy that listened.” 11-year NHL career. He had the most talent, but you played 625 total games for four For Shelley, a defining moment came just days later. know he was willing to do Up until that point in his hockey life, he had always been different teams, and was beloved anything to get better, he’s a guy that at each stop. His style of play resulted a finesse player, a goal scorer and playmaker. He was just worked extremely hard to get to Photo: The Chronicle Herald in more than 500 stitches to his face and where he was. We knew that if we followed a nose that was broken so many times he lost his lead, followed the type of work ethic he had, we count. Still, though, he loved every minute, and wouldn’t Photo: Canadian Press, Jamie Sabau knew we could go somewhere.” change a thing. “The charisma that he had was contagious,” remembers “I was living my dream. I always had a great former Mooseheads teammate and NHL star Alex attitude, and always tried to treat people right,” says

36 37 Shelley. “It was so important to me to represent my city and my teammates with character.” It is little surprise, then, that Shelley is still so beloved and revered in his hometown of Yarmouth. The town’s major arena, the Mariner Centre, is located at 45 Jody Shelley Drive. And his annual golf tournament, “The Jody Shelley Golf Fore Health” event, just finished its 15th year, and has raised more than a half million dollars for the Yarmouth Regional Hospital. “It is important to me to stay connected to the town,” says Shelley. “It gave me so much. I got to live a life I never would have dreamed, and the people of Yarmouth have supported me each step along the way.” As for his enduring popularity in the City of Halifax? “I think the fans identified with who I was, where I was from, and what I was doing. I also think that everyone loves an underdog story. I was never supposed to make that team, let alone go on to play more than 600 games in the NHL. I think I’m proof that no matter where you’re from, or how far you might be from your goal, that there’s a path. You can get there. It might not be easy, but you can do it.”

***Today Jody Shelley is a very popular TV broadcaster for the NHL’s Columbus Blue Jackets. He lives in Ohio with his wife, Mandy, and children, Evelyn and Owen.***

Photo: Halifax Mooseheads Photo: Canadian Press, Jamie Sabau

THE ORIGINAL MOOSEHEAD • BUILT ON PRIDE, HEART AND DETERMINATION CONGRATULATIONS JODY S ELLEY Photo: Halifax Mooseheads Shelley (centre) with Ken Mounce (left) and Laddie Farquhar

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42 43 The Hall of Fame staff remains active in the local, national and international sport and heritage communities by serving on various boards. Here are some recent appointments: Bruce Rainnie, President & CEO -- board member for the 2020 North American Indigenous Games Shane Mailman, Director of Programs & Operations -- President of the Canadian Association of Sport Heritage and board member for the International Sports Heritage Association Karolyn Sevcik, Manager of Administration & Special Events -- board member for Halifax Alta Gymnastics Club Katie Tanner, Museum & Communications Coordinator CONGRATULATIONS -- Treasurer of the Association of Nova Scotia Museums and board member for the Cultural Federations of Nova Scotia Christina Brien, Education Program & Special Events JODY SHELLEY Coordinator -- Education VP for the Canadian Association of Sport Heritage

The American Hockey League would like to The Hall of Fame also attended the Association of Nova congratulate all of this year’s inductees, Scotia Museums (ANSM), Canadian Association for including AHL Graduate Jody Shelley Sport Heritage (CASH), and International Sports Heritage Association (ISHA) conferences in 2019. The Hall is an active member of all three organizations and was a presenter at the CASH and ISHA events.

