Oregon Sports Hall of Fame

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Oregon Sports Hall of Fame
Hall of Fame
DirectorMike Rose
Websitewww.oregonsportshall.org

The Oregon Sports Hall of Fame honors Oregon

athletes, teams, coaches, and others who have made a significant contribution to sports in Oregon. The first class was inducted in 1980, with new inductees added in the fall. Operated by the Oregon Sports Trust, the museum is currently closed in preparation for moving to another facility.

History and organization

The Oregon Sports

Norm van Brocklin, Heisman Trophy winner Terry Baker, high jump innovator Dick Fosbury, and basketball coaching legend Slats Gill
.

New members are inducted each fall, in a ceremony held in recent years at the Multnomah Athletic Club in Portland, Oregon.

Scholarships

As part of its educational mission to promote the values and rewards of participation in sports, the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame grants as many as nine $2,000 scholarships given to outstanding Oregon student athletes who will be attending Oregon colleges. Scholarship winners are honored during the Hall of Fame induction ceremony.

Facility

From 1986 to 1997, the museum was located in a 3,000-square-foot (280 m2) basement under the

NBA
championship game.

In mid-2008, StanCorp evicted the museum in order to expand their own office space. The museum is closed in preparation for moving to an as-yet determined location.[2][3]

Inductees

The current members of the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame are listed below.

Individuals

Sport Hall of Fame members
Adaptive Sports Aaron Paulson
Auto Racing Hershel McGriff, Monte Shelton, Len Sutton
Baseball
Jack Wilson, Rick Wise
Basketball
Bowling Gloria Bouvia, Marshall Holman, Dave Husted, Tom Perry
Boxing Joe Kahut, Ray Lampkin, Molly McConnell, Denny Moyer, Tom Moyer
Broadcasting Bob Blackburn, Doug LaMear, Bill Schonely
Coaching Barry Adams, Rick Adelman, Pokey Allen, Dee Andros, Thurman Bell, Mike Bellotti, Bill Bowerman, Rich Brooks, Prink Callison, Len Casanova, Mike Clopton, Ralph Coleman, Mouse Davis, Tom DeSylvia, Mike Doherty, Jack Dunn, Paul Durham, Dennis Erickson, Joe Etzel, Dave Gasser, Amory "Slats" Gill, Dick Gray, Harold Hauk, Bill Hayward, Howard Hobson, Joe Huston, Eldon Jenne, Roy S. "Spec" Keene, Don Kirsch, Hank Kuchera, Hal Laycoe, Roy Love, Bill McArthur, Bobb McKittrick, Ralph Miller, Tommy Prothro, E. Robert Quinn, Jack Ramsay, Don Requa, Mike Riley, Nick Robertson, Ad Rutschman, Brad Smith, Fred Spiegelberg, Lon Stiner, Dewey Sullivan, Pete Susick, Dale O. Thomas, James "Mush" Torson, Paul Valenti, Eric Waldorf, John Warren, Ted R. Wilson
Duathlon Liz Downing
Equestrian Rich Fellers, Kevin Freeman
Fencing Michael Marx
Football
Golf
Gymnastics Mary Ayotte-Law, Chari Knight, Joy Selig Petersen
Handball Ed Grossenbacher, Ryan Grossenbacher, Jack Scrivens
Hockey Andy Aitkenhead, Don Head, Art Jones, Connie Madigan
Martial Arts Tom Levak
Masters Athlete Clive Davies, Robert "Pudgy" Hunt, Robert "Mac" MacTarnahan, Becky Sisley, Lavelle Stoinoff
Multi Sport Athlete Craig Hanneman, Claude Hines, Dan Jones, Elmer Kolberg, Mel Krause, Danny Miles, Royce McDaniel, Steve Pauly, Sherry Sevall
Officiating Terry Durham, Jack Folliard, Nate Jones, Jim Joyce, Howard Mayo, Dale Scott
Rodeo Larry Mahan
Skiing Gretchen Fraser, Hjalmar Hvam, Bill Johnson, Jean Saubert
Soccer Clive Charles, Shannon MacMillan, Tiffeny Milbrett
Softball Margaret Dobson, Carolyn Fitzwater, Betty Evans Grayson, Erv Lind, Teri Mariani, Jackie Rice
Swimming and Diving Jack Cody, Brenda Helser, Louis "Hap" Kuehn, Nancy Merki Lees, Kim Peyton McDonald, Maureen Murphy, Thelma Payne, Norman Ross, Don Schollander, Della Sehorn, Carolyn Wood, Suzanne Zimmerman
Table Tennis Judy Bochenski Hoarfrost
Tennis Sam Lee, Emery Neale, Jack Neer, Jonathan Stark
Track and Field
Trap Shooting Frank Troeh
Volleyball Lynda Johnson
Wrestling
Rick Sanders, Greg Strobel
Schonely Lifetime Achievement Award Don Essig, Larry Sellers
Special Contribution to Sports

Teams

The Hall of Fame has also inducted these teams:

References

  1. Portland Business Journal
    . 1997-05-22. Retrieved 2008-05-27.
  2. ^ "Museum closes temporarily". Oregon Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on September 26, 2007. Retrieved 2008-05-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ Brandon, Steve (2008-04-22). "Museum hunts for new home". Portland Tribune. Retrieved 2008-05-27.

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