Memorable Manitobans: Manitoba Softball Hall of Fame

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Individual Inductees

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Inductee	Year	Category
James McKenzie “Jim” Adams (1923-2005)	2002	Builder
Ben Adelman	2010	Athlete
Clara Arnell	2016	Athlete
Bill Aronec	2007	Athlete
Freda Goodman Avery	2011	Athlete
B
Debbie Morris Baker	2009	Athlete
Wayne Banman	2009	Athlete
Elva Waslyk Barkwell	2004	Athlete
Mary Doris “Dodie” Barr (1921-2009)	2004	Athlete
Daryl Beamish	2019	Athlete
Steve Bergson	2012	All-Around
Cliff Bishop	2004	Athlete
Michael Blackburn	2019	Athlete
Murray Blight	2008	Builder
Dave Boch	2018	All-Around
Cam Bouchard	2004	Athlete
Grace Peckover Bouchard	2007	Athlete
Greg Bouchard	2014	Athlete
Leo Bouchard	2003	All-Around
Rollie Boucher	2019	Athlete
Barry Braun	2009	Athlete
David Braunstein	2008	Athlete
Harry Broverman	2007	Athlete
Adrian Brown	2023	All-Around
Shirley Brown	2008	Athlete
Harry Bueckert	2004	Builder
C
Eleanor Callow	2016	Athlete
Don “Smokey” Campbell	2015	Athlete
Jean Dack Campbell	2002	Athlete
Brandi Chammartin	2023	Athlete
Donna Chief	2011	Athlete
Sid Church	2014	Athlete
Steve Clark	2009	Athlete
Juanita Clayton	2002	Athlete
Laurie Cumming Clifford	2003	Athlete
Judy Cochrane	2016	Athlete
Mikki Cochrane	2017	Athlete
Ward Collyer	2004	Athlete
D
Audrey Haines Daniels	2005	Athlete
Peter “Pekoe” Daptil	2006	Athlete
Rick Degagne	2020	Athlete
Albert “Ab” Deleau	2010	Athlete
Ernest Delorme	2013	Builder
Rhonda Denbow	2006	Athlete
Wayne Deschouwer	2010	All-Around
Larry Dewis	2019	All-Around
Peter Dewis	2006	All-Around
Peter Dick	2008	Builder
Ken Dilk	2006	Athlete
Karen Doell	2002	Athlete
Karen Anderson Dunbar	2006	All-Around
Randy Dutiaume	2017	Athlete
E
Bill Edwards	2007	Athlete
Rick Elias	2017	Athlete
Les Ellchuck	2015	Athlete
Ralph Ens	2007	Athlete
Waldren “Wally” Essie	2015	Builder
F
Gordon John Falk	2015	Athlete
Faye Finch	2010	All-Around
G
Claude Gagnon	2004	All-Around
Isny Johnson Gallimore (1919-2020)	2003	Athlete
Ruth Gentry	2011	Athlete
Garth German	2014	Athlete
Babe Goodman Gibson	2011	Athlete
Rob Giesbrecht	2016	Athlete
Ed Gilroy	2018	Athlete
June Graham	2011	All-Around
Wayne Griffin	2009	Builder
Ron Gustafson	2012	Athlete
H
Earl Haines	2007	Athlete
Evelyn Halsall	2004	Athlete
Mary Goshulak Hayes	2007	Athlete
Audrey Freeman Henderson	2008	Athlete
C. “Sheppy” Hershfield	2013	Athlete
Leible Hershfield (1909-1999)	2002	Athlete
Jack Hilderman	2003	All-Around
Harold “Googs” Hindle	2013	Athlete
Evelyne Holenski	2003	Builder
Roy Holenski	2003	Builder
Gerry Howard (1939-2015)	2002	All-Around
Bill Huston	2006	Athlete
I
Joan Ingram	2004	Athlete
J
Bobbi Little Janaway	2010	Athlete
Lorne Jasper	2011	Athlete
Edna Johnston	2012	Athlete
Garry G. Johnston	2013	Builder
Goodie Goodman Johnston	2011	Athlete
Lois Johnston	2015	Athlete
Elaine Jones	2004	All-Around
Harvey Julseth	2023	Athlete
K
Ed “Eddie” Keryluk	2006	Athlete
