Builder : HockeyYear Inducted: 2015Date of Birth: 1938 A major contributor to the development of minor hockey in the Ottawa and Gatineau area, Henry has served as coach, manager, executive and owner. He founded the East Ottawa Voyageurs minor hockey organization in the 70s, the Eastern Ontario Junior B Hockey League championship Vanier 72s in…

Athlete : Track and FieldYear Inducted: 2009Date of Birth: May 14th, 1945Born in: Glasgow, Scotland Joan Hendry excelled in Track and Field for Canada. Hendry was a stalwart on Canadian Pan-American (67), Pan Pacific (69), Commonwealth (70) and Olympic (Mexico, 68 and Munich, 72) teams, winning numerous gold, silver and bronze medals in 100m. and…

Athlete : SkiingYear Inducted: 1966Date of Birth: January 11th, 1939Born in: Ottawa, Ontario At age seven won Gatineau Zone senior women’s slalom, combine. At age 15, became youngest-ever winner in the half-century history of the Holmenkollen giant slalom in Norway. First Canadian to win in Olympic ski competition at Squaw Valley in ’60. Won slalom,…

Athlete : High JumpingYear Inducted: 2003Date of Birth: July 29th, 1920Born in: Ottawa, Ontario Mary Haydon-Provost (deceased) excelled in long, broad and high jumping at a time when most young ladies were discouraged from participating in such strenuous pursuits. She set a national junior high jump record in 1937 and was recognized the Amateur Athletic…

Athlete : Skeet ShootingYear Inducted: 1983Date of Birth: November 2nd, 1916Born in: Swan River, Manitoba Holds roughly 30 world titles in 12, 20, 28, 410 gauge and all-around category in skeet shooting. Scored perfect 100×100 four times with 410 gauge. Ten times captain of National Skeet Shooting Association All-American team. Once broke string of 2002…

Builder : FootballYear Inducted: 1996Date of Birth: September 9th, 1935Born in: Ottawa, Ontario Robert Bruce Hamilton (deceased) was the founder and first head coach of the Ottawa Sooners, president of the Ontario Junior Football Association, director of the Canadian Amateur Football Association, Pinecrest Little League president, founder of the Pinecrest Big League, and Ottawa Sports…

Builder – Coach : Year Inducted: 1993Date of Birth: September 25th, 1945Born in: Ottawa, Ontario Gordon ‘Gord’ Hamilton (deceased) played four years of junior hockey with the Ottawa Montagnards and the Smiths Falls Bears. He captained the Monties and the Bears when they represented ODHA in the Memorial Cup. He began a seventeen year coaching…

Athlete : RunnerYear Inducted: 2019Date of Birth: August 17, 1966Born in: Norway Olympic athlete John Halvorsen has a distinguished record as a long-distance runner. Halvorsen completed in the 1988 Summer Olympics, where he finished sixteenth in the 10,000 m, twelfth at the 1990 European Championships and nineteenth at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Halvorsen won several…

Athlete : HockeyYear Inducted: 1985Date of Birth: October 14th, 1914Born in: Ottawa, Ontario Patrick ‘Patsy’ Guzzo’s (deceased) crowning hockey achievement came in 1948 when he played for the Royal Canadian Airforce – RCAF Flyers, the team that won the Olympic and world’s championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland. In eight games, Guzzo picked up five goals…

Athlete : Speed SkatingYear Inducted: 2014Born in: Ottawa, Ontario Ottawa native Kristina Groves’ Olympic dream was sparked as an 11-year-old girl trying to win the lottery for the chance to run with the Olympic torch in the 1988 Olympic Winter Games relay. Watching Canadian legend Gaetan Boucher race during those Olympics convinced her she wanted…