Year Inducted: 2023
Home Town: Oshawa
More about Larry Lloyd:
Larry Lloyd began a phenomenal lacrosse career in 1965 with the Oshawa Green Gaels.Larry won four Minto Cup national Junior A championships with the famed Green Gaels, who won an unmatched seven straight titles from 1963 to 1969. He scored 155 goals and added 119 assists for 274 points in 63 regular season games with the Green Gaels, and added 57 goals and 49 helpers in 28 playoff games.Larry netted seven goals and added six assists in his first Senior A game with Brooklin in 1968. In his Senior A career with Brooklin and Windsor, he amassed 356 goals 671 points in 179 regular season games, and added 57 goals and 89 points in 37 playoff games.Larry played three seasons of pro lacrosse, with the Detroit Olympians and the Philadelphia Wings, and was twice voted to all-star teams with the Wings. He was inducted into the Oshawa Sports Hall of Fame in 1992 and the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2000 as a member of the Oshawa Green Gaels, and again into the national hall of fame in 2015 in the veteran player category.
Year Inducted: 2007
Home Town: Port Hope
More about Lee Ann Wilson:
Lee Ann (Roberts) Wilson, born in Port Hope, Ontario began her Baton Twirling career at five years old with the Harvey Dancing Academy in Oshawa. When her potential became evident, she changed teachers and began training with a nationally acclaimed coach and choreographer Betty Feist Lyons of Hamilton. After winning four Canadian Baton Twirling Championships and finishing fifth at the National Baton Twirling Championship in St. Paul, Minnesota, it was time to take the sport to the next level. Lee Ann formed the Oshawa Camaros Baton Club becoming Head Coach and Technical Director thirty years ago in October of 1977. The club was awarded titles at Provincial, National and World competitions besides winning the Canadian Baton Twirling Federation Canadian Group Challenge Cups in 2004 and 2005. Lee Ann is involved as a competition director for Durham, Ontario and Canadian championships, and she was treasurer of the provincial body that won a Sport Recognition Award. Her proudest moment and achievement was seeing her daughter be the Canadian representative for the 2006 World Twirling Champsionships in Rome, Italy and the first Camaro member to achieve that status. Receiving the Canadian Baton Twirling Federations Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005 was a highlight for Lee Ann, and with her family's support she continues to promote the sport of Baton Twirling.
Year Inducted: 1987
Home Town: Salzburg, Austria
More about Leo Albert Haunsberger:
Born in Salzburg, Austria in 1927, Leo Haunsberger was a guiding force in judo in Oshawa from the time of his arrival in Canada in 1951. Leo's long career in judo was highlighted by his appearance at the 1972 Munich Olympics as manager/coach of the Canadian judo team. He was also team leader of the Canadian judo contingent at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. Leo coached for Canada at World Championships in 1969 at Mexico City and again in 1971 at Ludwigshaven, Germany. An accomplished judokan in his own right, Leo was a three time Austrian champion and also won at the age of 50, the 35 and over Master's Championship in Canada.
Since 1953, he has coached many national and international competitors. He has held many executive positions in the Canadian Judo Federation. From 1983-86 Leo was President of the North American Judo Federation. In 1971, Leo received an Achievement Award from the Province of Ontario for making an outstanding contribution to amateur sport. Other awards followed including a 1985 Judo Ontario Award.
Year Inducted: 1986
Home Town: Oshawa
More about Lorraine Murphy:
Lorraine contributed more to the advancement of five-pin bowling in this region than anyone. She served on league executive committees for 40 consecutive years. She helped form the Ontario Durham Five-Pin Bowlers Association in 1968, aided in the formation of the Mixed Majors League in 1960, and coached a ladies' zone championship team which qualified for the provincial championship. She was named Treasurer of the Year by the Ontario Five-Pin Bowling Association in 1982. She was named Membership Director of the Year in 1980 by the same body, and in 1982 was awarded a life membership in the Ontario Durham Five-Pin Bowlers Association. A fine participant in bowling, too, Lorraine was also a shortstop and catcher on the Oshawa squad which captured the 1934 Ontario Ladies Softball Championship under coach George Campbell, a fellow inductee into the Oshawa Sports Hall of Fame.
Year Inducted: 1986
More about Matthew Leyden:
Matt Leyden made an indelible mark on the Oshawa sporting scene after arriving from his birthplace of Hawick, Scotland in 1914 at the age of 10. Matt managed the Oshawa Generals from 1928-1953, during which time the Generals won seven consecutive Ontario Hockey Association (OHA) championships (1943-44) and three Memorial Cups (1939, 1940 and 1944). Matt also managed Oshawa to the 1929 Mann Cup lacrosse title, award to the Canadian senior champions, and was an active member of the Oshawa Green Gaels Junior lacrosse club from 1964 - 1971. Awarded a life membership by the OHA in 1972, Matt served as that Association's president from 1965-67. Matt also served on the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA) executive and received an Achievement Award from the Ontariio Government in 1971 for his involvement in amateur sports. In 1975, the East Division of the Ontario Major Junior Hockey League was renamed the Leyden Division in his honour.
