PLAYERS :
- Dan Becker – Fort Richmond Collegiate ; University of Colorado (NCAA Division 1) 1986-89 ; Big 8 International Select Team ; Canadian National Team 1984, 1989 & 1995 ; member of Winnipeg Cyclone and Winnipeg Thunder pro teams ; other professional teams in Australia, Israel, Finland, Spain and Portugal
- Norm Froemel – J. H. Bruns Collegiate ; University of Winnipeg Wesmen 1990-95 ; four-time GPAC All-Star and CIS All-Canadian in 1994-95 ; all-time Wesmen leader in rebounding and percentage shooting ; six year professional career in Germany
- Joey Johnson – three-time Paralympic Gold Medalist in 2000, 2004 & 2012 ; Silver Medalist in 2008 ; World Championships Gold Medal in 2006 ; All-American at the University of Wisconsin (Whitewater) ; multiple European pro championships in Germany
- Anne Smith – played high school in Quebec ; University of Manitoba Bisons 1995-2001 ; CIS All-Rookie team in 1996 ; 3-time CIS All-Canadian in 1997-98, 1998 99 & 2000-01 ; CIS National Player of the Year (Nan Copp Award) in 1997-98 ; member of two Bison CIS national championship teams
BUILDERS :
- Clyde Perry – started as a coach at King Edward School in 1953; coached at Isaac Newton and Sisler ; long-time referee ; a founder of the Winnipeg Invitational Tournament (WIT) in 1976 ; Mike Spack Award winner in 1985 ; school administrator who helped build successful high school programs
- Russ Roney – coached the Brandon Y Queens 1955-58 ; 44 years as a basketball official in southwestern Manitoba (1946-90) ; founder of the Westman Basketball Officials Association in 1968 ; member of the International Association of Basketball Officials (IABO) 1968-90 ; Westman officials assignor and clinician 1968-89
TEAMS :
- Glenlawn High School Lions Varsity Girls – MHSAA Provincial Champions 1962, 1965 and 1966 ; Pre-Classification era
- Vincent Massey High School (Brandon) Vikings Varsity Boys – MHSAA Provincial ‘AA’ Provincial Champions 1969, 1970 and 1971
More information is available from Ross Wedlake at (204) 668-9494 or rosswedlake@gmail.com.
For more information on the Manitoba Basketball Hall of Fame and Museum, please go to http://www.mbhof.com
More on the News Coverage on the Hall Induction Announcement...
- Winnipeg Free Press 1 - http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/basketball/Basketball-hall-of-fame-names-new-inductees-204324491.html
- Wpg Free Press 2 - http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/basketball/disability-paved-path-to-opportunity-204436441.html
- Canstar News - http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/our-communities/sports/Globe-trotting-Becker-enters-basketball-Hall-205448901.html
- Brandon Sun - http://www.brandonsun.com/sports/local/roney-vikings-to-be-inducted-204460291.html?thx=y
- Wesmen News - http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/index/uw-wesmennews-action/story.460/title.
- CJOB 1 - https://soundcloud.com/basketballmb/mbhof-cjob-interview-april-23
- CJOB 2 - https://soundcloud.com/basketballmb/mbhof-cjob-interview-dan
- SIRC - http://www.sirc.ca/news_view.cfm?id=51983