Hockey player Vicky Sunohara, figure skater Patrick Chan and tennis player Daniel Nestor are among the athletes who will be inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame this year.
Vicky Sunohara - IIHF/HHOF - Images on IceCALGARY — Hockey player Vicky Sunohara, figure skater Patrick Chan and tennis player Daniel Nestor were among the athletes unveiled Wednesday for induction into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame this year.
The nine new members will receive the Order of Sport at the Oct. 23 induction ceremony at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Que. Three-time men's world figure skating champion Patrick Chan of Toronto helped Canada win gold in the team event in 2018 and earned a silver medal in men's singles in 2014.
"When I first started travelling internationally, my father said to me to “make sure people know you are Canadian” and gave me a little Canadian Maple Leaf pin to wear," Chalmers said."Little did I know I would be wearing the Maple Leaf running on the world stage of athletics." He broke the colour barrier in Minor League Baseball’s Eastern League in 1948 when he played right field for the Wilkes-Barre Barons. In 1949, Thomas became the first Black Canadian and second Black athlete to play football for the Toronto Argonauts.
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