Year Inducted: 2000
Home Town: Oshawa
More about Gordon Albert Terwillegar:
A lifetime resident of Oshawa, Gordon joined the Oshawa Lawn Bowling Club in 1969, serving as secretary for five years and as president in 1989. He implemented a program for juniors, coaching several to provincial championships.
He was president of the Provincial Lawn Bowling Association, Men's Section, and was involved in the amalgamation of the Men's and Women's Associations at the national, provincial and club levels.
He was Director for Ontario to the National Association from 1987-1990, and a member of the National Association from 1989-1995. Gordon coached the men's team that won silver in fours and bronze in pairs at the 1992 Men's World Bowls in Worthing, England. He was elected to the Executive Committee of Lawn Bowls Canada in 1991, vice-president in 1993, and president 1995-1997.
Although Gord's contributions were heavily weighted towards coaching and administration, as a player, he was twice a member of the men's fours team that won the Oshawa Gold Cup.
Year Inducted: 2009
Home Town: Oshawa
More about Gordon Mackenzie Myles:
Gordon was born in Oshawa in 1931, and grew up in the College Hill area. He played with a number of Oshawa teams particularly 1946 on. In 1946-47 he played for the Oshawa Army Cadets who won the league championship. In 48-78, Gord was selected to the All Star Teams in Midget and Juvenile, and in the final Midget playoff game played in Barrie, he scored all 5 goals in a 7-5 loss. Returning to Oshawa he played for the Juveniles, scoring two goals. He moved up in 48-49 season to Junior B and led the team in scoring, playing with such stars as Bobby Attersley and Fred Etcher. 1949-50 saw him move up to Major Junior A playing for the Stratford Kroehlers. In 1950-52 he played for the Oshawa Generals and then St.Catherines. He was third in team scoring notching 29 goals and 27 assists for a total of 56 points in 46 games with the latter. In 1952, he turned pro and signed with the Cleveland Barons of the AHL and in his first year of pro hockey 52-53 Gord played for the New Haven Nutmegs of the EHL. He had a very strong rookie season scoring 40 goals and 37 assists for 77 points in 59 games. He was the leagues top scorer and was voted the teams most popular player by the fans. During 1953-54 his season was split between the Glace Bay Miners of the Maritime Major Hockey League and Valleyfield Braves of the Quebec Hockey League. Gord had another strong season tallying 25 goals and 25 assists in 54 games. The next year (1954) Gord was on the move again to North Bay where he played two seasons for the Trappers of the Northern Senior A League. After returning to Ohawa, he began playing with the Whitby Dunlops. In his four years with the team they won two Senior Championships (Provincial), Two Allan Cups (National), and a World Championship in Oslo, Norway. Gord was later an assistant trainer for the Oshawa Generals.
Year Inducted: 1986
Home Town: Oshawa
More about Gordon Samuel MacMillan:
Few lawn bowlers can match the achievements of Gordon Samuel MacMillan. Born in Oshawa, Gord won one Canadian Singles Lawn Bowling Championship (1966), two Ontario singles titles (1963, 1966), and was runner-up three times at the Ontario championships. He was also a gold medalist at the 1975 Ontario Summer Games. Gord joined the Oshawa Lawn Bowling Club in 1951 at the age of 18. A winner of numerous titles on the club circuit, Gord represented Canada at an international competition in Pretoria, South Africa in 1973 and was chosen to compete in the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta. Tragically, Gord passed away two months before the competition was to begin. Also a fine curler, Gord was honoured by the City of Oshawa in 1966 for his lawn bowling achievements.
Year Inducted: 2006
More about Grant OReilly:
Grant O'Reilly began boxing as a 55 pound 10 year old when he won the Oshawa championship. This was to be a first of many. At age 15, he began taking bouts in various centers around Ontario. Grant's record shows him boxing in over 300 bouts, mostly as an amateur. His weight class (featherweight) did not afford many professional career opportunities at that time. He boxed at the Palace Pier in Toronto 80 times (more than any other fighter). On many occasions Grant had to move up in weight class to get matches. Although asked to represent Toronto Boxing Clubs, he chose to remain with the Oshawa Club.
Among the outstanding accomplishments in Grant O'Reilly's career was when he won 10 consecutive Ontario championships (the last as a lightweight - two divisions up from his weight class). During this period, he held Featherweight, Bantamweight and Lightweight championships even though rated as a Featherweight. In addition, he was the Canadian Featherweight Champion three times and won a New York State Golden Glove Featherweight Championship.
After his outstanding career as a boxer, he operated two boxing clubs in Oshawa, where many local young men learned the pugilist art and discipline from the master.
Year Inducted: 1986
More about Harold Overton Norville:
Born in Barbados, Harold moved to Oshawa in 1964, and two years later began an outstanding lifting career in Canada with a first-place finish at the Ontario Weightlifting Championships. A year later, he was Canadian champion. Norville also won national weightlifting titles in 1968 and 1975, and was Ontario weightlifting champion in 1968, 1969 and 1975. He was Ontario and Canadian champion in the sport of powerlifting three times - in 1969, 1976 and 1977. Three times, he competed in the World Powerlifting Championships, and twice finished fourth and once placed sixth. He coached the Canadian squad at the World Women's Powerlifting Championships at Lowell, Massachusetts in 1980. Harold returned to competition at the World Masters Games in 1985, won the over-40 bantam weight class, and set four North American records in the process.
