Scottish Sports Hall of Fame

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The Scottish Sports Hall of Fame is the national sports hall of fame in Scotland, initiated on St Andrew's Day (30 November) 2001. It is a joint project organised by sportscotland, the national governmental body for Scottish sport, and the National Museums of Scotland. It is also funded by BBC Scotland and donations from the general public. The patrons are Anne, Princess Royal, a notable supporter of the Scotland national rugby union team; First Minister Alex Salmond; and Formula One legend Jackie Stewart.

The goal is to inspire new generations of Scottish sportspeople by creating a permanent home for the Hall of Fame in the Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh.

The permanent exhibition will consist of four major elements:

A display about the members of the Hall of Fame, including key objects relating to their sporting careers and information about their successes
A Sporting Moments display through which visitors will be able to replay their favourite sporting moment, or find out more about their sporting hero or heroine
An interactive area to enable visitors to pit themselves against the best and feel what it is like to be the fastest runner, highest jumper, most accurate putter or strongest lifter
A programme of activities including the annual induction ceremonies to introduce new names to the Hall of Fame.

The Sports Gallery at the Museum of Scotland was opened in 2006.

To date there have been 5 rounds of inductions into the Hall of Fame:

2002: initial 50 inductees
2003: 14 inductees
2004: 6 inductees
2007: 8 inductees
2008: 4 inductees
2010: 6 inductees

[edit] List of inductees in the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame

[edit] All-rounders

Leslie Balfour-Melville (1854–1937), captained Scotland to victory over Australia at cricket; international cap in rugby; captain of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club; and many other achievements
Isabel Barr (Newstead) (1955–2007), 14 Paralympic medals, in swimming, athletics and shooting
Kenneth Grant MacLeod (1888–1967), rugby union, cricket, football, athletics and golf

[edit] Athletics and Highland games

Bill Anderson (born 1937)
Donald Dinnie (1837–1916)
Wyndham Halswelle (1882–1915)
Eric Liddell (1902–1945)
Liz McColgan (born 1964)
George McNeill (born 1947)
Yvonne Murray (born 1964)
Arthur James Robertson (1879–1957)
Ian Stewart (born 1949)
Lachie Stewart (born 1943)
Allan Wells (born 1952)

[edit] Baseball

Bobby Thomson (born 1923), hit baseball's most famous walk-off home run, the 'Shot Heard Round the World'; voted an All-Star in 1948, 1949 and 1952

[edit] Bowls

Willie Wood (born 1938)
Richard Corsie

[edit] Boxing

The men who pioneered the use of Scotland the Brave as the national anthem.

[edit] Cricket

Mike Denness (born 1940)

[edit] Cycling

Robert Millar (born 1958), King of the Mountains and 4th overall at the 1984 Tour de France; King of the Mountains and 2nd overall at the 1987 Giro d'Italia; 2nd overall at the Vuelta a España in both 1985 and 1986
Graeme Obree (born 11 September 1965), nicknamed "The Flying Scotsman" is a Scottish racing cyclist who twice broke the world hour record, in July 1993 and April 1994, and was the individual pursuit world champion in 1993 and 1995.

[edit] Equestrianism

Ian Stark

[edit] Football

Football managers and players:

Jim Baxter (1939–2001)
Billy Bremner (1942–1997)
Matt Busby (1909–1994)
Kenny Dalglish (born 1951)
John Greig (born 1942)
Jimmy Johnstone (1944–2006)
Denis Law (born 1940)
Ally McCoist (born 1962)
Jimmy McGrory (1904–1982)
Billy McNeill (born 1940)
Rose Reilly (born 1955)
Bill Shankly (1913–1981)
Gordon Smith (1924–2004)
Jock Stein (1922–1985)

[edit] Golf

Tommy Armour, 'The Silver Scot'

[edit] Judo

[edit] Horse racing

Willie Carson

[edit] Motorsport

Jackie Stewart, 'The Flying Scot', at the Nürburgring with the Matra–Cosworth that took him to the Formula One World Championship title in 1969

Louise Aitken-Walker (born 1960), FIA Ladies World Rally Champion 1990
Jim Clark (1936–1968), Formula One World Champion 1963 & 1965 and Indianapolis 500 winner 1965
Jimmie Guthrie (1897–1937), 19 Motorcycle Grand Prix wins and 6 Isle of Man TT wins
Bob McIntyre (1928–1962), first Isle of Man TT rider to break 100 mph for a lap; 2 Motorcycle Grand Prix wins and 3 TT wins
Colin McRae (1968–2007), World Rally Champion in 1995; the inspiration behind the pioneering Colin McRae Rally series of racing games
Jackie Stewart (born 1939), Formula One World Champion 1969, 1971 and 1973; co-founder of the Stewart Grand Prix team
Steve Hislop (1962–2003), Won Isle of Man TT 11 times

[edit] Mountaineering and Hillwalking

Captain Robert Barclay-Allardyce, the Celebrated Pedestrian, by Robert Adamson and David Octavius Hill; from the collection of the National Galleries of Scotland

[edit] Rowing

William Kinnear (1880–1974)

[edit] Rugby union

[edit] Sailing

[edit] Shinty

John Cattanach

[edit] Shooting

Alister Allan

[edit] Swimming and Diving

[edit] Table Tennis

Helen Elliot Hamilton

[edit] Tennis

Winnie Shaw (1947–1992), French Open finalist in both Mixed Doubles and Women's Doubles; Australian Open semi-finalist in Singles; Wimbledon semi-finalist in Women's Doubles, and quarter-finalist in Singles

[edit] Water polo

George Cornet (1877–1952)

[edit] Weightlifting and Wrestling

Launceston Elliott on a postcard 1910

[edit] See also

Sport in Scotland

[edit] External links

Scottish Sports Hall of Fame official website