Hall of Fame

The Hunter Region Sporting Hall of Fame Induction is an annual event which formally recognises the success of Hunter Region Sports people.

Now in its 22nd year, the Hall of Fame has inducted 304 talented sports people.  The profiles and memorabilia of these inductees along with those of hundreds of other prominent sporting personalities from the region make up a first class display in the Newcastle Regional Museum.


The Hall of Fame is coordinated by the Hunter Academy of Sport, Newcastle Museum and a voluntary organising committee consisting of many prominent sports administrators.


2012 Hall of Fame Inductees

Past Inductees

Athletes with a Disability

  • Garry Hooper
  • Bob Staddon
  • Joseph Walker

Badminton

  • June Bevan
  • June Carter
  • Jon Chin

Barefoot Water Skiing

  • Garry Barton
  • Peter Wellham


Basketball

  • Terry Charlton
  • John Gardiner
  • Melva Hancock
  • Denis Kibble

Boxing

  • Harry Collins
  • Les Darcy
  • Fred Henneberry
  • William Jones
  • Phil McElwaine
  • William Morgan
  • Neville Rincheval
  • Dave Sands
  • Patrick Slavin
  • William Squires
  • Ken Stamford
  • Hector Thompson
  • Lyn Truscott
  • Robert Whitelaw

    Board Sailing

    • Grant Long

    Car Racing

    • Tony Pryor

    Cricket

    • Sarah Andrews
    • Arthur Chipperfield
    • Belinda Clark
    • Grahame Corling
    • Alan Davidson
    • Jim De Courcy
    • Gary Gilmour
    • Sally Griffiths
    • Robert Holland
    • Charles Macartney
    • Rick McCosker
    • Johnny Martin
    • Arthur Morris
    • Ray Robinson
    • Doug Walters
    • John Watkins
    • Paul Wilson

      Cricket and Hockey

      • Muriel Picton
      • Hazel Ronay


      Cycling

      • Craig Chapman
      • Ian Chapman
      • Olivia Gollan
      • Margaret Hemsley
      • Robert Ryan
      • John Tresidder

        Equestrian

        • Kevin Bacon
        • John Fahey
        • Bridget MacIntyre
        • John Mackay Snr
        • John Mackay Jnr
        • Laurie Morgan

          Fencing

          • Alwyn Wardle

          Football

          • Cliff Almond
          • George Arthur
          • Ray Baartz
          • John Barr
          • Alex Cameron
          • Norman Conquest
          • Bill Coolahan
          • Frank Coolahan
          • Clarrie Coutts
          • Colin Curran
          • Reg Date
          • Peter Doyle
          • Jack Evans
          • Alison Forman
          • Jack Gilmore
          • Ron Giles
          • Arch Harris
          • Alex Heaney
          • Jack Hughes
          • Ron Hughes
          • Graham Jennings
          • Allan Johns
          • E (Dick) Kemp
          • Jack Lennard
          • Percy Lennard
          • David Lowe
          • Jim McNabb
          • Roy McNaughton
          • Bill Mahoney
          • William Maunder
          • Billy Morgan
          • Bruce Morrow
          • Jack O’Brien
          • Kevin O’Neill
          • Tom Oliver
          • James Osborne
          • W (Ernie) Owen
          • Hedley Parkes
          • Jack  (Jock) Parkes
          • Frank Parsons
          • John Pettigrew
          • Alfred Quill
          • William Rorke
          • Cheryl Salisbury
          • Danielle Small
          • Peter Stone
          • Doug Wendt
          • James Wilkinson
          • Shelley Youman

            Formula 500

            • Grahame Baxter

            Goal Ball

            • Marilyn Mills

            Golf

            • Phillip Billings
            • Billy Dunk
            • Gayle Gannon
            • Marea Hickey
            • Colin Johnston
            • Dayle Linnerston-Marshall
            • Jack Newton

              Hang Gliding

              • Rick Duncan
              • Kelvin Smith


              Harness Racing

              • Dick Osborn

              Horse Racing

              • Max Lees

              Hockey

              • Michelle Andrews
              • Debbie Beckett
              • Ray Clarke
              • Olga Corrigan
              • Paul Dearing
              • Bev Dyet
              • Barbara Farrell
              • Nancye Fennell
              • Chris Fernance
              • Isobel Heath
              • Robyn Leggatt
              • Brooke Morrison
              • Lisa Naughton
              • Julie Towers
              • Kristen Towers
              • Colleen Quinn
              • Joan Walter
              • Ray Wright

                Lawn Bowls

                • Nancy Childs
                • Fay Craig
                • Dave Downie
                • Helen Embleton
                • Terry McCabe
                • Charles McNeill
                • Darby Ross
                • Barry Salter
                • Eve Wilcher

