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Year Inducted: 2004

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Burnaby Lake 1978 Women’s Oared Eights Rowing

The 1978 Burnaby women's eight-oared rowing team won gold at the Canadian, U.S. and B.C. championships, while also winning the prestigious Royal Canadian Henley Regatta in the same year.
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Allison McNeill

Allison McNeill served as the SFU women's basketball coach for 13 seasons, compiling an amazing 363-79 record.
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Arif Mawani

Arif Mawani served as provincial coach for Badminton B.C. from 1991 to '94 and was instrumental in the growth of the sport throughout the province.
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Alex Turkington

Alex Turkington spent close to 40 years working in youth soccer as an official and referee. He is a life member of the B.C. and B.C. junior and juvenile soccer
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Merril Gordon

Merril Gordon was the founder of Cliff Avenue United Soccer Club in North Burnaby, which grew into the largest juvenile soccer club in Burnaby. Burnaby's 1967 citizen of the year
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Bill Colbourne

Bill Colbourne was a co-founder of the Burnaby Minor Hockey Association. He has been involved in minor hockey for nearly 50 years as an official, referee-in-chief and coach, from peanut
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Jack McIlhargey

Jack McIlhargey began his hockey career in the minor program at the Burnaby Winter Club, competing in peewee through to juvenile. He played major junior hockey in Victoria and Flin
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Gordie Gimple

Gordie Gimple began his lacrosse career in the Norburn minor development system before graduating to the junior ranks where he won the MVP award in 1954, while helping his teams
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Peter Ogilvie

Peter Ogilvie a St. Thomas More Collegiate grad, represented Canada in the track and field sprints at the 1991 and 1996 Olympic Games.
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Debbie Brill

Debbie Brill is considered the finest women high jumper ever to compete for Canada and is the originator of the now common backward style of jumping.
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