45 46 47 MORGAN CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: WILLIAMS Hometown: Cole Harbour, NS • Represented Canada 58 times – a record for a Canadian scrum half—with the Rugby 15’s team • Made three World Cup appearances with Canada’s Rugby 15’s team • National team captain, including at the 2007 World Cup by Katie Tanner • Represented Canada on the Sevens World Circuit, playing in three World Cups and two rguably the greatest rugby player to come from Nova British Columbia to attend the Commonwealth Games with the national Rugby Scotia, Morgan Williams has earned his place in University of Victoria. 7’s team tournaments around the world, always honouring his “The friendships • Played the highest level of professional rugby in and 2007 World Cups as well. He set a record for the most rootsA with a hand-written “N.S.” on the back of his jersey as he that I formed both France and England international appearances by a rugby player in his position— accumulated an unprecedented 58 caps in international play. made me want to scrum half. • 2001 Heineken Cup Runners Up with the Stade After spending his early years in the Halifax area, come back,” says Francais Paris team (French first division) “Any time there was someone challenging for that Williams attended boarding school in Ontario from Grade 9 Williams when spot, I made sure to play harder,” he says. • Twice selected to play for the Barbarians FC, an to graduation, but he returned to Nova Scotia every summer describing how he The Canadian team lost to eventual second-place invitational rugby union team to play rugby. He played for the Cole Harbour Rugby found the people team France in the 1999 World Cup, but Williams achieved • Invited to play in Martin Johnson’s testimonial Club and then made the U17, U19 and men’s in Nova Scotia’s two tries, and his efforts in the tournament catapulted his match in 2005 and helped Johnson’s team to a senior provincial teams. Nova Scotia became rugby community so victory career. In addition to excelling at rugby fifteens, he was also the place he called home when his inviting— especially J.D. a talented player in rugby sevens, which, due to the reduced parents were moving around Wheeler, who supported number of players, is a lot more fitness-based— something in the military. Williams Williams throughout his he states is one of the only Nova Scotian even returned to play rugby debut and lengthy his major strengths. player—to have the for Nova Scotia playing career. He appeared with chance to play at this after moving to Williams quickly made the the Canadian men’s level of rugby. He was national team, playing in the rugby sevens team at also twice selected to U17, U19 and U23 divisions three World Cups and play for the Barbarians before becoming a fixture two Commonwealth FC, an invitational of the men’s senior team. Games. rugby union team He joined the World A Sport Nova based in Britain, and Cup squad in 1999 Scotia Male Athlete of was asked to play for and remained on the Year, Williams was Martin Johnson’s team Team Canada also seen as a strong in the English rugby for the 2003 leader by his coaches. legend’s testimonial match in 2005. “I liked to let my playing do most of the talking for Getting asked to play for his first pro team (the me,” says Williams when describing his leadership style. Bordeaux-Bègles Gironde in France) was a shock at the time He was selected to a pro team and ended up living for Williams, who was on a plane two days after he received with his wife in both London and France (where they had the the offer and wasn’t able to speak a word of French. first of their two children) while playing professionally for “I had to write “G” on my left hand for “gauche” and the Bordeaux-Bègles Gironde, Stade Français, Saracens and “D” on my right for “droite,” he says. SC Albi. These were some of the biggest professional teams Williams says that travelling the world was one of in Europe, and Williams was one of few Canadians—and the best parts of his athletic career, and that, “getting paid to do something you love that you’ve always been working

Photos (above and on facing page): Rugby Canada, José Romelo Lagman 48 49 for” has been one of the biggest honours. “The game of rugby has taken me so many places in the world,” he says. However, rugby has always brought Williams back to Canada— firstly, with the Canadian men’s team, which he had the honour of captaining at the 2007 World Cup, and secondly as a coach. “I’m very lucky to be able to give back to the sport that gave me so much,” says Williams, who has worked with Canada’s men’s national team and men’s sevens team, and also helped Canada’s women’s sevens team to a bronze medal at the Olympic Games in Rio as their skills coach. Williams will remain busy after successfully leading the women’s sevens team to gold at the 2019 Pan American Games as assistant coach. World Series events will take the team to Denver, Dubai, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Canada and Paris, and, hopefully, then to the 2020 Olympics. Rugby is growing quickly in Canada, especially in women’s high school sports, and Williams explains that part of the appeal is that it is a sport for all body types: “It’s got everything for everybody.” He also praises rugby’s team-oriented approach, and credits the teamwork skills he learned from rugby as major assets to his current career as a firefighter in British Columbia. Despite living across the country, Williams always appreciates the chance to come back to Nova Scotia, the province that he feels started him on his path to greatness. Photo: Rugby Canada, José Romelo Lagman Romelo José Canada, Rugby Photo:

On behalf of Rugby Nova Scotia, congratulations Morgan http://rugbyns.ns.ca/ Photos (left and bottom right): Rugby Canada, José Romelo Lagman

50 51 CONGRATULATIONS MORGAN WILLIAMS The Cole Harbour Rugby Club congratulates our teammate on being the first rugby player in almost 40 years, and the first CHRFC member ever, to be inducted into the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame

52 53 would like to congratulate all of this year's inductees.

