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Billy Goulding - Boxing

Year Inducted: 1990
Birth Date: March 18, 1931
Home Town: Oshawa

More about Billy Goulding:
Billy GouldingBilly "The Kid" Goulding, born in Oshawa on March 18, 1931, started his amateur boxing career in 1946 at 15 years of age, with the Oshawa Amateur Athletic Club. Billy won 60 of his 65 bouts either by knockouts or by unanimous decisions.  As a result, Billy "The Kid" was rated as one of Canada's best amateur welterweights and won the main event of numerous boxing cards across the Province of Ontario. Unfortunately for many of Billy's opponents, they ended in a horizontal position. Opponents had difficulty slipping or ducking Goulding's jolting left hook and explosive right cross. In his prime, the angelic-faced Goulding displayed excellent co-ordination, power, inexhaustible determination, grit, discipline and ring savvy beyond his years.  These credentials, along with his ability to throw pile-driving punches with regularity, earned Billy Goulding the following achievements: 1946-1949 - Ontario Welterweight Championships1947 - Canadian Welterweight Championship - Finalist1948 - Canadian Olympic Trials - Finalist1949 - British Empire Games - Finalist


Billy Taylor - Hockey

Year Inducted: 1986

More about Billy Taylor:
Billy TaylorA brilliant play-making centre, Billy captained Oshawa's Memorial Cup winning squad in 1938-39.  Earlier, the Generals had captured the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA) junior title and the Eastern Canadian junior crown.  The OHA championship was one of three won by the Generals while Taylor served them as a player.  Billy, who scored nine points for the Generals in a Memorial Cup game against Edmonton, led the OHA in scoring in both the 1936-37 and 1938-39 seasons.  He turned professional with the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League on his 20th birthday.  He also played in the NHL for the Detroit Red Wings, Boston Bruins and the New York Rangers - and while playing for Detroit he set an NHL record for assists in a game with seven. Billy, nicknamed the 'Blond Bomber' during his playing days, later worked as a scout for a number of NHL clubs.


Brent Grieve - Hockey

Year Inducted: 2022
Home Town: Oshawa

More about Brent Grieve:
Brent GrieveOshawa native Brent Grieve lived out a childhood dream by playing his junior hockey career with the Oshawa Generals and reaching the National Hockey League.After making his way through the Oshawa minor hockey system, Grieve was drafted 26th overall by the Generals in 1986 and had a remarkable four-year junior career playing in his hometown. As a rookie, he reached the Memorial Cup final held in Oshawa, and came up a game short of winning the big prize, as the Generals fell to the Medicine Hat Tigers in the final. He was not to be denied in his overage season, however, and helped lead the team to the Memorial Cup championship in Hamilton in 1990, scoring twice in a thrilling double overtime win over the Kitchener Rangers. In 226 regular season games with the Generals, he had 108 goals and 119 assists for 227 points.Grieve was selected in the fourth round of the NHL draft by the New York Islanders and ended up playing five seasons in the NHL with the Islanders, Edmonton Oilers, Chicago Blackhawks, and Los Angeles Kings. He flashed his scoring touch and potential during the 1993-94 season, when he scored 13 goals and added five assists in just 24 games with the Edmonton Oilers. Grieve retired following the 1996-97 season due to chronic knee injuries that plagued him throughout his career. Following his retirement he rejoined the Generals in 1997-1998 as an assistant coach under John Goodwin.Grieve has since volunteered as an assistant coach for several boys’ and girls teams in Oshawa, Whitby and Clarington. His post hockey career, Grieve enjoyed continued success in the business of hockey with numerous management positions spanning over 20 years. His work with Cardinal Sports Management, Pointstreak Sports Technologies, Steva Sports Software and Stack Sports has kept him busy and globally recognized in the sport that he loves.


