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Anakin, Doug (born in 1930) - bobsledder
Athans, George Jr. (born in 1952) - water-skier
Béliveau, Jean (born in 1931) - hockey player
Boldt, Arnold (born in 1957) - disabled high jumper
Boucher, Gaétan (born in 1958) - speed skater
Bourassa, Jocelyne (born in 1947) - golfer
Brill, Debbie (born in 1953) - high jumper
Burns, Tommy (1881-1955) - heavyweight boxer
Catherwood, Ethel “Saskatoon Lily” (born in 1909) - high jumper
Cheevers, Gerry (born in 1940) - hockey player
Clarke, Bobby (born in 1949) - hockey player
Cliff, Leslie (born in 1955) - swimmer
Conacher, Lionel “Big Train” (1900-1954) - hockey player
Côté, Gérard (born in 1913) - runner
Cyr, Louis (1863-1912) - strongman
Drayton, Jerome (born in 1945) - runner
Edwards, Phil (1907-1971) - runner
Emery, John (born in 1932) - bobsledder
Emery, Vic (born in 1933) - bobsledder
Esposito, Phil (born in 1942) - hockey player
Fisher, Hugh (1984 Olympic Games) - kayaker
Fulton, Robert (Paris Crew, 1867-1871)- oarsman
Greene, Nancy “Tiger” (born in 1943) - skier
Gretzky, Wayne “The Great One” (born in 1961) - hockey player
Hanlan, Edward “Ned” (1855-1908) - single-scull rower
Heggtveit, Anne (born in 1939) - skier
Hodgson, George (1893-1983) - swimmer
Hoffman, Abby (born in 1947) - middle-distance runner
Holloway, Sue (born in 1955) - cross-country skier and kayaker
Howe, Gordie (born in 1928) - hockey player
Hull, Bobby (born in 1939) - hockey player
Hunter, Jim (active during the years 1970 to 1980) - downhill skiing
Hutton, Samuel (Paris Crew, 1867-1871) - oarsman
Jackson, Russ (born in 1936) - football player
Jelinek, Maria (born in 1942) - figure skater
Jelinek, Otto (born in 1940) - figure skater
Jenkins, Ferguson (born in 1943) - baseball player
Jerome, Harry (1940-1982) - runner
Joy, Greg (1976 Olympic Games) - high jumper
Kirby, Peter (born in 1931) - bobsledder
Kreiner, Kathy (born in 1957) - skier
Lafleur, Guy (born in 1951) - hockey player
Lalonde, Edouard “Newsy” (1887-1971) - lacrosse player
Lawson, Smirle “Big Train” (1888-1963) - football player
Lessard, Lucille (born in 1957) - archer
Longboat, Tom (1886-1949) - runner
Magnussen, Karen (born in 1952) - figure skater
McKenzie, R. Tait (1867-1938) - amateur sport
McNaughton, Duncan (1910-1998) - high jumper
Morenz, Howie (1902-1937) - hockey player
Morris, Alwyn (born in 1957) - kayaker
Nattrass, Susan (born in 1950) - trapshooter
Orr, Bobby (born in 1948) - hockey player
Orser, Brian (born in 1961) - figure skater
Plante, Jacques (1929-1986) - hockey player
Price, George (Paris Crew, 1867-1871) - oarsman
Reimer, Eugene (1972 Paralympic Games) - wheelchair athlete
Richard, Maurice “Rocket” (1921-2000) - hockey player
Richardson, Arnold (born in 1928) - curler
Richardson, Ernie (born in 1931) - curler
Richardson, Garnet (born in 1933) - curler
Richardson, Wes (born in 1930) - curler
Rosenfeld, Fanny “Bobbie” (1905-1969) - runner
Ross, Elijah (Paris Crew, 1867-1871) - oarsman
Scott, Barbara Ann “Canada’s Darling” (born in 1928) - figure skater
Sherring, William (1877-1954) - runner
Sittler, Darryl (born in 1950) - hockey player
Smith, Ethel (1907-1979) - runner
Smith, Graham (born in 1958) - swimmer
Streit, Marlene Stewart (born in 1934) - golfer
Tanner, Elaine “Mighty Mouse” (born in 1951) - swimmer
Villeneuve, Gilles (1950-1982) - Formula One race car driver
Waldo-Baltzer, Carolyn (born in 1964) - synchronized swimmer
Williams, Percy (1908-1982) - runner

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