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