Anne Dunn & Rink
World Seniors Champions 2002, Ontario Scott Tournament of Hearts Champions, 2003 Coming off a year in which Anne Dunn and her rink of senior curlers from Cambridge, Ont., captured the World Seniors Curling Championships, they proved their mettle by winning the Ontario Scott Tournament of Hearts title at Mississauga’s Hershey Centre in the winter of […]
Cambridge Belles
1987 Provincial and National Champions The Cambridge Belles (17 and under) capped off a remarkable year when they won the Canadian A ringette title in Kitchener in the spring of 1987. It was no easy feat. In the championship game against Manitoba, Cambridge scored three times in the final four minutes to earn a 7-4 […]
Galt Slees
Four-time Provincial Champions The Galt Slees softball team grew out of the Galt Minor Softball Association in the early 1960s and before they were done, at the end of the decade, they had won four Ontario championships – an Ontario record – and a host of other honours. The Slees name became almost legendary in […]
Cornelius (Con) Cole
October 13, 1923 – January 28, 2004 For years it seemed like Con Cole was fighting a losing battle in trying to get the game of soccer established in Cambridge. Today minor soccer in Cambridge has never been bigger, and Cole is regarded as the father of minor soccer in the city. He had help. […]
Kerry Leitch
Kerry Leitch began his long association with Cambridge in 1964, when he was asked to jointly coach both the Preston Figure Skating Club and the Kitchener-Waterloo Figure Skating Club. Leitch wanted to play hockey and this desire led to lessons in figure skating to improve his skating ability. At the age of 10 his parents […]
Earl Sage
May 7, 1923 – Nov. 15, 2011 With a lifetime of involvement in the Ontario Rural Softball Association, Reidsville resident Earl Sage follows in the footsteps of Lorne Johannes as a builder in the rural sports scene. Sage was treasurer for 25 years of the rural softball league, when the league was in its infancy. […]
Ron Smith
January 28, 1944 – January 2, 2017 The question is not whether Ron Smith would be inducted into the Cambridge Sports Hall of Fame but would he be inducted as an athlete or a builder. Like Don Rope, who was a major influence during Ron’s formative years at Glenview Park Secondary School, Ron’s induction is […]
Todd Harvey
From the moment Todd Harvey first skated with the Cambridge Winter Hawks, great things were expected of the Rockton native. He was a fresh-faced 14-year-old playing with guys several years older, yet his gritty nature, and his unquestioned talent, meant that not only did he make the team, but also that he would soon come […]
Jody Hull
Jody Hull was the Hartford Whalers’ first-round draft pick (18th overall) in the 1987 NHL entry draft, and made his NHL debut during the 1988-89 season when he played 60 games. That season he had 16 goals and 18 assists. Playing in the NHL was the culmination of years of hard work and effort. Hull […]
Kirk Maltby
In the late 1990s, Cambridge’s Kirk Maltby matured into one of the mainstays on a high-powered Detroit Red Wing squad. A mucker with unbelievable lower-body strength, Maltby was at home in the corners and along the boards and relished in delivering big, booming bodychecks that could change the momen- tum of a game. He played […]