Bruce Langmaid - Dog Sled Racing

Year Inducted: 2008
Home Town: Oshawa

More about Bruce Langmaid:
Bruce LangmaidBruce Langmaid, Oshawa native and sled dog racer, has won eight provincial, nine national and twelve international races.  Bruce has competed in races as short as the four-file, four-dog, and as long as the 1000-mile, two week Yukon Quest rated "the toughest sled dog race in the world".  His specialties are the 250-mile and 60-mile events where he has set many course records through extremes of weather and terrain. Highlights of Bruce's career have been racing up the Yukon River under the Northern Lights with legendary musher Frank Turner, and racing across the Continental Divide with the most famous musher of all time, Susan Butcher.  Love and care of the dogs come first and foremost in sled dog racing.  A long distance musher is athlete, coach, trainer, nutritionist, strategist and psychologist.  Extraordinary physical and mental stamina is required.  Fighting sleep deprivation and exertion, the musher battles the elements with strong self-reliance, support of the dogs and fellow competitors.  The camaraderie and sportsmanship are remarkable.  The dogs' trail sense, athleticism, perseverance and team mentality, plus the judgment of each team's "star dog" can impact survival under very hazardous conditions.   The high level of accomplishments of Bruce and his dogs, ably supported by family and friends over 25 years, warrant his induction into the Oshawa Sports Hall of Fame.


Bryan Boyes - Hockey

Year Inducted: 2013

More about Bryan Boyes:
Bryan BoyesBryan Boyes has been a fixture with the Oshawa Generals since 1976.Starting as a stick boy, Bryan took over as the team's Head Athletic Trainer and Equipment Manager in 1982, a position he still holds.Over the years, he has been a valued contributor to the tradition of excellence established by the Generals.This has been reinforced by Hockey Canada, which has selected him as equipment manager for Canada's National Junior team for six IIHF World Junior Championships, winning gold in 1996, 2005, 2006 and 2009, silver in 1999 and bronze in 2012.He was also equipment manager for Canada's entry at the 2010 IIHF World Hockey Championship in Germany.In his role with the Generals, Bryan has been a part of four Ontario Hockey League championships - 1983, 1987, 1990 and 1997, and one Memorial Cup in 1990.Canadian Hockey League Commissioner Dave Branch says there is no question Bryan Boyes "has been a contributing force to the success of the Oshawa Generals, Canada's National Junior Team program and our league."


Carolyn Toll - Lacrosse

Year Inducted: 2017
Home Town: Oshawa

More about Carolyn Toll:
Carolyn TollCarolyn Toll has excelled in every facet of lacrosse, beginning as a teenaged player in the late 1980's and continuing into the coaching, managing and officiating ranks throughout her adult life. Introduced to the game while a student at Donevan Collegiate in Oshawa, Carolyn earned a recognition award at a camp run by Barb Boyes and never looked back. As a player, she would go on to represent Ontario at several national championships and play for Canada at the 2001 World Cup in England. Carolyn moved on to coaching after the World Cup and joined the Canadian staff for the 2003 U19 World Cup, helping the team to a bronze medal. She has also coached at the high school level at Anderson Collegiate and Brooklin High School, where she led the girls' team to a LOSSA championship in its first year without the benefit of having Grade 12 students.With the Oshawa Lady Blue Knights, Carolyn introduced the "Baby Blue Knights Program", a groundbreaking league for girls aged 4 - 10, and has led rep teams to Provincial Championships in all seven years she has coached, without losing a game. She has won the Ontario Women's Field Lacrosse coach of the year award three times - in 2010, 2012 and 2014.Carolyn is also an international umpire and has officiated at five World Cup tournaments, including in Oshawa in 2013. She was presented with the Jane Action Award in 2010 for demonstrating a genuine love of the game through officiating and the Molly McIntyre Spirit of Lacrosse Award in 2013 for her excellence on the field, mentorship of others and overall contribution to the sport as an official.


