Year Inducted: 2016
Home Town: Oshawa
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One of the most talented riders ever to race a motorcycle, Ron Keys went straight out of the gate to excel at his chosen sport. Unlike some child prodigies, his first ride on a motorcycle was at age nineteen. A few weeks after buying his first bike in 1965, he raced all corners at a local track and won. The following year Ron obtained a racing licence and, racing this same ill-prepared street bike, won the Junior Class at the Annual Canada-USA Challenge Race. In 1967, riding a proper racing motorcycle, he won all six of his first races but then had an accident that sidelined him for the year.In 1968 Ron was promoted to the Expert Class, leapfrogging the Senior Class altogether, and in August of the same year, riding a borrowed bike, won his first Expert Class race. In 1969, leading from start to finish, he won his first Canadian National Championship.From there Ron was fully sponsored on a proper racing bike and spent winters racing in California and summers in Canada. Over his short career, Ron won five National Motocross Championships, three Provincial Dirt Track Championships, one National Dirt Track Championship and a Silver Medal in the Olympics of motorcycling - the first International Six Days Enduro. For Yamaha, he won their first National Motocross Championship in Canada in all three classes, beating an American and a World Champion to do so.Retiring in 1974, Ron was inducted into the Canadian Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 2008.
Year Inducted: 2000
Home Town: Oshawa
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Ron (Bucky) Richards was born in Oshawa and attended King Street Public School and O.C.V.I.
An excellent ski jumper, Bucky won Ontario championships in 1965, 1968, 1970 and 1971, and won North American titles in 1969 and 1970.
Ron was he designer of a training program that resulted in him becoming the manager of Canada's Ski-Jumping Team. He managed the Team in two Olympics - 1972, Sapporo, Japan, and 1976, Innsbruck, Austria.
He was the driving force behind the 1974 opening of a world-class training centre in Thunder Bay, Ontario, attracting competitors from all around the world.
After the 1976 Olympics, Ron started the Ontario Team that produced such ski-jumping greats as 13-time world cup champion Horst Bulau and his son Ron Jr.
Ron has been involved in the sport for 40 years as a competitor, international judge and technical delegate. He is truly a worthy recipient of our recognition, as he joins his father and son in the Hall of Fame.
Year Inducted: 1994
Birth Date: June 05, 1963
Home Town: Oshawa
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Ron, born in Oshawa on June 5, 1963, became interested in skiing at a very early age. When he was three years old, Ron started downhill skiing at the Oshawa Ski Club and by the age of seven had become involved in ski jumping.
In 1981, at the age of seventeen, Ron won the Canadian Junior Ski Jumping Championship and went on to successfully capture the Canadian Senior Championship in 1988, 1989 and 1990.
Ron was a member of the Ontario Ski Jumping Team for three years and a National Team member for fifteen years. Ron proudly represented Canada at three Olympic Games - Sarajevo 1984, Calgary 1988 and Albertville 1992.
During his career, Ron consistently remained in the top thirty ski jumpers during the World Cup competitions.
Ronald Ivan Richards, Jr. remains a dedicated athlete who continues to be a source of motivation for the ski jumpers at the Oshawa Ski Club.
Year Inducted: 2011
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Born in 1948, Ross started playing lacrosse in Whitby in 1957. He joined the Oshawa Green Gaels in 1964 and played six seasons with the team. The Gaels won seven Minto Cups between 1963 and 1969 under legendary coach Jim Bishop. Ross played in five Minto Cups, leading the team in goal scoring in 1966 and 1967. In 23 games of Minto Cup play, he scored 37 goals and 49 points. Ross was 1st in goals and 3rd in points in each of the OLA Jr A regular seasons in 1966 and 1967. He was the first team all-star at right wing and the winner of the Ken Ross Trophy for ability and sportsmanship in 1967. In 1968, Ross won the scoring title with 101 goals (team record) and 160 points. He graduated junior as the third highest in career goals (359) and 17th in points (540). In the OLA playoffs, Ross scored 102 goals in his career. As a member of Canadas field lacrosse team, he played in the Expo 67 World Tournament in Montreal. Professional lacrosse with the Detroit Olympics in 1968 saw Ross score 29 goals and 48 points in 12 league games. In 10 playoff games, Ross scored 19 goals and 41 points. 1970 found Ross playing Sr. A with the Brooklin Redmen. Ross returned to lacrosse in 1975 when he was drafted by the Philadelphia Wings. He was later traded to the Montreal Quebecois under coach Bishop. That pro season Ross played 40 games, scoring 57 goals and 104 points.
Ross and his Minto Cup teammates were inducted into the Oshawa Sports Hall of Fame in 1992 and the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame (New Westminister BC) in 2000. The Ontario Lacrosse Hall of Fame in St. Catharines recognized Ross for his individual play in 1997.
Year Inducted: 2004
Birth Date: September 21, 1928
Home Town: Oshawa
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Ross Robert Lowe was born in Oshawa on September 21, 1928. He began his hockey career in the Oshawa City League. Ross joined the Oshawa Generals at the age of 15 and played there for the next five years.