Year Inducted: 1986
More about Harry James Sinden:
Harry Sinden was behind the bench for one of Canada's most cherished sporting victories. Few accomplishments will match Team Canada's victory over the USSR in the eighth and deciding game of their historic hockey confrontation in 1972. Sinden, who coached the 1972 Canadian squad, was well known to local sporting types after a five-year stint with Whitby Dunlops of the Ontario Hockey Association senior circuit. Meeting the Russians wasn't new to Sinden, who as captain of the Dunlops, earned a gold medal at the 1958 World Hockey Championships by beating the USSR's representatives 4 - 2. Harry graduated to coach the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League from 1967-70 and then again in 1979-80. He coached the Bruins to a Stanley Cup victory in 1969-70, and later became general manager of the Boston club. Harry, who was born in Toronto, played for the Oshawa Generals from 1949-53 and is a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Year Inducted: 2007
Home Town: Oshawa
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Henry (Hank) Nowak was born in Oshawa in 1950. He played minor hockey in Oshawa, notably with the 1966-67 Midget All-Stars winning an All-Ontario Championship. The following year, he played with the Oshawa Crushmen winning the Eastern Ontario Junior B Championship, and then from 1968-1970 played on the Oshawa Generals Junior A hockey team. Hank was selected in the seventh round, eighty-seventh overall, by the Philadelphia Flyers in the 1970 National Hockey League entry draft. His professional career began with the Quebec Aces, Richmond Robins and the Hershey Bears whom he led in play-off points helping them win the Calder Cup. Hank's aggressive and versatile style of play enabled him to play either left or right wing. His NHL career started in 1973 with the Pittsburgh Penguins and continued through the 1976 season with the Detroit Red Wings and the Boston Bruins. While still playing pro hockey, Hank co-founded the Oshawa and District Hockey School, and for 25 years he contributed to the development of the next generation of NHL and professional players. From 1977 to 1980, Hank played in the American, Eastern and International Hockey Leagues, after which time he retired following a career of 678 professional games.
Year Inducted: 1991
Home Town: Oshawa
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Henry Adair (Preem) Whitley was born (1914) and educated in Oshawa and has become a well-known talent in softball (1930-1944), curling (1944-1972), and lawn bowling (1958-1988).
Preem, a towering figure on the diamond, won many pitching awards during his active years, pitching nine no-hit shutouts with an average of around twenty strike-outs per game. After his intermediate stint with the Oshawa Aces in 1930, he went on to play for many championship teams. Mike's Place in the Ontario Junior Championships (1931), the Oshawa Dodgers in the Ontario Intermediate A Championships (1932), the Varcoes in the Eastern Ontario Championships (1934-1938), and the Dunn's Billiards and Pepsi in the Eastern Ontario Championships (1939-1941), all brought accolades to Preem and trophies to Oshawa. After his Oshawa Colts team won the Ontario Championship (1942-43), he concluded his illustrious career with the Toronto Beaches, the 1944 Ontario Senior B Champions.
Add to this list, the General Motors Gold Cup in 1958 in lawn bowling and the Eastern Ontario and Oshawa Champion badminton player between 1948 and 1960, you come to realize his importance as a sports figure in Oshawa.
Year Inducted: 1989
More about Henry Joseph Waszczuk:
A graduate of Eastdale Collegiate in Oshawa, Henry Joseph Waszczuk went on to play football and hockey for Kent State University from 1970 to 1975, while pursuing an M.A. in Sports Administration. In his graduating year, "Big Hank" was honoured as All-Star Centre of the Mid-American Conference and was an All-American nominee.
"The Wasz" began his pro-football career with the Hamilton Tiger Cats as centre, a position he played for ten seasons. A Schenley nominee for most outstanding C.F.L. linesman in 1980 and '81, he was named to the C.F.L. Eastern All-Star team from 1977 to 1984 and received the Tom Pate Memorial Award for his contribution to the team, the community and the C.F.L. Player's Association in 1983.
Henry, these days, is probably Canada's most ardent fisherman, anchoring among other ventures, his own TV series, "Canadian Sports Fisherman", seen throughout Canada, the United States and Europe.
Year Inducted: 1991
Home Town: Oshawa
More about Herman Prakken:
Received an avid sportsman when, as a three-year-old, this Netherlander immigrated to Canada in 1947. Since the early 1960's Herman Prakken brought many Provincial, National and International ten pin bowling championships to Oshawa. The 1962 Provincial Bayview Junior Tournament, the 1969 Provincial Doubles (Scratch), and the 1969 Singles All-Star Provincial were championships which initiated Herman's illustrious career. The winning of the 1970 Canadian National Championship earned him the right to represent Canada in the Tournament of Americas in Miami where he won the doubles championship and placed fifth in the all-event. In 1981 he again represented Canada at the Tournament of Americas winning the team event. Locally Herman has won many special awards but his prowess is demonstrated by his ten high-average awards in the competitive MCL Classic (formerly the Lander-Stark Classic). A true athlete, Herman also excelled as an all-star goaltender in the Oshawa District Soccer League in the early 70's.}
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