Ernest Cosmo Quigley

“Ernie” Quigley, born in Newcastle in 1880, is our first inductee in the Pioneer category. Quigley was a gifted multi-sport athlete, lettering  for the Kansas Jayhawks in football, basketball, baseball, and track and field.  While at Kansas, he played under the tutelage of Dr. James Naismith, the founder of the game of basketball. However, it…

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Eric Henry

Eric Henry was one of the most colourful and competitive players ever to play in the Miramichi Valley Baseball League. He is regarded as perhaps the best third baseman ever to play in the MVBL. He played for the 1947 Maritime Champion Tigers, and he was a key figure on the 1956 New Brunswick Baseball…

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Dr. Paula Keating

A DISTANCE RUNNER WHO HAS EXCELLED NATIONALLY  AND INTERNATIONALLY AT MARATHONS IN BOSTON, DETROIT, AND NEW YORK.  N.B.’s FEMALE RUNNER OF THE  YEAR (2000s) FOUR CONSECUTIVE TIMES.

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David Kerr

An outstanding hockey player, who inherited his father’s skills, and who excelled with St. Thomas University and Chatham teams of the 1950s, 60s, and 70s.

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Daryl Matthews

Daryl Matthews’ involvement with the Chatham Ironmen baseball team dates back to his years as a ball boy in the late 1960s.  Eventually, Daryl became an assistant coach with the team and, in 1991 he became General Manager, a post he has held for twenty-one seasons. During those years Daryl managed all aspects of Ironmen…

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Cline Cassidy

A boxer noted for toughness, agility, and skill in the “manly arts”.  He also contributed to boxing as a trainer, coach, and referee during the 1940s, 50s, and 60s.

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Clarrie Hale

From 1970 to the present day, Clarrie Hale has been involved as a coach, manager, promoter, fundraiser, executive and advocate for Miramichi area teams and organizations, from the minor hockey and minor baseball levels to his involvement with intermediate and senior teams. He is one of the area’s premier sports organizers, and in his myriad…

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Clarence “Junior” MacDonald

Junior MacDonald is one of the Miramichi’s outstanding all-round athletes. He was a key contributor to the success of Loggieville softball teams during a 19-year career as a pitcher and a catcher from the mid 1950s to the mid 1970s. Junior also excelled in baseball and hockey, not to mention his outstanding contribution as a…

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Chatham “British Consuls” 1934

A championship team whose stars included a pantheon of names for which Chatham hockey will always be noted, including:  Sappy McFarlane, Joe Duffy, William Harris, Frank “Cuffy” McLaughlin, Jack Duffy, Pat Keoughan, Jim Currie, Earl McMahon, Art Fleiger, George Traer, Pat Duffy, William Kerr, Jim Keoughan, George Whitty, and Harold Fleiger Sr.

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