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54 55 Boutilier (third from left) with the 1984 Glace Bay Colonels

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: HENRY Hometown: Glace Bay, NS • Coached baseball for four decades, beginning in 1979 • Coached and managed the Glace Bay Colonels Little League team to the Canadian Major Little BOUTILIER League Championship title in 1987, 1988, 1991, 1994 and 2003 by Paul MacDougall • Attended the Little League World Series with the Colonels five times oach Henry Boutilier’s name is stitched into the • Coached the Colonels to a fourth-place Little fabric of the Glace Bay little league like the thread League World Series finish in 1988 and 1991 that holds a baseball together. Boutilier has won • Managed the Colonels to 19 Maritime and 24 Cseven national championships in two little league age Provincial Championship titles between 1982 and groups plus six second place finishes. If someone says 2015 “During the playoffs they made two All-Star teams of the best Colonels in the world of Canadian little league, everyone • Managed the Cape Breton Dodgers to back-to- knows where they’re from: Cameron Bowl in Glace Bay. players from each section who then had to play off against back Canadian Big League Championship titles in Boutilier started playing when he was nine. He each other.” 2009 and 2010 went to a little league tryout with his twelve year old “We played ball every day when we were kids,” • Inducted with the 1987 Glace Bay Colonels Little friend Gerry MacNeil and soon found himself on a Boutilier recalls fondly. “We made up games, played against League team in 2004 team of mainly older boys. By the time he was twelve the side of the barn. We were always hitting and throwing.” himself, he was a pitcher and was on the mound in St. Boutilier became such a good pitcher that at the age of Being a dedicated coach involves commitment from Jerome, Quebec. fourteen he was playing junior baseball with 19- the coaches as well as their spouses. “My wife “I didn’t realize it at the time but we were only 21 year-olds. “I pitched against much older was always okay with all the baseball two wins away from going to the little league World players and we won two junior titles in because as she says, ‘I know where he Series if we had won that game,” recalls Boutilier. “We 1971 and 1975,” says Boutilier. “I is and he’ll be home at dark.’ That’s lost that one 2:1 in extra innings and I drove in our only didn’t realize how amazing it was because our field had no lights.” run. It hit the top of the fence and bounced back in the to win at that age back then.” Boutilier won field. If it was a homer we’d have “My dad, Henry, got that team going when his first championship with won it.” It was after that game Boutilier the Glace Bay Colonels in started thinking that Glace Bay kids I was 14” says Boutilier. “He was retired from coal 1987 in Trail, B.C. In 1988 were as good as any other young the championship was held ball players in the country. mining then and wanted to rejuvenate junior ball back in Glace Bay at the natural “Glace Bay was a big amphitheatre Cameron town back then, 30,000 in Glace Bay.” Boutilier says he learned a lot about bowl. Glace Bay played people. There were the Ottawa Pinecrests in so many young ball baseball from his dad as well as other players and the final game before an players the town league estimated crowd of over was divided into two coaches. By the time Boutilier’s 15,000 people, likely the biggest sections of six teams draw for any sporting event in apiece,” says Boutilier. own playing days were over, he knew he had to give his time and Nova Scotia history. knowledge back to the community. Some people slept out the Boutilier says, “being a teacher gave me the night before to get good seats. Boutilier summers off to get fully involved in coaching the little remembers people sitting on top of barns and up league teams.” in trees to see the game. “The whole town closed down for two hours that day, so everyone could get to the game.” The

56 57 The 1987 Glace Bay Colonels at the World Little League Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania

Colonels won 2-1, claiming their second national championship. Boutilier credits the Glace Bay teams’ successes to practicing a lot. “We don’t have a lot of games to actually play because of distances. So it was all practice. Sometimes six hours a day. Parents liked it also because they knew were the kids w e re .” Boutilier says the house league teams were also very important. “The whole group of people helped out, coaches, parents gave up their time. It’s not just me that led to success. It was the whole group here. After winning in 1987 we broke the barrier and knew we could win and things started to get easier.” Boutilier has many great memories of coaching but says 1994 was special because he co-coached with his brother Edison, and Edison’s two sons and another nephew played on that team. For the future, Boutilier hopes to see his grandson Noel Henry (now age five) play in the 2026 little league championships which Glace Bay is bidding to host. “It would be great to see him play at my favourite place, down at the Cameron Bowl.”

Paul MacDougall, a Cape Breton writer and playwright, pens The Sporting Life, a monthly sports history column for the Cape Breton Post.

