Bill Clarke
Bill Clarke began his sports career while at Scott Collegiate in Regina. As well as playing football, he skipped the curling team to the South Saskatchewan title in 1949 and went on to win the Sifton Trophy the next year Read more →
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Phil Lederhouse
Phil Lederhouse lost his sight in 1934 at the age of 19. Fifteen years later, in 1950, he took up golf. With no prior experience and six months coaching, Phil won the Canadian Blind Golf Championship in Hamilton. He also Read more →
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Dr. John “Jack” Leddy
Jack Leddy’s principal contribution has been as an administrator and developer of the game of golf. On the local scene, Dr. Leddy was instrumental in the encouragement and development of high school and junior golf in Saskatchewan. Dr. Leddy was Read more →
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Kenneth “Ken” Charlton
A true Saskatchewanian, Ken Charlton was born, raised and educated in Regina. Charlton’s impressive football career began at Central Collegiate in 1933. After high school he joined the Regina West Ends in 1938, then played with the Regina Dales for Read more →
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Joanne Goulet
Joanne Goulet started playing golf at the age of 14. She entered and won her first provincial tournament in 1949. At 16 years of age she was the youngest golfer in the Canadian championships. Since 1951, Joanne has won 19 Read more →
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Ron Atchison
Ron Atchison started off his football career with the Saskatoon Hilltops of the Canadian Junior Football League and played with them from 1947-49 before deciding to voluntarily tryout for the Saskatchewan Roughriders. After an impressive tryout Atchison joined the team Read more →
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Robert “Bob” Arn
Robert “Bob” Arn was born in Kinistino, Saskatchewan. Although he played only a year of organized amateur football he is considered one of the outstanding builders of the game. In 1940 he began his lengthy coaching career at City Park Read more →
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Roy “Sandy” Archer
Football’s “Dean of Trainers” was born in Moose Jaw. His work began in physiotherapy in 1946. Six years later he started his long affiliation with athletic teams when he began working for the Regina Pats. For 14 years he was Read more →
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Roger Aldag
Roger Aldag was born and raised in Gull Lake and first played organized football with the Gull Lake Lions in high school where the team won the 1969 9-man provincial high school championship. Following in his brother, Barry’s footsteps Roger’s Read more →
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Dennis Adkin
Ski administrator and builder, Dennis Adkin, was born June 5, 1919 at Monitor, Alberta. His first pair of skis was made at the local creamery, the ends turned up by steam. After World War II, he went to London, ON Read more →
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Mary “Bonnie” Baker
Mary Baker was born in Regina, July 10th, 1919. She has been actively involved in sport in our province since the age of 13 when she started playing softball with the local minor league teams. In 1943 when P.K. Wrigley Read more →
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Stacy Singer
Stacy Singer became the youngest World Baton Twirling Champion in history in 1985 when she won the junior (under 14) division at the age of eight. From 1985 until her retirement from competition in 1993, Stacy placed first at every Read more →
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George Genereux
As a youth, Geoge Genereux was practically a phenomenon in the shooting world. In fact, it was difficult to believe that a young man could be so uncannily accurate with a shot gun. Genereux became the first Canadian to win Read more →
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Calvin Bricker
Winner of many Canadian Championships, Calvin Bricker dominated broad jumping and the hop-step-jump in Canada for close to two decades. Perhaps the earliest record of merit that we have of Bricker is when he set an Inter-Collegiate record at Toronto Read more →