Wayne Bowes & Bob Daku Racquetball Team

Wayne Bowes and Bob Daku began playing racquetball together in 1969, after meeting at the Lethbridge YMCA. They dominated the Canadian Open Men's Doubles in racquetball from 1974 to 1982. They won nine consecutive national titles. Besides their national titles, this team won numerous Alberta crowns and competed at the 1974 World Amateur Racquetball Championships. They won two more titles, in 1984 and 1985, and then retired from competitive racquetball with eleven of thirteen national titles.

Calgary Colts 1989 1990 Junior Football Teams

The Calgary Colts Junior Football Team was a member of the Prairie Football Conference (PFC) of the Canadian Junior Football League (CJFL) and consisted of athletes aged 17 to 22. In 1989 and 1990, the CJFL was made up of 26 teams and five conferences. The Colts won the CJFL National Championships in 1989 and 1990 and were the first team to win the newly established Canadian Bowl Trophy. They were described best as a group of young men with “Never Give Up” attitudes who played with heart, determination, and above all played as a Team

Calgary Stampeders Football Team

The Calgary Stampeders Football Team went undefeated in the 1948 season. They won the Grey Cup using a bizarre play named the Sleeper Play and defeated the Ottawa team 12-7. Despite being the only team in Canadian Football League history to play an entire season undefeated, they were also known for turning the Grey Cup into a national festival and celebration. The exploits of the 1948 Grey Cup helped resurrect the Grey Cup, which had been nearly forgotten during World War II, and helped make it into the biggest single day sporting event in Canada.

Canada West Ringette Teams 1990 & 1992

The 1992 World Ringette Championship was held in the Ice Hall in Helsinki, Finland. Canada was represented by a Western Team (Team Alberta) and an Eastern team. Both teams made it through round robin play undefeated. However, when they faced each other, only one Canadian team victor could emerge. With the scored tied at five, and twenty-five seconds left in the game, Calgary's Lisa Brown got the ring past the opposing goalie, for her third goal of the game, and the gold medal victory. Team Alberta, representing Canada West, also won the World Championship in 1990.

Broder’s Chinooks Basketball Teams

The Lethbridge Broder's Chinooks basketball team competed in Sr. "A" men's basketball. They won four straight provincial championships from 1958/59 to 1961/62 and three Canadian Championships (Dominion Championship) in 1958/59, 1960/61 and 1961/62. During their second national championship run in the best of five series, they were down 2-0. They won the next three games which included three overtime periods in the fifth game. They had a 75-game win streak against Canadian teams, and were highly competitive in American tournaments.

Ezzrett “Sugarfoot” Anderson Football Athlete

Ezzrett Anderson got the nickname “Sugarfoot” for the “sweet way” he could run like lightning. However, from 1933 until 1946, there were no black players in the NFL. The Calgary Stampeders saw Sugarfoot playing semi-pro football in Los Angeles and needed a defensive end for the 1949 season. Sugarfoot became a hero in Calgary. He spent seven seasons playing with the Stampeders, was an all-star CFL player in 1949, and was one of the only two Americans to make all-pro in Canada at both offense and defense. Sugarfoot retired from playing in 1956.

Raymond Knight & Earl W. Bascom

Raymond Knight and Earl Bascom pioneered the sport of rodeo in Canada in the early 1900s. Raymond started the Raymond Stampede in 1902 and the first "professional" stampede in Canada in 1903. He introduced calf roping to Canadian rodeo and was the "World Champion" calf roper in 1924 and 1926. Raymond invented the bronc riding chute in 1903. Earl and his brothers adapted the design in 1916 to create the first side-delivery chute. Earl designed rodeo’s first hornless bronc saddle (1922) and the first one-handed bareback rigging (1924).

Tom, Vernon "Bud" and Brian Butterfield

Tom, Vernon “Bud” and Brian became true Canadian Rodeo legends in the 1950s and 1960s. Their influence helped steer wrestling grow in popularity. Tom competed nine years and was one of the top steer wrestlers in Canada. Bud competed eight years and won six CPR steer wrestling championships and four Calgary Stampede steer wrestling titles. Brian competed in steer wrestling and bareback riding from 1951 to 1965 and won four CPR steer wrestling championships. They served as board members and in leadership roles with rodeo associations for many years.

Lorne Carr

Lorne Carr played thirteen years in the National Hockey League, seven with the New York Americans, five with the Toronto Maple Leafs, and one with the New York Rangers. Known as one of the NHL's purest goal scorers in the 1930s and 1940s, Lorne amassed 214 goals and 231 assists for 445 points in 633 games. The two-time All-Star was a member of the famous 1942 Toronto Maple Leafs, who completed the greatest Stanley Cup final comeback in NHL history, by winning four straight games over the Detroit Red Wings after losing the first three.

Dwayne Erickson

Dwayne Erickson was hired by the Edmonton Journal in 1957. Rodeo quickly became his sport of choice although he covered all sports. Dwayne was considered an outstanding writer, brilliant copy editor, and probably the best-informed rodeo journalist in the industry. He was the Edmonton Sun’s sports desk editor in 1979, the Calgary Sun’s in 1982, and then became a contract rodeo columnist for the Calgary Herald in 2001. Dwayne covered every Canadian Finals Rodeo since 1979, every Calgary Stampede since 1982 and every National Finals Rodeo at Las Vegas since 1985.