GEORGE DIXON, BOXER
GEORGE DIXON, BOXER George Dixon (1870-1908), also known as “Little Chocolate”, a native of Africville, N.S., left his mark on the sport of boxing both inside and outside the ring.…
Read MoreTom McClusky (1924-2012)
Tom McCluskey was a top-notch amateur boxer, winning all 35 amateur and professional fights, in an 11 year career interrupted by WWII, where he suffered a double-skull fracture serving in…
Read MoreCurtis Wayne Coward
Curtis Wayne Coward: a talented Nova Scotia multi-sportsman and coach/mentor: a native of Sydney who attended Sydney Academy, then moved to Halifax to complete his schooling and played basketball at…
Read MorePhil Doiron
Phil Doiron, baseball & hockey (multi-sport athlete) from Moncton, New Brunswick. One of the finest amateur athletes hailing from the Maritimes. HOCKEY: Phil Doiron’s first championship success in hockey came…
Read MoreMichael Morris
Michael Morris – Special Olympian from Stratford, PEI: 19 medals won in top level competition as a Nordic Skier (many big wins), Bowling, Track, and Bocce Ball. Perhaps we can…
Read MoreLeo Woods
Leo Woods (1918-1974) Leo Woods, one of Nova Scotia’s premier ballplayers, had a career that spanned 28 years combined in senior baseball/softball stretching from 1935 to 1963. Fellow players, competitors, fans,…
Read MoreRon Turcotte
Ron Turcotte aboard Secretariat at Winner’s Post-Parade at Preakness in 1973 Ron Turcotte, OC, began his career in Toronto with E. P. Taylor‘s Windfields Farm in 1959, and he was…
Read MoreWillie O’Ree
Born Willie Eldon O’Ree, CM, ONB (October 15, 1935, in Fredericton, New Brunswick) is a former professional ice hockey player, perhaps best known for being the first black player in the National…
Read MoreForbes Kennedy
Forbes Kennedy (1935 – ) Though born in Dorchester, N.B., Forbes Kennedy is considered one of Prince Edward Island’s most famous hockey players, having moved there just weeks after…
Read MorePhilip “Skit” Ferguson
Philip “Skit” Ferguson (1925 – ) At a time when baseball was king in the province of Nova Scotia and American collegiate players dominated the local scene, a lefthander from…
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