Gertrude Phinney
Gertrude Phinney, Canadian Track and Field Star from Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia Among the very earliest of several amazing Nova Scotian female sprinters; she qualified for the 1928 Olympics; followed by…
Read MoreNoel Paul
Middle and Long Distance Runner Noel Paul was born in 1904 in Halfway River, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, and died in 1984 at age 80 at Millbrook First Nation just…
Read MoreWilliam C. (Billy) McIntyre
Billy McIntyre was born in 1914 at Barkers Point, New Brunswick on the Saint John River across from Fredericton … and died in Truro in 2009. Between 1937 and 1956,…
Read MoreAileen Meagher
Olympic Runner, Teacher, Artist. Aileen Meagher moved from Alberta to Halifax as a 7 year old in 1917. Aileen set Canadian records for the 100 and 220 yard events in…
Read MoreEldridge (Gus) Eatman
Eldridge Eatmen was a native of Zealand Station, a small village prominent in the mid-1800s in New Brunswick, not far from Fredericton, where he was born on March 12, 1880.…
Read MoreJohn Kurty: Baseball
John Kurty is being inducted into the Maritime Sport Hall of Fame based on stellar performances over six years in Nova Scotia (in the H &D League) and New Brunswick …
Read MoreWilliam John Paul
Some sports have a solitary and singular nature to them. Long distance running is one of them. It’s summed up in the title of a great 1962 English movie called,…
Read MoreLeonard Sinclair Sparks
Lenny Sparks seemed destined to wear a championship belt from the moment, he first set foot a boxing ring on May 10, 1956. In his boxing debut, the 17- year…
Read MoreKirk Firlotte
Kirk Firlotte of Dalhousie, New Brunswick. Mr. Firlotte was a hockey goal tender, a regional and national champion who was twice on winning Hardy Cup Championship teams. He was the…
Read MoreKevin Umlah
Kevin Umlah of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Mr. Umlah’s baseball career was a long and brilliant one. At 17, Mr. signed with the Montreal Expos and played a season for the…
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