Year Inducted: 2015
Home Town: Sault Ste. Marie
More about Norm Schmidt:
Born in Sault Ste. Marie, Norm played hockey from the time he could walk, with the hope of one day playing alongside the all-stars he watched while growing up in his hometown. In his early years he was also involved in soccer and baseball. He soon realized however, that hockey was his passion.As he continued to play hockey, he graduated through the elite levels of the hockey system from Pee Wee to the time he played as an under age defenceman with the Soo Grayhounds. He was drafted by the Oshawa Generals in 1980 from the NOHA championship team, the Soo Thunderbirds. Norm played a total of three years with the Generals during which time he won the Mothersill award as most valuable defenceman in 1981-1982. In 1983 he was named to the OHL 2nd Team All Stars. Norm was a very valuable member of the Oshawa Generals in their journey to the Memorial Cup Finals in Portland in 1983.Norm was drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1981 and was a member of the team from 1984 - 1988. In his pro career he played 125 games with the Penguins scoring 23 goals and 56 points. Norm was forced into early retirement due to a serious back injury in 1987 which ended a very promising career.Norm returned to live in Oshawa in 1988 and he became very involved in the community teaching hockey skills to young players in Oshawa and the Durham Region. In 2010 and 2011, he assisted in the coaching of the Whitby Girls' Bantam AA Wolves to the Provincial Championships winning Gold in 2010.Dave Molinari, a writer for Hockey Life News, gave Norm a well-deserved compliment as he left the NHL in February of 1988. He commented on Norm's career and praised his skill and spirit as a hockey player and an excellent role model for young players.
Year Inducted: 1986
Home Town: Oshawa
More about Normie Bagnell:
One of the finest softball / fastball pitchers Canada has ever seen, Normie Bagnell was the most valuable player at the 1958 International Softball Congress World Championships in New Bedford, Illionois while playing for Oshawa Tony's. Earlier, he averaged 20 strikeouts a game for Oshawa Pedlars when he was thought to be at the peak of his fine career. He played in three world championships in a 32-year career, and beat the famous three-man touring team, Eddie Feigner's "King and His Court", 3 - 1. Feigner later called Bagnell the finest Canadian pitcher he had ever encountered, and the only one to beat him. In his career, Bagnell compiled over 1,000 victories, 6,000 strikeouts, 235 shutouts, 54 no-hitters, and 26 perfect games. He carried a .300 lifetime batting average, once struck out 32 batters in one game, and once held the opposition scoreless for a 39-inning stretch. He is a member of the Canadian Softball Hall of Fame.
Year Inducted: 2014
Birth Date: May 27, 1961
Home Town: Oshawa
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Born on May 27, 1961 at Windfields Farm, Oshawa, Northern Dancer (by Neartic - Natalma by Native Dancer) ran his way into the hearts of Canadians with his prowess on the racetrack and then took the world of thoroughbred horse racing by storm with his unmatched success as a sire. Northern Dancer had distinguished himself on the racetracks of North America winning such prestigious graded stakes races as the Flamingo, The Florida Derby, The Bluegrass Stakes, The Kentucky Derby, The Preakness, and The Queen\'s Plate. Owned by E.P. Taylor\'s Windfields Farm and trained by Horatio Luro, he was voted both Best Three Year Old of the Year and Horse of the Year in 1964.Following his retirement from racing, Northern Dancer went on to a stud career first back in Windfields, Oshawa and then Windfields Farm, Maryland. And, it is as a stallion that his international fame and place in history were established. Siring 635 foals, a full 80% (or 511) per cent became racehorses themselves - and winners of races. Of that number, 146 were stakes winners and a further 26 became champions in Great Britain, Ireland, France, Italy and North America. The list of Northern Dancer Champions includes names revered in racing history, names such as Nijinsky II, The Minstrel, El Gran Senior, Secreto, Stormbird, Nureyev, Try My Best and Sadlers Wells. By the turn of the twenty first century, Northern Dancer\'s bloodlines accounted for roughly 70% of the world\'s thoroughbreds.Northern Dancer died at the Maryland Farm on November 16, 1990. His body was vanned back \"home\" to Windfields, Oshawa where he now rests.
Year Inducted: 2003
Home Town: Parry Sound
More about Oscar Parker:
Oscar Parker moved to Oshawa from Parry Sound at age 14, some 79 years ago. He owned and operated Parker Electric, a successful contracting company.
