Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame
21.3329195°N 157.8728014°W The Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame is a sports hall of fame and museum in the U.S. state of Hawaii. According to the hall's official website, it servers as the "state museum for sports history in the islands," and "is best described as an educational repository created to enshrine athletes, pioneers and contributors of Hawai'i's rich sports history."[1][2] The organization was founded in 1997 and a selection committee meets once a year in December.[3] The flagship exhibition for the hall is located in the Bishop Museum in Honolulu.
The 2016 class, inducted in May 2016, included water polo player Brandon Brooks, decathlete Bryan Clay, soccer player Brian Ching, and brothers Ma'ake Kemoeatu and Chris Kemoeatu for American football.[4][5]
Inductees
- Auto racing
- Baseball
- J. Ashman Beaven
- Alexander Cartwright
- Sid Fernandez
- Hank Hughes
- Mike Lum
- Les Murakami
- Steere Noda
- Lenn Sakata
- Derek Tatsuno
- Shane Victorino
- Tadashi Wakabayashi
- Wally Yonamine
- Basketball
- Boat racing
- Thomas Gentry
- Bowling
- Hiroto Hirashima
- Kotaro Miyasato
- Boxing
- Takeshi Fuji
- Andrew Ganigan
- Stan Harrington
- Sam Ichinose
- Robert M. Lee
- Dado Marino
- Bobo Olson
- Jesus Salud
- Albert Silva
- Ben Villaflor
- Broadcasting
- Les Keiter
- Chuck Leahey
- Canoe racing
- A. E. Minvielle
- Joseph Napoleon[6]
- Coaching
- Decathlon
- Diving
- American football
- Junior Ah You
- Charley Ane
- Herman Clark
- Russ Francis
- Rocky Freitas
- Kurt Gouveia
- Hank Hughes
- Ma'ake Kemoeatu[4]
- Chris Kemoeatu[4]
- Otto Klum
- Olin Kreutz
- Edison Miyawaki[6]
- Jesse Sapolu
- Maa Tanuvasa
- Mosi Tatupu
- Mark Tuinei
- Herman Wedemeyer
- Jeris White
- Wally Yonamine
- Golf
- Francis Hyde I`i Brown
- David Ishii
- Tom Kaulukukui
- Ted Makalena
- Jackie Pung
- Lenore Muraoka
- Dean Wilson
- Martial arts
- Motorcycle racing
- John DeSoto Jr.[3]
- Skeet shooting
- James Austin
- Soccer
- Brian Ching[4]
- Natasha Kai
- Jack Sullivan
- Sport fishing
- Peter Fithian
- Sports promotion
- Steer roping
- Ikua Purdy
- Sumo
- Surfing
- Lynne Boyer
- George Downing
- Sunny Garcia
- Fred Hemmings
- Derek Ho
- Andy Irons
- Duke Kahanamoku
- Richard Keaulana
- Gerry Lopez
- Margo Oberg
- Randy Rarick
- Rell Sunn
- Swimming
- Thelma Kalama
- Dad Center
- Dick Cleveland
- Buster Crabbe
- E. Fullard-Leo
- Mariechen Wehselau
- Duke Kahanamoku
- Samuel Kahanamoku
- Maiola Kalili
- Manuella Kalili
- Evelyn Kawamoto
- Pua Kealoha
- Warren Kealoha
- Ford Konno
- Keo Nakama
- Yoshi Oyakawa
- Soichi Sakamoto
- Bill Smith
- Aileen Riggin
- Allen Stack
- Bill Woolsey
- Tennis
- Jim Schwitters
- Track and field
- Jim Barahal
- Duncan MacDonald
- Jack Scaff
- Norman Tamanaha
- Volleyball
- Robyn Ah Mow-Santos
- Lindsey Berg
- Linda Fernandez
- Tom Haine
- Fanny Hopeau
- Sharon Peterson
- Dave Shoji
- Clay Stanley
- Jon Stanley
- Pedro Velasco
- Water polo
- Weightlifting
- Wind surfing
- Women's sports
- Wrestling
- Yacht racing
References
- "Mission Statement - Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame". hawaiisportshalloffame.com. Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved October 14, 2016.
- "Hawai'i Sports Hall of Fame 2016 Induction Banquet". eventbrite.com. Eventbrite. Retrieved October 14, 2016.
- "Motocross: DeSoto inducted into Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame". Motorsport.com. February 24, 2004. Retrieved October 14, 2016.
- Harmon, Collin (May 4, 2016). "Five inducted into 2016 Hawaii sports Hall of Fame class". Hawaii News Now. Retrieved October 14, 2016.
- Kekaula, Robert (May 4, 2016). "Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame". KTIV Channel 4. Retrieved October 14, 2016.
- "Miyawaki, Napoleon selected for Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. No. 352. December 18, 2007. Retrieved October 14, 2016.
- "Inductees by Class Year | Hawai'i Sports Hall of Fame". Hawaiisportshalloffame.com. Retrieved 2018-01-15.