Year Inducted: 1990
Home Town: Oshawa
More about Michael Edward Keenan:
Mike's interest in hockey began in 1957 when he played for Oshawa's C.Y.O. League. In 1965, he played Jr. 'B' for Whitby, and in 1967-68 for the Oshawa Crushmen. He became Oshawa's coach in 1977-78 and 1978-79, winning two consecutive Metro Jr. 'B' League Championships. While coaching the Peterborough Petes in 1979-80, they won the OHL championship and went to the Memorial Cup finals. In 1982-83, he guided the Rochester Americans to the Calder Cup Championship. In 1983-84, Mike coached the University of Toronto Varsity Blues to the Canadian Collegiate Championship. Named head coach of the Philadelphia Flyers on May 7.24, 1984, they won the Patrick Division for the third consecutive year, and made a second trip to the Stanley Cup finals while under his tenure.He recorded his 150th win as coach on March 22, 1987, faster than any coach in NHL history. He was also the first coach in league history to record 40-plus wins in each of his first three seasons. In 1984-85, he was named Coach of the Year by the NHL, Sporting News and Hockey News. One of his greatest coaching victories was leading Team Canada in Copps Coliseum, Hamilton during the Canada Cup in 1987.
Year Inducted: 2005
Home Town: Wales, Great Britain
More about Michelle Qurrey:
A native of Wales, Great Britain, Michelle moved to Oshawa in 1980 at the age of twelve. Her dominance of the Girl's Canadian table tennis scene began shortly thereafter. The former Paul Dwyer High School student captured numerous championships at the provincial and national levels during the early 1980's.
Her stretch of titles began in 1981, when she won the Canadian Championship in the under 13 category, and in 1982 followed that up by winning the under 15 Canadian Championship.
In 1983, she captured the under 15 Gold Medal at the Canadian Winter Games in Chicoutimi, Quebec, and later that year won the Canadian Under 15 Championship again in Burnaby, British Columbia. A terrific year was capped by her being named the 1983 most outstanding Canadian female junior for her sport.
In 1984, she was named to the five member Canadian National Junior Team, of whom only two hailed from Ontario. By capturing the under 17 Gold Medal at the 1985 Ontario Winter Games, she ended a five year run that included six Canadian Championships and six outstanding achievement awards.
Because of her remarkable table tennis accomplishments, Michelle brought enormous pride to the City of Oshawa and is a worthy inductee into the Oshawa Sports Hall of Fame.
Year Inducted: 1992
Home Town: Hungary
More about Miklos (Nick) Springer:.jpg)
A native Hungarian, Miklos (Nick) Springer's arrival in Oshawa in 1958 marked the beginning of a most dynamic soccer career as a leader, a coach, and a builder of the Oshawa Turul Youth Soccer Club.
His skills as a leader of youth are unquestionable. Many of his very competitive teams won sportsmanship awards and became famous for their fine play from Brazil, Latin America, United States to Europe. They were sportsmen par excellence and Goodwill Ambassadors for soccer in Canada.
A highlight of his coaching career occurred in Brazil in 1985 when the Oshawa Turul under 19 team won the Sao Paulo Cup defeating the favoured French team in the final 3-1. The 1978 under 12 and the 1989 under 17 teams brought National Cups back to Oshawa.
Among many National, Provincial and Tournament Championships, very notable is the winning of the Robbie International Tournament. He was recognized with the 1987 Olympic Celebration Medal as a coach.
As a builder, (Nick) was the founder of the Oshawa Turul Club and has made the organization famous in the International Soccer community. Ontario has recognized his organizational abilities and granted him three outstanding National Achievement Awards.
Year Inducted: 1986
Home Town: Oshawa
More about Nancy Lorraine Higgins Jones:
At the age of 22, Nancy helped Canada's Women's Eights crew to a fourth place finish in rowing competition at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal. A year later, Higgins was a member of the Coxed Eights crew which won bronze medals at the 1977 World Championships in Amsterdam, Holland. Nancy had a fine year in 1975, finishing second in the Ontario championships, third at the Canadian finals and helping the University of Western Ontario win the Ontario Universities Women's Eights title. With Nancy playing a big part, Western repeated its QUAA Women's Eights success in 1976 and 1977. Higgins, born in Oshawa, graduated to the coaching ranks and became the first female to coach a Henley Regatta champion when she accomplished the feat in 1984.
Year Inducted: 1986
More about Nancy Murrall MacKay:
Born in Smethwick, England, Nancy arrived in Oshawa in 1926 at the age of four. Nancy represented Canada at the 1948 Olympics in London, England and helped the women's 400-metre relay team to a bronze medal performance, the only track and field medal-winning effort by Canadian athletes at the XIV Olympiad. From 1936-41, Nancy won six gold medals, and one silver at the Canadian track championships. She helped set two Canadian relay records. Nancy also set a record for the intermediate (ages 16-17) 75-yard dash with a time of 8.8 seconds at a meet in 1939. At the provincial level, Nancy was three times a gold medalist, won three silver medals and captured one bronze. Again, she was a member of two record-setting relay quartets. Nancy also won three gold medals, one silver and one bronze at the United States Track and Field Championships from 1944-47.
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