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Inductees 2006
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 Norma (Chiddy) MacEachern
Norma trained and competed
as a member of the Amateur Athletic Club of Wetaskiwin and became a track
phenomenon, dominating Women's' Track and Field in Alberta between 1928
and 1931. In 1929 she became Women's Dominion of Canada Track and Field
Aggregate Champion ‑ Olympic Association of Canada.
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 Val Fonteyne
Val is the first hockey player
from Wetaskiwin
to play in the
National Hockey League when it only had six teams. In more
than 1,400 games played in the NHL between 1959 and 1974 he is one of
the least penalized players to have ever played pro‑hockey.
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 Sandy (Kirstein)
Wright
Sandy's achievements have been in
several sports (basketball, golf, diving, curling) and on a variety of
levels, as an athlete and coach as well as serving in several executive
capacities. In 1964 she earned the U of A Bakewall Trophy as Most
Outstanding Female Athlete and was inducted into the University of
Alberta Hall of Fame in 2006.
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 Glen Jevne
The
most dominant fast‑pitch softball pitcher in Western Canada during the
1980's, Glen Jevne's world class fastball career lasted twenty-three years within
which time he pitched two perfect games. His stellar
pitching performance in the 1987 Pan American Games in Indianapolis
captured the hearts of North America.
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 Randy Wyness
Randy
played with the powerhouse Northern Lights Wheelchair Basketball Team for more than twenty years.
In that time he played in 14 NWBA Regional Championship Tournaments and
was named All‑star and MVP on 11
separate occasions.
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 Dr. Rodney Schneck
Rod was the #1 goal tender on the Denver University
Pioneers Hockey Team. Among his "brilliant performances" he made
unbelievable plays in the "greatest‑ever game played in Denver
University history" on January 10, 1959 versus a Soviet touring team.
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