Boutilier (second from left) when he played with the 1966 Maritime Little League Champions 58 59 • CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: ROGER • Hometown: Springhill, NS • A basketball official at the provincial, national and international levels for 32 years • Officiated over 1,000 games and 24 championship CAULFIELD tournaments within the AUS • Officiated at 22 CIS championships, including 18 by Katie Tanner final games • Represented Canada at 125 FIBA-sanctioned Every time I blew the whistle, I wanted it to be the talent of Fox, Steve Pound, Donnie games, including the first USA “Dream Team” game at the 1992 FIBA Tournament of the right,” says Roger Caulfield, one of Canada’s most Ehler and Alberta’s Karl Tilleman. Americas respected basketball officials. With some of the “I was lucky enough to see four of the • Represented Canada at four World Championships game’s“ longest-serving coaches praising his control and greatest shooters in university history,” • Established the Atlantic Basketball Officials Camp integrity, Caulfield has got a lot right in his 32 says Roger as he lists those last four and coordinated over 60 clinics across Nova Scotia years of making calls. names. “I had to make good However, there were certain principles Caulfield followed • Founded Caulfield’s Camp of Excellence, which has Caulfield was involved in all sports, decisions when they were in run annually since 2011 to ensure he missed as few calls as possible. He always aimed including basketball, in high the game and they were star • Wink Willox Award, 1996 to be consistent at both ends of the court, and he believed in school, but his physical education players.” • Ted Earley Award, 2017 (the only Nova Scotian to being a good listener. His number one motto was to “be your teacher got him interested Officiating in the AUS win this international award for floor officiating) in officiating when he asked was an experience for best in the last five minutes of the game and work towards him to referee intramurals. which Caulfield was a happy ending.” He believed it was important to be sharpest in the last five Caulfield then took an grateful because the impression as an official at these games that he was asked minutes of the game because those would be the calls that officiating course in university league had some of back to officiate games for the second and people remember. and fell in love with being the best basketball third Dream Teams as well. Fellow official Dick Steeves of behind the whistle. in the country, and the He recounts some of the other Moncton impressed the importance Caulfield fell into the AUS high standards of play grew highlights of his career as refereeing of those philosophies on Caulfield basketball officiating scene by accident, his love for the game. His AUS experience gold medal games for both the by telling him, “We’re front door when four-time inductee and varsity is extensive, with over 1,000 games and 24 women and men in the same guys,” meaning they should be basketball legend Brian Heaney picked championships refereed during his 32-year tournament, watching Canada good officials who can walk him to fill in for another official who career as an official. defeat Argentina in Argentina out the front doors with the was called away to deliver a baby. Caulfield was praised for his ability to manage in front of 24,000 fans, players at the end of the “I remember fouling Mickey Fox out in a game, and to communicate with players and watching Steve Nash game instead of having to overtime in that first game,” says Caulfield. and other officials. He always understood how come of age—“to see a sneak out the back. Fox is just one of the memorable players important each game was to the players and the Canadian grow to the level While Caulfield suffered that Caulfield remembers fondly from his coaches. he grew to.” the disappointment of what time on the courts. He also reminisces “There are so many difficult decisions to make in Caulfield moved on to he felt were the “politics of about the battles between Saint Mary’s a game,” says Caulfield, who admits that, part of the mentoring other officials because the game” when he was denied University and Acadia, the sheer challenge of officiating is realizing there will be times he wanted to stay in the game. “My the opportunity to be an Olympic size of players like Ted Upshaw when you’re going to miss calls due to your position life is basketball,” he says. official in the 1990s, he did have the and Ross Quackenbush, and on the court. Photo: The Chronicle Herald Steve Konchalski, Hall of Famer honour of refereeing games for the USA and long-time coach of the St. FX men’s Dream Team at other tournaments. These basketball team, always preferred Caulfield’s teams included the “best players in the world,” such as Larry style of officiating, telling him, “Teach them the way you Bird, Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson. referee.” Tournaments featuring the Dream Team wanted the best Caulfield has done just that, establishing a “Camp of officials because coaches wanted the lowest possible chance Excellence” that, now in its twelfth year, welcomes over of the players being injured. Caulfield made such a good

60 61 40 aspiring officials from all over the country for a week each July. He has also offered camps specifically for female officials, ultimately producing a lot of elite officials who have found work in university basketball. Caulfield says he passes on his advice to carefully consider “tempo-changing calls;” calls that could lose the players’ and coaches’ trust or even change the outcome of the game. As school teacher by nature, Caulfield admits “It was more important to me than my own career to see these people move up the ranks.” Still as sharp now as he was at the beginning, Caulfield has earned his happy ending in basketball—induction into the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame.

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