The Guelph Sports Hall of Fame Board of Directors is pleased to announce the names of the 2011 inductees.
Builder category-Richard (Dick) Carroll
Leo resided on Metcalfe Street in Guelph his entire life. He coached two Stanley cup winners, the 1914 Toronto Blue Shirts and the 1918 Toronto Arenas. His coaching skills led the Toronto Canoe Club to the Memorial Club in 1920 and the Pittsburgh Yellow Jackets to two U.S. Amateur Championships in 1924 and 1925. Leo was instrumental in coaching boxing, football and baseball that led the Guelph Maple Leafs baseball team to the 1928 league championship.
Athlete-Barb Clemes
A member of the first Canadian women’s team to climb North America’s highest peak, Mount McKinley/Denali in 1982, Barb was a member of Canada’s National Sport Climbing team, competing in the world circuit from 1989–1992. She was the first Canadian woman to climb the most difficult grade and represented Canada in 1998 at the Colorado X games ice climbing event. As a member of the Ontario Junior Gymnastics team she won the balance beam event in the nationals in 1972. Barb is currently a provincial level gymnastics judge and a coach in Alberta and one of the first of only 12 female members of the Association of Mountain Guides. She was the 2005 medalist in mountain biking at the World Masters competition in the over 40 category.
Veteran Athlete-Dominic (Manny) Sorbara
Manny has fought in an estimated 250 bouts and was one of the top amateur welter weights in the province, winning the Charles Hemstead trophy in Toronto in 1944 and the Toronto Star trophy in 1945. His winning streaks of 16 and 13 in a row often made headlines.
Official-Bill McCreary
An NHL referee from November 1984 to April 2011, Bill officiated 1,737 regular season games and holds records for refereeing 297 Stanley Cup playoff games, and 44 Stanley Cup final games including 15 Stanley Cup games. He officiated at the Canada Cup, All Star, Spengler Cup, Winter Classic and Gold Medal Olympic games, and at the last game played at Maple Leaf Gardens and Wayne Gretzky’s last game.
Team-2009 Buns Master Rollers – Team Canada (Special Olympics – Floor Hockey)
The team won the 2006 Regional championships in London, and was the 2007 Provincial Champion in Toronto and 2008 National champion in Quebec City. The team also won the silver at the 2009 World Games in Boise, Idaho.
The induction ceremony will take place at the Kiwanis Sports Celebrity dinner on October 26. For ticket information call 519-823-4402.
The Guelph Sports Hall of Fame is a non-profit organization that recognizes and honours the achievements of Guelph individuals and teams who have attained prominence and distinction in any field of sport, and who have made a major contribution to the development and advancement of sports in Guelph. Funding is generously provided through the Guelph Kiwanis Club’s annual Sports Celebrity dinner. The Guelph Sports Hall of Fame was established by the City of Guelph and the Kiwanis Club of Guelph in 1992.