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Wayne Cashman - Hockey

Year Inducted: 1995
Home Town: Kingston

More about Wayne Cashman:
Wayne CashmanBorn in 1945 in Kingston, Ontario, Wayne played all of his minor hockey in his hometown and helped lead his midget team to an Ontario Championship.   At 15 Wayne moved to Oshawa where he played for the Generals from 1960 to 1964. During his years in Oshawa the Generals won an Ontario Championship, an Eastern Canada Championship and participated in a Memorial Cup. From 1964 to 1983 Wayne played for the Boston Bruins, collecting 277 goals and 516 assists.  He played on two Stanley Cup teams and served as captain of the Bruins from 1977 until 1983.  Wayne, along with Phil Esposito and Ken Hodge, formed one of hockey's highest scoring lines. In 1972 Wayne was a member of Team Canada in the historic series win over the Soviet Union. Upon completion of his playing days, he became assistant coach with the New York Rangers and is now an assistant coach of the Tampa Bay Lightning.


Wayne Daniels - Hockey

Year Inducted: 2012

More about Wayne Daniels:
Wayne DanielsWayne started out his sporting journey as a trainer with the Oshawa Green Gaels Junior A Lacrosse Team from 1966 to 1968, and taking over the same job with the Oshawa Generals Hockey Club in 1967. By 1977 he moved into the General Manager's job with the Oshawa Legionaires Junior B Hockey Club, and a couple of years later joined the Oshawa Parkway TV Midget Hockey Teams as trainer, doing that job until 1985. At that time, he returned to the Generals as a scout, working in that capacity until being appointed the team's Director of Hockey Operations in 1990.  Wayne was a scout for the General's team that won the Memorial Cup in 1990 and Director of Hockey Operations when the team won the OHL Championship in 1997. He held that title until 1999, when the Pittsburgh Penguins of the NHL hired him as a scout.  He spent six seasons with the Penguins, and then moved to the Ottawa Senators in a similar capacity in 2006 until his retirement.


William (Bill) Chatterton Morrison - Weightlifting

Year Inducted: 1997

More about William (Bill) Chatterton Morrison:
William (Bill) Chatterton MorrisonBill, who was born in Toronto, moved to Oshawa in 1945 where he attended Albert Street and Cedardale public schools and high school at Central Collegiate Institute.  His competitive weightlifting career began in 1969.  In 1977 Bill was crowned Ontario Champion in the 165-lb. class.  Bill won the Eastern Canadian Championship in 1981 and was again successful in 1983 at the 181-lb. class.  Bill's outstanding success continued in 1984 when he won his third Ontario Championship, the Canadian Championship in Vancouver and earned a second-place finish at the World Masters in Perth, Australia.  Following his successful career in weightlifting, Bill decided to direct his energies into the sport by establishing the Bodybuilder Gym in Oshawa.  This venture soon became the home of the Oshawa Powerlifting Club.  Over the years Bill has coached several individuals who have become powerlifting champions.


William (Bill) Kurelo - Hockey

Year Inducted: 2004
Home Town: Oshawa

More about William (Bill) Kurelo:
William (Bill) KureloBill Kurelo, is a life long resident of Oshawa, who first volunteered to coach in Minor Hockey in 1952.  President for 9 years, he was made a Life Member in 1962, and in 1986 he was awarded the Canadian Amateur Hockey Award for outstanding service. After being very active in the planning and construction of the Civic Auditorium, Bill was appointed as the first Manager of the new complex in 1964.  From 1970 until his retirement in 1989, Bill was Director of the Civic Auditorium and the Arenas.  With Bill's leadership ability, Oshawa successfully hosted many prestigious events such as the 1966 Minto Cup, the 1969 Briar, the 1974/75 Canadian Midget Hockey Championships, the 1983 Memorial Cup, and the Mann Cup. Bill was a founding member of the Oshawa Green Gael Lacrosse Club in 1963, and a Director of the Oshawa Sports Hall of Fame from 1986 to 1989.  He has been a Director of the Oshawa Generals Jr. A Hockey Club since 1989, and an executive member of the Legionaires Jr. B. Hockey Club since 1990. Bill collaborated in the production of two books, the "History of the Oshawa Generals" (1936 - 1990) written by Mrs. Babe Brown.  His 25 year collection of over 1200 photographs, that commemorates the Sports and Entertainment of Oshawa, is prominently displayed throughout the Civic for all to enjoy.


Wren A Blair - Hockey

Year Inducted: 1986
Home Town: Oshawa

More about Wren A Blair:
Wren A BlairFrom a World Championship victory with the 1958 Whitby Dunlops to an Ontario Hockey Association title with the 1966 Oshawa Generals, Wren was a successful manager at virtually every level of hockey.  The Dunlops also won the Allan Cup, Canada's senior hockey championship, in the 1958-59 season.  After the World Championship win in 1958, accomplished by beating the USSR 4-2, Blair went to the professional ranks.  As farm club director of the Boston Bruins, Wren signed Bobby Orr for the Oshawa Generals, then a farm club of Boston.  Blair, who had re-organized junior hockey in Oshawa after a fire claimed the Oshawa Arena, joined the Generals as general manager in 1962.  Wren, who was born in Lindsay but came to Oshawa as a boy, left to become general manager and coach of the NHL expansion club Minnesota North Stars and was with the Stars until 1974.


Yolande Jones-Grande - Track and Field

Year Inducted: 2025
Home Town: Oshawa

More about Yolande Jones-Grande:
Yolande Jones-GrandeYolande Jones-Grande spent 10 formative years in Oshawa, during which time she was a standout track and field athlete on the local, national and international scene.Yolande set three LOSSA records during her high school years from 1982 to 1986 — in the midget girls 80-metre hurdles, the junior girls 80-metre sprint hurdles and the junior girls 200-metre dash. She still holds COSSA regional records in the senior girls 100-metre sprint hurdles and the senior girls 200-metre run. Yolande was also an eight-time medallist at the OFSAA provincial track and field championships, winning gold twice in the senior girls 100-metre sprint hurdles.Yolande represented Canada at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland in the women’s 100-metre sprint hurdles. She was a silver medallist in the sprint hurdles at the 1984 Pan American Junior Track and Field Championships in Nassau, Bahamas, and a two-time bronze medallist in the same event at the Canadian senior championships. She has represented Canada five times at the junior and senior levels.Now living in Quebec, Yolande has coached several elite athletes with the Ottawa Lions Track and Field Club, including one who ran the 100 metres and represented Canada at the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris. In 2023, she was recognized with the prestigious Petro-Canada Coaching Excellence Award.As one of the top ranked female sprint hurdlers in Canada for a decade from 1984 to 1993, Yolande Jones-Grande is a terrific addition to the Oshawa Sports Hall of Fame.



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