Dorothy Blanche Ferguson “Dottie” Key (1923-2003)	2005	Athlete
Keith King	2014	Builder
Ken King	2010	Athlete
Larry Klimpke	2023	Builder
Phyllis Klimpke	2023	Builder
Charles “Charlie” Krupp (1906-1958)	2003	Builder
Charlie Kurtz	2020	Official
L
Dave LaFrance	2017	Athlete
Norm Langston	2003	Builder
Ted Lanyon	2016	Athlete
Ashley Lanz	2018	Athlete
Mary Laidlaw Lasuta	2005	Athlete
James “Jim” Lehman	2020	All-Around
Irene Lesczcznyski	2008	Athlete
Olive Elizabeth Bend Little (1917-1987)	2002	Athlete
Lou Lucki	2004	Athlete
M
Ross MacIver	2010	Builder
Greeta Neal MacLean	2005	Athlete
Gary Magwood	2020	Athlete
Elizabeth Makowski	2003	Builder
Mike Makowski	2003	Builder
Donna Manning	2013	Athlete
Sharon Martin	2008	All-Around
Sandy Maskiw	2013	Athlete
Jill Mathez	2018	Athlete
Al Mayer	2003	Coach/Manager
Jean Mayne	2003	Builder
George McBride	2008	Builder
Bryan McDonald	2016	All-Around
Beatrice Hall “Bea” McKenzie (1914-2011)	2002	Athlete
Jim McKenzie	2004	Coach/Manager
Allan McPherson	2009	Coach/Manager
T. Kent Morgan	2011	All-Around
Evelyn Wawryshyn Litwin “Evie” Moroz (1924-2022)	2004	Athlete
Jim Nay	2012	Builder
Joe Nespor	2014	Coach/Manager
Ralph Nespor	2023	All-Around
Bev Morrison Neufeld	2009	All-Around
Les Newman	2017	Builder
Brian William Pallister	2004	Athlete
Joan Henderson Panting	2006	Athlete
Leanne Papineau	2019	Athlete
Shawna Hicks Pearman	2004	Athlete
Reice Pelletier	2018	All-Around
Art Penner	2006	All-Around
Kathleen Penner	2005	All-Around
Lloyd Penner	2007	Athlete
Ernie Peters	2010	Athlete
Eva Peters	2010	Builder
Vic Pidhirny	2005	All-Around
Nick Pliszka	2014	Coach/Manager
Jim Pomeroy	2018	Athlete
Mike Pyle	2016	All-Around
James “Jim” Richards	2015	Athlete
Wayne Richardson	2017	All-Around
Don Robins	2006	All-Around
Mike Rogers	2004	Athlete
Dorothy “Dot” Rose	2007	Athlete
Heather Ruby	2013	Athlete
Charles Rusen	2008	Athlete
Mary Rusen	2012	Athlete
Beverly Sawchuk	2012	Athlete
Joe Shaddy	2005	Athlete
John Shaley	2002	All-Around
Stan Shaley	2002	Coach/Manager
Allan Sharpe	2010	All-Around
Alex Shastal	2005	Athlete
Dave Shyiak	2009	Athlete
Morris Simcoff	2002	All-Around
Met Simenik	2013	Coach/Manager
Grant Skinner	2002	Athlete
Jim Slevin	2009	Athlete
Deb Sonnenberg	2023	Athlete
Edgar Stevenson	2018	Athlete
Alda Tait	2007	Athlete
Bob Taylor	2014	Athlete
Frederick William “Fred” Taylor (1937-2014)	2014	Athlete
Donald Thom	2012	Coach/Manager
Doreen Ingram Thomas	2005	Athlete
Isabel Duncan Thomson	2007	All-Around
Ron Toews	2008	Athlete
Mae Toogood	2012	Athlete
Thomas “Tom” Town	2006	Athlete
Minnie Peiluck Trybell	2005	Athlete
Joyce Tully	2005	Athlete
Bob Turner	2007	All-Around
Brett Turner	2019	Builder
Janet Beckwith Vickery	2005	Athlete
Gregg Waldvogel	2018	Athlete
Terry Wallin	2017	Athlete
Bill “Booty” White	2015	Builder
Melissa Winning	2016	Athlete
Ron Witkowski	2014	All-Around
Gord Wooley	2012	Builder
Bev Workman	2009	Athlete
Bob Wright	2006	Coach/Manager
Brad Wright	2015	Athlete

