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Initiated in 2009 to celebrate the history of the sport of rugby in Manitoba, by recognizing those who have contributed significantly to the game and its development, the first inductions were made in 2010.
Name begins: A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Inductee
Year
Category
Ken Adams
2010
Official
B
Riley Barkman
2013
Player
David Barnes (?-2007)
2011
Official
Mike Brown
2012
Official
C
D
Larry Paul DeBooy (1950-2009)
2010
Player
Randy Dilk
2019
Builder
Sandy Donald
2023
Builder
E
Robert W. “Bob” Elder (?-2011)
2011
Builder
Corrine Enns
2010
Player
Brian Erichsen
2014
Player
Wilf Erichsen
2013
Official
Clinton Bruce “Clint” Evans (1949-2007)
2020
Player
Dwight Evans
2010
Builder
F
Jim Feasby
2014
Builder
Lou Furlan
2018
Player
G
Terence “Colin” Gibbs (1940-2021)
2013
Official
Val Gompf
2011
Player
Jonathan “Wayne” Guenther (1954-2023)
2024
Builder
H
Paul Harland (1962-2023)
2015
Official
Scott Harland
2020
Builder
Jeff Harrison
2016
Player
Colleen Horton
2020
Builder
I
Don Innes
2017
Builder
J
Andrew Jackson
2017
Player
K
L
Arthur James Logan (1938-2013)
2011
Builder
Erik Luinenberg
2022
Player
M
Gary Andrew MacDonald (1951-2021)
2011
Builder
Arleigh MacKenzie
2019
Builder
Glenys MacKenzie
2012
Builder
Brian “Benji” Marchak
2019
Player
Mandy Marchak
2017
Player
Guy McKim
2014
Official
N
Derry William Newton (1933-1993)
2018
Pioneer
Garry Nicholson
2012
Official
Peter Nolan (1936-2023)
2018
Builder
O
P
Kenneth James “Ken” Pearn (1947-2013)
2011
Builder
Don Pincock
2012
Builder
James Raymond “Jim” Platt (1939-2011)
2011
Pioneer
Angie Ploegman
2016
Player
Peter Press
2013
Builder
Robert William Pringle (1920-1996)
2014
Pioneer
Q
R
Simone Hernandez-Ramdwar
2023
Player
John Edmund “Kiwi” Reilly (1948-2009)
2010
Builder
Karen Rhoda
2018
Builder
Neville Rhoda
2011
Player
Robert Gordon “Bob” Rialland (1947-2025)
2022
Pioneer
Sidney Roberts
2019
Player
Harry Robertson
2022
Player
Rock Romsa
2015
Builder
Gilles Roy (?-2022)
2010
Builder
Jim Russell
2017
Builder
S
James “Albert” Shepherdson (1928-2013)
2010
Pioneer
Ray Skett
2012
Official
Shannon Ploegman Smith
2019
Player
Robert St. Germain
2016
Builder
T
Amanda Thornborough
2024
Player
Brent Tomchuk
2014
Player
Brenda Treleaven
2015
Player
U
V
W
John Walton
2016
Pioneer
John Whyte (1933-2016)
2015
Pioneer
Ian Williams
2010
Pioneer
Troy Williams
2024
Builder
X
Y
Z
Bill Zubrack
2018
Official
Group
Year
Maple Grove Rugby Park Founders Committee
2010
St. Pauls High School Rugby Program
2016
Wasp Women’s Athletic Association
2016
Team
Year
Manitoba Senior Men’s Tier II National Championship Team 1997
2015
Manitoba U-17 Boys Provincial Team 1994
2012
Manitoba U-19 Junior Women’s Provincial Team 1996
2014
St. John’s High School Team 1977
2017
Saracens RFC Men’s Premiership Championship Team 1972-1975
2017
Saracens RFC Men’s Premiership Championship Team 1979-1986
2013
SNAFU Rugby Tournament
2011
Winnipeg Rugby Football Club 1880-1935
2010
Winnipeg Wasps Third Division Rugby 1985-1989
2023
“Barbarians founders to enter Hall of Fame,” Brandon Sun, 21 July 2010, page 20.
“Rugby standouts honoured,” Winnipeg Free Press, 25 August 2011, page C6.
“Rugby Manitoba inducts Hall of Fame class,” Winnipeg Free Press Community Review, 4 November 2019.
“Sporting Halls catching up with inductions,” Winnipeg Free Press Community Review, 19 October 2022.
“Meet the Rugby Hall of Fame class of 2023,” Winnipeg Free Press Community Review, 4 October 2023.
“Thornborough will enter Rugby Hall of Fame,” Brandon Sun, 17 September 2024.
Manitoba Rugby Hall of Fame, Website.
This page was prepared Rick Mutton and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 6 August 2025
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