Frank played sixteen years of professional hockey, winning the Stanley Cup three times; Toronto (1913-14), Seattle (1916-17) and Victoria (1924-25). With Seattle, he was the MVP of the Stanley Cup Finals. He was an exceptional scorer and playmaker and was one of the first players to score over 200 goals. Frank was in the first […]
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Mike Forgrave – 2014 Inductee
Career Highlights: 1972 – Mike’s successful career in Track and Field began in 1972 during his first year at Barrie North Collegiate. He credits his first coach and mentor Jim Whitfield for getting him interested, first in Cross Country Running, followed by the Hurdles. During Grade 9, Mike made it to GBSSA level in Cross […]
Read MoreEllsworth Crawford
Ellsworth was a true sportsman and one of the best all-around athletes that Minesing produced. He was a hockey and baseball star player and coach. He was known as a great horseshoe player and excelled at the game of curling. Ellsworth was inducted into the Ontario Horseshoe Hall of Fame in 2001 and was the […]
Read More1996 Diamond Senior Ladies Ontario Curling Championship Team
This team of four won the Ontario Masters Curling Championship on February 1, 1996 in Huntsville. They were the first and only team, representing the Elmvale Curling Club, to win a provincial championship. (L-R) Ev McFadden (lead), Lorna Quesnelle (second), Marlene Tinney (vice), and Dorrie Fiegehen (skip)
Read MoreWalter Craig – 2014 Inductee
Walter was one of Midhurst’s greatest sports supporters and displayed notable sportsmanship whether playing softball, curling, horseshoes, checkers, nine pins, crokinole, crib, horseshoes, curling or softball. He enjoyed a commendable curling career, and in 1930 won the Ontario Championship in Crokinole with Hunter Russell as his partner. Walter was inducted into the Vespra Recreation Hall […]
Read More1977 Elmvale Merchants Men’s Fastball Championship Team
In 1977 on a cold and wet Thanksgiving weekend, this team Elmvale became the first and only men’s team to win an Ontario Amateur Softball Championship. They traveled to Hearst, Ontario to play the Northern Ontario Champs and won the best-of-three championship 2 games to 1. Front: Doug McMann, Carl Edwards, Garry Turner, Lou Belcourt, […]
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