Tickets Now Available For October 5 Hall Induction Dinner

Tickets to the upcoming MBHOF Class of 2013 Induction Dinner set for Saturday October 5 at the Victoria Inn in Winnipeg are now available through Basketball Manitoba. Make plans to attend and support the 2013 Inductees including from the Players category, new inductees Dan Becker, Norm Froemel, Joey Johnson and Anne Smith (photo credit Ken Gigliotti, Winnipeg Free Press). Clyde Perry along with Russ Roney will be added to the Builder category and the Team category sees additions from the Glenlawn Lions Varsity Girls program of the late 1960's and the Brandon Vincent Massey Varsity Boys teams from the late 1960's / early 1970's. 2013 marks the 30th Anniversary of the Manitoba Basketball Hall of Fame with the official induction ceremony. For more on the inductees and a link to reserve your tickets...

PLAYERS :

• Dan Becker – Fort Richmond Collegiate ; University of Colorado (NCAA Division 1) 1986-89 ; Big 8 International Select Team ; Canadian National Team 1984, 1989 & 1995 ; member of Winnipeg Cyclone and Winnipeg Thunder pro teams ; other professional teams in Australia, Israel, Finland, Spain and Portugal
• Norm Froemel – J. H. Bruns Collegiate ; University of Winnipeg Wesmen 1990-95 ; four-time GPAC All-Star and CIS All-Canadian in 1994-95 ; all-time Wesmen leader in rebounding and percentage shooting ; six year professional career in Germany 
• Joey Johnson – three-time Paralympic Gold Medalist in 2000, 2004 & 2012 ; Silver Medalist in 2008 ; World Championships Gold Medal in 2006  ; All-American at the University of Wisconsin (Whitewater) ; multiple European pro championships in Germany 
• Anne Smith – played high school in Quebec ; University of Manitoba Bisons 1995-2001 ; CIS All-Rookie team in 1996 ; 3-time CIS All-Canadian in 1997-98, 1998 99 & 2000-01 ; CIS National Player of the Year (Nan Copp Award) in 1997-98 ; member of two Bison CIS national championship teams  

BUILDERS :

• Clyde Perry – started as a coach at King Edward School in 1953; coached at Isaac Newton and Sisler ; long-time referee ; a founder of the Winnipeg Invitational Tournament (WIT) in 1976 ; Mike Spack Award winner in 1985 ; school administrator who helped build successful high school programs 
• Russ Roney – coached the Brandon Y Queens 1955-58 ; 44 years as a basketball official in southwestern Manitoba (1946-90) ; founder of the Westman Basketball Officials Association in 1968 ; member of the International Association of Basketball Officials (IABO) 1968-90 ; Westman officials assignor and clinician 1968-89   

 
TEAMS :

• Glenlawn High School Lions Varsity Girls – MHSAA Provincial Champions 1962, 1965 and 1966 ; Pre-Classification era
• Vincent Massey  High School (Brandon) Vikings Varsity Boys – MHSAA Provincial ‘AA’ Provincial Champions 1969, 1970 and 1971

More information on the induction dinner is available from Hall of Fame Chair Ross Wedlake at (204) 668-9494 or rosswedlake@gmail.com

RESERVE YOUR TICKETS NOW!

 
For more information on the Manitoba Basketball Hall of Fame, please go to http://www.mbhof.com