Cathy Chapman-Fertile - Softball

Year Inducted: 1995
Home Town: Oshawa

More about Cathy Chapman-Fertile:
Cathy Chapman-FertileCathy, a lifelong resident of Oshawa, was born in 1952.  In her early years, Cathy played on juvenile and junior all-star Oshawa teams which won many Provincial Championships. During the late 1970's and early 1980's, Cathy was considered the best female shortstop in Canada.  Cathy represented Ontario at the Canadian National Softball Championships in 1979 and 1981, winning the Gold Medal in 1981.  Both years she was selected the Most Valuable Player.  In 1982 Cathy helped Canada win a gold medal at the Pan-Am Games in Mexico. Later that year she played for Canada at the World Women's Softball Championships in Taiwan where they finished 5th out of 24 countries.  Cathy was again selected the Most Valuable Player in the world at shortstop - the only Canadian player selected. Cathy is still involved with softball as a coach and was selected 1994 Minor Coach of the Year by the Provincial Women's Softball Association.


Cecil Ivan (Ive) Richards - Multi Sport

Year Inducted: 1988
Birth Date: May 31, 1909
Home Town: Oshawa

More about Cecil Ivan (Ive) Richards:
Cecil Ivan (Ive) RichardsIve, born in Oshawa on May 31, 1909, is inducted as a builder for his involvement in skiing and figure skating.  He is probably best known as the founder of the Oshawa Ski Club.  As an executive member of the club in 1939, he helped select the property and organize volunteers to construct the hills and chalet.  He was very active in the club for over fifteen years. Among other accomplishments, Richards was an executive member of the Green Gaels Junior Lacrosse and the Oshawa Shamrock Track and Field Clubs for many years.  As an executive member of the Canadian Ski Association in 1947-48, he helped to develop the first electric timing device still used in downhill skiing today. Ive was one of the original founders of the Oshawa Parks Association and, at one time, was supervisor of the Oshawa Community Recreation Association (C.R.A.), responsible for many of the programs established for youths of Oshawa in the latter part of the 1940's.


Charles (Charlie) Formosa - Judo

Year Inducted: 1998

More about Charles (Charlie) Formosa:
Charles (Charlie) FormosaCharlie, born in Malta in 1946, began his Canadian judo career in 1962.  By 1968 he had attained his black-belt and began promoting judo in Oshawa as the chief instructor for Oshawa's Recreation Department.  In 1975 Charlie founded the Formoka Judo Club where he instructs members of all ages.  Charlie attended the 1984 and 1988 Olympic Games as a personal coach.  He is eligible for a 6th degree black-belt.  As a competitor, Charlie has won various national and provincial competitions including the Ontario Championship in 1968, the 1987, 1988, 1990 American-Canadian Championships in New York, the International C.N.E. Tournament and Invitational Masters Championships in Oshawa and Brampton between 1988 and 1992.  Charlie is active on the Judo Ontario Executive, is a respected international referee, and has served on the Provincial Grading Board since 1992.  Charlie has received recognition for his dedication to judo through special achievement awards from the Ontario Government in 1987, 1988 and 1995.


Charles Roy William (Charlie) Huddy - Hockey

Year Inducted: 2003
Birth Date: June 02, 1959
Home Town: Scarborough

More about Charles Roy William (Charlie) Huddy:
Charles Roy William (Charlie) HuddyBorn in Scarborough, Ontario on June 2, 1959, he started playing hockey in the Scarborough Minor Hockey Association.  He came to Oshawa in 1977 to play junior for the Oshawa Generals.  Charlie quickly became a fan favourite.  In his rookie year, he made an immediate impact, helping his club rebound from a franchise low of 14 points the previous season to an impressive 72 points.  Charlie won the Harold J. Mothersill Award as the team's best defenceman for the 1977-78 season. Graduating from the Generals in 1979, Charlie played 17 years in the National Hockey League with stops in Edmonton, Los Angeles, Buffalo and St. Louis.  He began his N.H.L. career in 1980 with a young Edmonton Oilers Club.  Over the next 11 years, he was a mainstay on the Oilers blue line helping them capture five Stanley Cups. During the 1982-83 season, Charlie was the first ever winner of the Emery Edge Award for the top plus/minus player in the N.H.L. with a plus 62. Charlie retired in 1996 after playing 1,017 regular season and 183 play-off games, and he immediately moved on to a coaching career in professional hockey.



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