Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
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| Canada's Sports Hall of Fame | |
| Established | 1955 |
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| Location | Canada. |
| Type | Hall of Fame |
| Website | www.cshof.ca/ |
Canada's Sports Hall of Fame is a hall of fame located in Toronto and established in 1955 to "preserve the record of Canadian sports achievements and to promote a greater awareness of Canada's heritage of sport." [1]
From 1955 to 2006, it was located on the grounds of Exhibition Place in a building which also contained the NHL-sponsored Hockey Hall of Fame from 1961 to 1993, when the hockey hall moved to its present location in the downtown core at Yonge and Front Streets.
In 2006, Canada's Sports Hall of Fame closed and is currently looking to relocate, as the building it occupied was partially torn down, with remaining sections incorporated into BMO Field. In 2007, Doug Flutie became the first American born athlete inducted into the Hall.[2] On October 28, 2008 it was announced that the hall would be permanently moved to Calgary, Alberta. [3]
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[edit] Previous Homes of the CSHOF
- Stanley Barracks, CNE 1955-1957
- CNE Press Building (former Administration Building), CNE 1957-1961
- CSHOF Building, CNE 1961-2006
- Stanley Barracks, CNE 2006
[edit] Inductees
[edit] References
- ^ The Canadian Encyclopedia
- ^ Weird Facts about Canadian Football, p.128, Overtime Books, First Printing 2009, ISBN 978-1-897277-26-3
- ^ "Calgary to be the new home for Canada's Sports Hall of Fame". http://tsn.ca/other_sports/story/?id=254058&lid=sublink010&lpos=headlines_main. Retrieved on 2008-10-28.
[edit] External links
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