Oscar joined the Oshawa Curling Club as a young man, and has since become a legendary member. He was a competitive curler and played on a Governor General's Provincial Team in 1955. Oscar served as club president and director for several years and continues in an active executive position and planning capacity to this day. Oscar has led and funded numerous major projects involving clubhouse expansion, roof and structural upgrades, piping system replacement, new concrete ice floor, and curling stone inserts. He recognized the sporting and recreational contribution of curling to the civic culture and his goal was to maintain a modern and appealing facility, accessible and affordable to citizens of all ages.
Oscar has been formally honoured by the Ontario and Toronto Curling Associations and the Oshawa Curling Club. His vision, devotion and philanthropy make him a distinguished sportsman and an outstanding Builder of his Sport in Oshawa.
Year Inducted: 1986
Home Town: Oshawa
More about Oshawa Collegiate and Vocational Institute Schoolboy Curling Team:
Canadian and Ontario Schoolboy Curling Champions in 1953, the rink of skip Bob Walker, third Dunc Brodie, second Clare Peacock and lead George MacGregor returned from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan to a heroes' welcome. Upset in semi-final play at the 1956 Ontario Championships, the O.C.V.I. rink won the 1953 provincial title at the Oshawa Curling Club by dethroning the defending champions. At the Canadian Championships, Ontario's representatives and a rink from Regina, Saskatchewan finished tied after round robin play, each with 10-1 records. A playoff was required, and it was tied 7-7 after 10 ends. An extra end was played before the 3,500-strong crowd, and skip Bob Walker drew to the four-foot circle with his last rock to win the title and bring the Canadian Schoolboy Curling Championship to Eastern Canada for the first time.
Year Inducted: 1999
Home Town: Oshawa
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Players aged 13 to 18, from the area bounded by the Oshawa Creek, Ritson Road, Rossland Road and King Street brought distinction to the City of Oshawa beginning in 1949 by winning four consecutive All Ontario Championships.
In the 1953 season, the team was undefeated in winning a fifth Southern Ontario Championship but lost two one-run games to Kirkland Lake in a best of three series All Ontario Finals.
Five Inductees played all five years.
The five-year record of games played was:
1949 Bantam A won - 41 lost - 21950 Midget A won - 28 lost - 41951 Midget A won - 35 lost - 01952 Juvenile A won - 35 lost - 2
Bantam A 1949 Ontario ChampionsTom Thompson, Brent Oldfield, Don Peel, Norm Attersley (Manager), Fred Knapp, Bill Smith (Coach), Pete Anderson, Garnet Chesebrough, Erv Hunter, Bill Gray, George Ulrich, Gord Nicol, John Humphreys, Tim Nelson, Jim Leslie, Jack Young, Dave Donald
Midget A 1950 Ontario ChampionsDon MacGregor (Manager), Don Hobbs, Ron Swartz, Al Attersley, Jim Cornish, Brent Oldfield, Bill Smith (Coach), Don Peel, Tom Thompson, Dave Donald, Fred Knapp, Pete Anderson, George Ulrich, Keith Sutherland
Midget A 1951 Ontario ChampionsNorm Attersley (Manager), Erv Hunter, Pete Anderson, Bob McHugh, Tim Nelson, Brent Oldfield, Don Laing, Rich Wilson, Gord Nichol, Garnet Coulter (Coach), George Ulrich, Tom Thompson, Dave Donald, Fred Knapp, Jack Young, Don Peel, Garth Douglas
Juvenile A 1952 Ontario ChampionsKeith Sutherland, Don Peel, Neil Bramley, Rich Wilson, Al Attersley, Brent Hutchins, Jim Cornish, Bob Walker, Gord Nichol, Don Hobbs, George Ulrich, Brent Oldfield, Norm Attersley (Manager), Les Atkinson (Coach), Fred Knapp, Tim Nelson
Juvenile A 1953 Ontario FinalistsAl Garrard, George Ulrich, Don Peel, Rich Wilson, Brent Oldfield, Gord Nichol, Clair Peacock, Bill Puchalski, Pete Anderson, Ron Elliott, Tim Nelson, Wes Keeler (Coach), Fred Knapp, Jim Sharples, Don Grant
Year Inducted: 1990
Home Town: Oshawa
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This outstanding period of Lacrosse competition brought National and World attention to the City of Oshawa. In 1929 the Oshawa General Motors Lacrosse Team captured the Ontario Senior Championship defeating Ottawa, Winnipeg and Edmonton, followed by a successful two-game series over the world famous New Westminster Salmonbellies earning them the coveted Mann Cup.With the changes on the roster, the team, in June of 1930, went to the world championships. Their final act on the world stage at Maple Leaf Stadium in Toronto was to defeat the United States by a 11-10 two-game total point series bringing the world title to Canada and to Oshawa.Team Members: Chuck Barron, Bill Coulter, Kelly DeGray, 'Smoky' Fox, 'Norv' Hubble, 'Shep' Shepley, 'Red' Spencer, Mel Whyte, Andy Cook, Chuck Davidson, 'Doddy' Doddemeade, ''connie' Golden, Pat Shannon, 'Smitty' Smithson, Bob Stephenson, 'Toots' White, 'Walker' Wilson.Executive: C.E. McTavish, President; Matt Leyden, Business Manager; George Munroe, Coach; Fred Hobbs, Vice President; Sam Johnson, Trainer; W.A. Coad, General Motors Official; G. Hezzelwood, General Motors Official; H.W. Nicholl, General Motors Official.Players Added to Team in 1930 for World Championship: "Ty" Silk, Alex Hall, Jack Bono.
