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Vera Holdsworth

Vera Holdsworth was one of Canada's outstanding trapshooters, She was an Alberta Champion nineteen times, a Canadian Ladies Champion thirteen times, the 1959 North American Ladies Champion, and the first woman to qualify for both the Canadian and American Trapshooting Teams. She also qualified for the All-Canadian and All-American Teams. In 1961, she competed as a member of the Canadian Men's Team with a personal score of 99 out of 100. Vera Holdsworth was a life member of the Amateur Trapshooting Association of America and the Alberta Trapshooting Association.


Barry House

Barry House played Jr. Men's Fastball in Lethbridge in 1971. He joined the Western Major Fastball League Calgary Braves and in his second season won the league batting title and was All-Star first baseman. With the Red Deer Corvets, and Yamahas, he won two league batting titles and three All-Star first baseman awards. With the Calgary Alberta Brake & Clutch he won Canadian Championships in 1985 and 1986. He was named All-Star first baseman at the World Championships in 1985 and in 1986. Barry was an all-star third baseman and Canadian Champion with the Calgary Otto Mobiles in 1988.


“Jungle” Jim Hunter

"Jungle" Jim Hunter's love of skiing and his aggressive approach to competition created an exclusive group of Canadians -- the "Crazy Canucks." Jim won five national combined, seven giant slalom, three slalom, and two downhill championships. In World Cup competitions, he placed fourth in his first giant slalom race (at Val D'Isere, France), and finished in the top fifteen in fourteen downhill and six giant slaloms, and in the top ten in all five combined events he entered. “Jungle” Jim had a bronze medal finish in the combined at the 1972 Olympic Games and placed sixth at the 1976 Olympics.


Carol Huynh

Carol Huynh moved to Alberta in 2006. In Beijing in 2008, she made history by becoming the first Canadian woman to win Olympic gold in wrestling. She was on the podium once again when she won a bronze medal at the 2012 Olympic Summer Games in London. Carol is an 11-time national champion, two-time Pan-American Games gold medalist and a Commonwealth Games gold medalist. Carol was one of five representatives for the International Federation of Associated Wrestling (FILA) that successfully met with the IOC to have wrestling reinstated back into the Olympics after it was dropped in 2013.


Earl Ingarfield Sr.

Earl Ingarfield Sr. played in the NHL from 1958 to 1971. He was a solid center iceman, a great playmaker and face-off man, penalty killer, and could score goals in clutch situations. Earl Ingarfield was the first player drafted in the 1967 expansion draft by the Pittsburgh Penguins. He was traded to the Oakland Seals in 1968 and played with them until he retired in 1971. During his career, Earl Ingarfield scored 179 goals and 226 assists for 405 points in 746 regular season games. He played 21 playoff games and had 9 goals and 8 assists for 17 points.


Hazel Jamison

Hazel Jamison dominated the Alberta Ladies Golf Championships from 1952 to 1964. She was a three time Edmonton City Champion and a member of the Provincial Team for seven years. In 1958, she was a semi-finalist at the Canadian Ladies Open. She won the Ladies Provincial title in 1964. In the winters, Hazel Jamison competed in curling. She won three Edmonton City Championships, two Alberta titles, and the Canadian Lassie Championships in 1966 and 1968.


Glen Jevne

Glen Jevne was the most dominant fastball pitcher in Canada during the 1980s. He appeared in ten consecutive Senior Men's Canadian Championships and won four gold, one silver, and two bronze medals. With Team Canada, the highlight of an outstanding international career came during the 1987 Pan American Games when Glen retired the last ten American batters in order to clinch the gold medal for Canada. Glen Jevne received four straight Softball Canada Top Pitcher awards, was named Softball Canada Top Player four times, and in 1990 was selected as the All-World 2nd Team Pitcher.


Stephen Johnson

Stephen Johnson began his shooting career in the late 1920s and by the 1930s, he had achieved his highest levels. He vaulted to international acclaim with a number of first, second, and third-place finishes. High place finishes in eight events in 1933 earned him the title of Premier Marksman. He was named to Canada's Bisley Cup Team from 1932 to 1938. In 1933, he served as president of the Civilian Rifle Association. Stephen Johnson authored the book "Shoot to Live". His coaching techniques have been used for many years by the Canadian Armed Forces.


Jesse Jones

Jesse Jones won the Senior All Round Silver Championship Cup for three consecutive years while in high school. Between the years 1912 and 1928, he won fifty-six amateur track events, along with thirty-four field ribbons. Jesse Jones competed in - and won - seven track and field events in one day. He placed first in the 100, 220, and 440-yard sprints at the 1923 Olympic Trials but was unable to attend the Olympics. Many of his high school records stood unbroken for as long as fifty-three years.


William H. Kasting

William Kasting successfully competed in speed skating from 1941 to 1961. He won four National Championships, fourteen Provincial Championships, and eight City Championships, in both indoor and outdoor events. During his cycling career from 1948 to 1952, William was the Royal Glenora Champion four years in a row. He was a competitor at the 1954 British Empire Games in Vancouver, where he placed in the top three.