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    Michael “Pinball” Clemons

    Michael “Pinball” Clemons, O Ont, football player, coach, motivational speaker (born 15 January 1965 in Dunedin, Florida). Michael Clemons is one of the most accomplished athletes in Canadian Football League (CFL) history and the first African American to coach in the Grey Cup. Known to many simply as “Pinball,” he is a CFL Hall of Famer and four-time Grey Cup winner with the Toronto Argonauts, earning three championships as a player (1991, 1996, 1997) and one as a head coach (2004). He is the all-time leader in total combined yards in CFL history (25,438). Clemons, a naturalized Canadian citizen, moved into an executive role in the Argonauts’ front office after retiring from coaching. He is involved with a number of charities, including the Pinball Clemons Foundation. 

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    Ronald Lancaster

    Ronald Lancaster, football player, coach (b at Fairchance, Pa 14 Oct 1938; d at Hamilton, Ont 18 September 2008). He quarterbacked the OTTAWA ROUGH RIDERS from 1960 with Russ JACKSON and was later traded to Saskatchewan (1963-78).

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    Russ Howard

    Russell W. “Russ” Howard, CM, ONL, professional curler, golfer, coach, author (born 19 February 1956 in Midland, ON). A two-time national champion, two-time world champion, an Olympic gold medallist and a noted innovator, Russ Howard is considered by many to be the “curler of the century.” At the 2006 Olympic Winter Games, Howard was part of the first Canadian men's team to win an Olympic gold medal in curling. He also became the oldest Canadian (at age 50) to win gold at the Olympics. A Member of the Order of Canada, Howard has been inducted into the New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame, the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame, Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame and the World Curling Federation Hall of Fame.

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    Scotty Bowman

    William (Scotty) Bowman, hockey coach (b at Montréal 18 Sept 1933). Bowman's junior hockey career ended in 1952 and he began coaching in the MONTREAL CANADIENS system from 1954 to 1966 when he joined the St Louis Blues as coach and general manager in 1967.

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    Terrance Richard Duff

    Terrance Richard "Dick" Duff, hockey player, coach (b at Kirkland Lake, Ont, 18 Feb 1936). Dick Duff had a distinguished career in the NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE as both a player and coach.

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    Vicky Sunohara

    Vicky Lynn Sunohara, hockey player, coach (born 18 May 1970 in Scarborough, ON). Vicky Sunohara was part of the first two Canadian Olympic women’s hockey teams to win gold, at the 2002 and the 2006 Olympic Winter Games. She also won a silver medal at the 1998 Olympic Winter Games, seven gold medals and one silver medal at the Women’s World Hockey Championships and a Canadian Women’s Hockey League Championship with the Brampton Thunder. In 164 games as a centre with the Canadian national women’s hockey team, Sunohara had 56 goals and 62 assists for 118 points. She has coached the University of Toronto’s women’s hockey team since 2011. She won coach of the year honours three years in a row between 2020 and 2023 and was named the OUA Female Coach of the Year across all sports in 2020.

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    William Dickenson Hunter

    William Dickenson Hunter, "Bill," hockey coach, team owner and promoter (b at Saskatoon, 5 May 1920, d at Edmonton, 16 Dec. 2002).

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