Year Inducted: 1994
Home Town: Oshawa
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The Senior Team, GM-Men, played in the Central Ontario Baseball League and started the season by having Ken (Jake) Biddie set a league record by pitching a 17-0 no hitter, which included 19 strikeouts. In addition, C. H. (Moose) Matthews won the batting title, with teammate Doc Rowden, runner-up. The team won the Central Ontario Championship by defeating Kingston Ponies and continued on by defeating St. Catharines to win the Ontario Baseball Association Championship. Since the Junior Team had no league to play in, they participated in exhibition games against intermediate teams from Bowmanville, Pickering and Stouffville during that season. In the first round of the Provincial Playoffs Oshawa defeated Peterborough and in the second round they successfully ousted the Toronto Juniors. In the final, the Juniors went on to capture the Ontario Baseball Association Junior Championship with a victory over Windsor. It is certain that the 1936 season was a memorable one for baseball in Oshawa and indeed a tribute to the success of these two teams and their sponsor, General Motors.
Year Inducted: 1991
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After dominating the opposition during the season, the 1944 Generals faced the powerful St. Michael's team in the O.H.A. championship and won, four games to one. Using the wartime replacement and substitution rule, the Generals added four players to face Montreal for the Eastern Canadian Junior championship. With one of the strongest junior teams ever assembled, they defeated Montreal in four straight, winning the right to face the Trail Smoke Eaters.
In the Memorial Cup finals, the Generals easily defeated the west in four games, outscoring them in the process 25-10. The 1944 Generals brought the Canadian Junior championship back to Oshawa for the third time, marking the first time this feat had been accomplished.
Players - Bob Dawes, David Bauer, Bill Barker, Harvey Bennett, Kenny Smith, Johnny Chenier, Al Schewchuk, Murdie MacMillan, Gus Mortson, Bobby Love, Bill Ezinicki (Captain), Floyd Curry (Captain), Jack Taggart, Don Batten, Ted Lindsay, Johnny Marois, Fred Petsura, Bob Porter.
Executive - J.B. Highfield, President; Neil Hezzelwood, Secretary; S.E. McTavish, Treasurer; Charlie Conacher, Coach; Matt Leyden, Manager; Sam Johnson, Trainer; T.H. Coppin, Executive; "Red" Fleury, Mascot.
Year Inducted: 2000
Home Town: Oshawa
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The 1989/90 Oshawa Generals had an all-star year despite having no individuals selected to the Ontario Hockey League all-star team during the regular season. The true character of the Team was best demonstrated by their ability to rally back from a 3-1 deficit in the OHL finals to overtake the Kitchener Rangers in an electrifying game 7 at the Oshawa Civic Auditorium. Arriving at the Memorial Cup in Hamilton as tournament underdogs, their 3-0 sweep of the round robin culminated in a spectacular 4-3 double overtime victory over the same Kitchener team in the final game. This was the General's fourth Memorial Cup, emblematic of junior hockey supremacy in Canada.
Team:
Mark Logan (assistant coach), Wade Simpson, David Craievich, Eric Lindros, Bill Armstrong, Mark Deazeley, Matt Hoffman, Trevor McIvor, Scott Luik, Bryan Boyes (head trainer), Colleen Corner (secretary), Cory Banika, Dale Craigwell, Brian Grieve, Jean Paul Davis, Craig Donaldson, Brent Grieve, Jarrod Skalde, Mike Craig, Clair Cornish, Scott Hollis, Wayne Daniels (scout), Fred Braithwaite, Paul O'Hagan, Scott Clark (business manager), Larry Marson (assistant coach), John Humphreys (president and governor), Iain Fraser, Rick Cornacchia (head coach), Frank Jay (director of operations), Ian Young (goalie coach), Joe Busillo, Kevin Butt, Margaret Armstrong (secretary), Jim Cherry (head scout), Gil Hughes (scout), Bob McFadden (scout), George Melanson (scout), Doug Olan (scout) and Mike Shuman (trainer)
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