Team Inductees

Team	Year
Beavers Senior A Men (1987-1992)	2010
Bison Blondes (2002-2007)	2019
Black Knights Fastball Team (1967-1972)	2010
Boissevain Border Queens (1963-1968)	2012
Brandon 7Up Fastball Team (1965-1969)	2009
Brandon Army, Navy and Air Force Vets (1953-1957)	2004
Brandon Empire Olympias Girls Softball Team (1930-1932)	2009
Brandon Pizza Place Ladies Fastball Team (1974-1978)	2015
Brown's Fastball Club (1959-1964)	2012
Carefree Getaway Flashbacks Senior Slo-Pitch (2004, 2008)	2016
Clanwilliam Greys (1972-1977)	2013
CUAC Blues Senior Women (1957-1962)	2005
CUAC Blues Senior Women (1965)	2002
Gladstone Whips (1997-2001)	2018
Globelite Batteries Senior Men (1944-1947)	2005
Jacobson & Greiner Men's Fastball Club (1957-1958)	2015
Kiewel's White Seals / Manitoba Clothing Senior Men (1959-1964)	2004
Legion 2 Fastball Club (1980-1985)	2023
Lenore Ladies Fastball (1954-1957)	2006
Manitoba Alliance Junior Men's Fastball (1994-1995)	2016
Manitoba Men's Masters Softball Team (1984-1987)	2013
Mariapolis Blues (1976-1978)	2018
Macdonald Airports Senior Men (1942-1943)	2008
McKay United Fastpitch Team (1988-1989)	2011
Minto Mustangs Men's Fastball Club (1985-1990)	2006
Molson Canadians Senior Men (1967-1968)	2002
Moose's Mob Slo-Pitch (1994-1999)	2023
Morden Whiz-Bangs Women (1948-1950)	2005
Native Sons (Canucks) (1930, 1931, 1935)	2013
Northern Hotel / Ukrainian Legion Branch 141 Senior Men (1950-1954)	2005
Petro-Canada Classics Master Men's Slo-Pitch (1994-1998)	2004
Pine Falls Canadian Mens Fastball Team (1967-1970)	2014
Portage Diamonds (1986)	2017
Portage Mercurys (1958-1961)	2003
Ramblers Girls Softball Team (1923-1928)	2010
Ramblers Senior Girls Softball Team (1955)	2008
Rumford's Ladies/Curly McKay's Girls Softball (1948-1952)	2015
St. Boniface Athletics (1944-1948)	2003
St. Vital / West Kildonan Tigerettes Senior Women (1949-1954)	2004
Sioux Valley Dakotas (1985-1990)	2023
Smitty's A2 Senior Women's Fastpitch (2008-2009)	2017
Smitty's Senior Women's Fastpitch Team (1993-1997)	2007
Smitty's Terminators Midget Girls (1994-1996)	2014
Smitty's Senior Open A Women's Fastpitch (2002-2006)	2019
Snafu Co-Ed Slo-Pitch (1991-1994)	2016
Souris Blues Senior Ladies Fastball (1977-1982)	2006
Sperling Girls Softball Team (1947-1952)	2009
Uneedas Mens Diamond Ball Team (1927-1930)	2014
Victoria Girls Softball Team (1928-1930, 1932-1933)	2011
Winnipeg Colonels (1973)	2007
Winnipeg Colonels Fastball Team (1976-1980)	2020
YMHA Senior Men (1932-1937)	2008

Sources:

Manitoba Softball Hall of Fame and Museum

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 3 February 2024

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