                  Martial Arts

                  • Greg Cairns
                  • Ross Murphie


                  Motor Racing

                  • Ron Pyne
                  • Lloyd Thorley
                  • George Watson

                  Motor Cycling

                  • Keith Davies
                  • Vic Duggan
                  • Robert Jones
                  • Wilfred Lamont
                  • Chris Watson
                  • Todd Wiltshire

                    Netball

                    • Alison Broadbent
                    • Lois Green
                    • Nola Green

                    Professional Running

                    • Robert Watson

                    Rowing

                    • Kyrsten Winkley

                    Rugby League

                    • Don Adams
                    • Ned Andrews
                    • Ron Bailey
                    • William Bailey
                    • Gary Banks
                    • Allan Buman
                    • Brian Carlson
                    • Stan Carpenter
                    • Arthur Collinson
                    • John Cootes
                    • Clive Churchill
                    • Les Dawson
                    • Keith Froome
                    • Alf Gibbs
                    • Jim Gibbs
                    • Matthew Gidley
                    • Charlie Gill
                    • Johnny Graves
                    • Paul Harragon
                    • Jack Hutchinson
                    • Andrew Johns
                    • Les Johns
                    • Matthew Johns
                    • Bobby Lulham
                    • Jim Morgan
                    • Edmund Lumsden
                    • Ken Maddison
                    • Robert Majoribanks
                    • Col Maxwell
                    • Herb Narvo
                    • Andy Norval
                    • Bill Owen
                    • Terry Pannowitz
                    • Albert Paul
                    • Dave Parkinson
                    • Noel Pidding
                    • Wally Prigg
                    • Ron Roberts
                    • Mark Sargent
                    • John Sattler
                    • Don Schofield
                    • Frank Stanmore
                    • Allan Thomson
                    • Laurie Ward

                      Rugby Union

                      • Neil Adams
                      • Cyril Burke
                      • Terry Casey
                      • Dick Cocks
                      • Terry Curley
                      • Ben Darwin
                      • Ron Harvey
                      • John Hipwell
                      • Peter Horton
                      • Sydney Malcolm
                      • Ron Meadows
                      • Steve Merrick
                      • Herbert Moran
                      • Richard Tooth
                      • Keith Walsham

                        Rugby Union and Rugby League

                        • Phillip Hawthorne
                        • Geoff Richardson
                        • Dominic Vaughan
                        • Patrick Walsh

                        Rifle Shooting

                        • Donald Brook

                        Rowing

                        • Ben Thoroughgood
                        • George Towns
                        • Richard Tresidder

                        Sailing

                        • Colin Humphreys
                        • Douglas Reid


                        Snooker

                        • Eddie Charlton

                        Softball

                        • Linda Ward
                        • Natalie Ward


                        Speedboat Racing

                        • Ken Warby

                        Squash

                        • Owen Parmenter

                        Surfing

                        • Mark Richards
                        • Mark Sainsbury


                        Surf Lifesaving

                        • Barry Arms
                        • Harry Clark
                        • Sean Davis
                        • Jeffrey Dawson
                        • Scott Derwin
                        • Doug Ellercamp
                        • Peter Ellercamp
                        • Michael Jones
                        • Leslie Lazurus
                        • Bill McIntosh
                        • Cliff Marsh
                        • Kenneth Murray
                        • Bob Newbiggin
                        • Hec Scott
                        • Noel Smith
                        • Claude C Ward

                        Swimming

                        • Beverley Bainbridge
                        • Lynette Bell
                        • Peter Coughlan
                        • Barbara Evans
                        • Sonya Gray
                        • Kevin Hallett
                        • Harry Hay
                        • John Hayres
                        • Marguerite Jenkins
                        • Gwen Millard
                        • Justin Norris
                        • Donna Proctor
                        • Peter Reynolds
                        • Ken Sever
                        • Brian Wilkinson

                          Table Tennis

                          • Gary Haberl

                          Tennis

                          • Peter Doohan
                          • Rachel McQuillan
                          • Christine O’Neil

                          Ten Pin Bowling

                          • Barbara Ward

                          Touch

                          • Gai Taylor

                          Track and Field

                          • Mary Breen
                          • Linda Garden
                          • Kevan Gosper
                          • June Heath
                          • Carolyn Lewis
                          • Dianne Pease
                          • David Power
                          • Warren Ryan
                          • Janet Tully
                          • Erica Willis

                          Trampolining

                          • Brett Austine

                          Turf

                          • Ted Bartle
                          • Stanley Davidson
                          • Wayne Harris
                          • Rae Johnstone
                          • James Pike
                          • Arthur Shanahan

                            Weight Lifting

                            • Gerald Hay
                            • Greg Hayman
                            • Charles Henderson
                            • John Powell
                            • Arthur Shannos
                            • Jerry Shannos

                              Yachting

                              • Albert Burgin
                              • Ben Lexcen