In the fall of 1948, Ross signed with the Boston Bruins of the N.H.L. The Boston Bruins brought him up to the N.H.L. where he played most of the 1950-51 season. During that year, Ross was traded to the Montreal Canadiens. Ross spent the 1951-52 season with the Canadiens, and was then dealt to the Victoria Cougars of the Western Hockey League. Ross then spent the 1954-55 season with the Springfield Indians of the American Hockey League, where he won the AHL - MVP Award. The New York Rangers recognized his talent and signed him for the 1955 - 56 season.
During the summer of 1955, and just one month short of his 27th birthday, Ross accidentally drowned while on vacation in Haliburton. A tragic loss to his family and to hockey fans everywhere.
Year Inducted: 2012
Birth Date: November 24, 1920
Home Town: Oshawa
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Born in Oshawa on November 24, 1920, Roy was one of the leading point producers for the Generals during their Memorial Cup wins, scoring 17 goals in 14 games during the 1938-39 season and 13 goals in 17 games the following season. He was a two-time Memorial Cup champion with the Oshawa Generals in 1939 and 1940.
Following his junior career, he signed with the Detroit Red Wings and was assigned to their farm team, the Indianapolis Capitals of the American Hockey League, where he won the Calder Cup in 1942. Roy left pro hockey the following year to join the Canadian Navy during the Second World War. Assigned to the HMCS New Glasgow frigate, he played a role in the Allied Invasion in the North Atlantic. He was part of the crew that rammed and sunk a German U-boat on March 23, 1945 - the last U-boat to be sunk by the Allies in World War Two.
Following the war, Roy returned to pro hockey in the late 1940's, playing in the American League with Indianapolis, St. Louis, Springfield and in the USHL with Fort Worth.
After hockey, Sawyer worked in Winnipeg before ultimately returning to the Oshawa area, serving for some time as President of the Oshawa Crushmen Junior B Hockey Club.
Year Inducted: 2009
Home Town: Oshawa
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His passion for golf was parlayed into an incredible career at Durham College, winning the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association individual gold medal a record four times from 1988 to 1991. His outstanding play helped the Lords win their first OCCA team golf title in 1988 and defended it in 1989. Following his graduation, Ryan went on to coach at Durham, winning OCAA championships in 1992 and 1995. In total he won eight Ontario college gold medals as a player and a coach. Hughes was named Durham College's male athlete of the 1990-91 year and was inducted into the school's sports hall of fame in 2000.
Year Inducted: 1988
Birth Date: April 16, 1949
Home Town: Oshawa
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Sandy Hawley, born in Oshawa on April 16, 1949, attended Centre Street Public School before moving to Whitby. His introduction to horse racing was unexpected, for he had never considered becoming a jockey until it was suggested by his uncle, who was a racing fan.
Being unanimously selected as one of only nine riders to receive the Avelino Gomez Memorial Award, exclusive to those with 5,000 or more wins, has special meaning for Hawley, for it was after Gomez that Hawley patterned his riding style. Hawley, twice named Canada's Athlete of the Year, was awarded the Order of Canada medal, being the first jockey to ride over 500 winners in one season. His mounts have earned more than $53,000,000 and he is the first rider to win over 5,000 races in the shortest period of time.
In February 1987, he was inducted into Canada's Horse Racing Hall of Fame. Sandy is in his 19th season of race riding.
Year Inducted: 1999
More about Sandra Lowe:
Sandy had led the way for Canada in the sport of 10-pin bowling. During her career, Sandy has accumulated many prestigious titles ranging from the local to international levels.
As early as 1991, Sandy was hailed as a three-time 'Greater Toronto Bowler of the Year', and in 1993 she captured 'Top Canadian Female Bowler of the Year'. She earned three gold medals and a silver at the 1993 American Zone Championship and also won gold, silver and bronze medals at the Commonwealth Invitational events in 1993 and 1994. In 1995 she was part of the Canadian team that won the gold medal at the Pan Am games in Argentina. In 1998 she won two silver medals and two bronze medals at the Tournament of the Americans and was runner-up at the Brunswick World Open. Sandy also set a Canadian record in 1997, scoring 1043.
At the end of this year, Sandy is contemplating leaving international competition and devoting her time to coaching.
Year Inducted: 2008
Home Town: Oshawa
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Baseball has taken Scott to four continents at the amateur and professional levels. An Oshawa native, Scott got his start in softball with Kingside Park before advancing through the Oshawa Legion Minor Baseball Association. As a Junior Legionaire, he caught the eye of U.S. College, Canadian Provincial and Canadian National Team scouts. Scott accepted scholarships at Alvin College in Texas for two years and Indiana State for two years, playing in the 1983 and 1984 National College Athletic Association World Series. He also played with the 1981 Provincial Team, winning a gold medal at the Canada Games, and four years with the Canadian National Team (1981 to 1984).
With Team Canada, Scott won a gold medal at the International Tournament in the Netherlands, played in Intercontinental Cups in Edmonton and Belgium, the World Cup in Seoul, South Korea, the Pan American Games in Caracas, Venezuela, and the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Following the Olympics, Scott signed with the Montreal Expos organization and played four seasons professionally.
After a trade and short stint with the St. Louis Cardinals organization, he retired to settle in Indiana with his wife Tracy and son Jay. Scott was further honoured in 2000 by his selection to Oshawa's Baseball Teams of the 70's and the Century as a right fielder.
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