Ed French
Ed French was an outstanding amateur boxer from 1948 to 1956. He was the Canadian Light-Heavyweight champion in 1950 and again in 1952. Ed French was Alberta's Amateur Athletic Union champion in 1948, 1950, and 1952. For three years, he was the champion in the University (Western Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Union) and was voted the best boxer in his final year.
Ernest Friesen
Ernest Friesen represented Canada at the Pan American Games in Kingston, Jamaica in 1971. He won two gold medals, one in shotput and the other in discus. After the games, Ernest Friesen retired to further his studies.
Webb Frizzell
Webb Frizzell won several Canadian Championships. In 1935, he won the Featherweight class (126 lbs.) and the Lightweight class (135 lbs.) in 1940 and 1941. Webb Frizzell also won many Alberta championships. He claimed the Featherweight title in 1934, 1935, 1937, and again in 1938. He won the Alberta Lightweight three times. In his 117 fights, he won 114 decisions. He was named Alberta's Boxer of the Year in 1938, 1940, and 1941.
Grant Fuhr
Grant Fuhr was drafted by the Edmonton Oilers in 1981 and played with them for 10 years, winning five Stanley Cups. His best season was 1987-88 when he played a league leading 4,304 minutes and had 40 wins. He also won the Vezina Trophy, and was runner-up to Wayne Gretzky for the Hart Trophy as the NHL's Most Valuable Player. Grant was traded in 1991 and then played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, LA Kings and St. Louis Blues. He reached his 400th career win with the Calgary Flames, becoming the sixth goalie in NHL history to reach that milestone.
William Gadsby
Bill Gadsby began his outstanding hockey career in Calgary playing for several minor league teams including the Alberta Midget champions in 1942. He played two years for the Edmonton Junior Canadians before joining the Chicago Black Hawks in 1946. He was captain twice during his eight years with them. In 1954, he was traded to the New York Rangers where he played for seven years. His last five seasons were spent playing for the Detroit Red Wings.
Hector Gervais
Hector Gervais skipped his curling team to six Northern Alberta Curling Association Bonspiels including a three-time win streak. In 1961 at the age of 27, he became the youngest skip to win a Brier. At the 1961 Scotch Cup in Scotland, he won the World Curling Championship. Hector won his second Brier in 1974 and went to the Silver Broom World Championships. Hector Gervais is credited with revolutionizing the game of curling in the 1960s with corner guards, placing guards in front of the rings, and drawing around the rocks for protection.
Cheryl Gibson
Cheryl Gibson won 34 gold, 15 silver, and 13 bronze medals in National competition. Internationally, she competed at the 1975 and 1979 Pan American Games, the United States National Championships, the Montreal Olympic Games, and the 1978 and 1982 Commonwealth Games. Cheryl won four gold, seven silver, and five bronze medals from those meets. In 1975, she became the first female swimmer in the Western World to break the five-minute mark with a time of 4:58:66 in the 400 Individual Medley event at the Canadian Championships. Cheryl Gibson was the Canadian Female Athlete of the Year in 1977.
Duff Gibson
Duff Gibson, at age 39, captured a gold medal victory at the 2006 Torino Winter Olympic Games. He set a record by becoming the oldest gold medalist for an individual event in the history of the Winter Olympics. Duff also won a World Championship gold medal in 2004 and followed that with a bronze medal finish in 2005. He was the 2004 World Cup Overall silver medalist and 2005 World Cup Overall bronze medalist. He won the Canadian Championship in 2002 and 2004.
Jim Gladstone, Jr.
Jim Gladstone Jr. was a versatile athlete as a youth who played basketball and track and field before finally concentrating on the sport of rodeo. Although he enjoyed steer wrestling, he went on to calf-roping as his primary event. In 1969, 1971, and 1973, he won the Canadian Calf-roping Championships. Jim Gladstone Jr. became the first Canadian to win a World title in a timed rodeo event when he beat the field at Oklahoma City in 1977.
Ron Glass
Ron Glass started driving chuckwagons at the age of 15 for a friend; and, at the age of 16 he and his father entered a team in the Calgary Stampede in 1931. Ron drove chuckwagons for more than forty-six years, winning the World Championships in 1950, 1951, 1952, and 1965; and the Cheyenne Frontier Days in 1956, 1966, and 1970. Ron was the Calgary Stampede Champion in 1941, 1946, 1947, and 1949. Ron Glass was a founder of the Cowboys’ Protective Association which is now known as the Canadian Professional Rodeo Association.