Scottish Athletics Hall of Fame

The Scottish Athletics Hall of Fame, launched in 2005, is a perpetual list to honour Scottish athletes of outstanding achievement in the sport of Athletics.[1] In 2005, inductees were selected by a combination of a panel of experts and an online poll.[1] A Nominations Committee was put together with a focus on identifying worthy recipients for a significantly increased list of inductees in 2018.[1] In the case of the posthumous awards Scottish Athletics contact family relatives to inform them of the induction process.[1]

History

The Scottish Athletics Hall of Fame was launched at the Scottish Track and Field Championships in August 2005.[1] The inaugural inductees were Allan Wells and Eric Liddell.[1][2] Liz McColgan and Wyndham Halswelle were inducted the following year.[1][3] Yvonne Murray in 2007, and Tom McKean in 2008[4] both followed.[1] Jim Alder was the seventh (and last athlete until 2018) to be inducted at the annual awards dinners on 31 October 2009.[1][5][6]

After nine years, in October 2018, another fifteen athletes were announced to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.[7] The 2018 induction happened at the organisation's awards dinner on 3 November.[8] at the Hilton hotel in Glasgow.[9] Lee McConnell was one of the fifteen inductees in 2018 but was unable to attend the ceremony in person.[10][11] Allan Wells, inducted in 2005, helped with the presentations for his fellow inductees at the 2018 ceremony.[11]

Hall of Fame Inductees
Year Athlete Achievements
2005 Allan Wells Olympic and four-time Commonwealth champion
2005 Eric Liddell Olympic Games 400 m champion
2006 Liz McColgan World Half marathon and 10,000 m champion
2006 Wyndham Halswelle Olympic Games 400 m champion
2007 Yvonne Murray World, European and Commonwealth champion
2008 Tom McKean World and European indoor 800 m champion
2009 Jim Alder Commonwealth Games marathon champion
2018 Duncan Clark Commonwealth Games hammer champion
2018 Dale Greig Marathon world record holder
2018 Lee McConnell multiple world, European and Commonwealth medalist
2018 Angela Mudge World and European mountain running champion
2018 Tom Nicolson winner of 42 Scottish national titles
2018 Geoff Parsons Triple Commonwealth Games high jump medalist
2018 Alan Paterson European high jump champion
2018 Rosemary Payne Commonwealth discus champion
2018 Don Ritchie multiple World ultra Record holder
2018 Meg Ritchie Commonwealth discus champion
2018 Ian Stewart World, European and Commonwealth champion
2018 Lachie Stewart Commonwealth 10,000 m champion
2018 Rosemary Stirling Commonwealth 800 m champion
2018 James Wilson Double Olympic medalist
2018 Dunky Wright Scotland’s first Commonwealth Games champion
2019 Caroline Baird[12][13] Paralympics Games medallist in athletics
2019 Barbara Howie Paralympics Games medallist in athletics
2019 Colin Keay Paralympics Games medallist in athletics
2019 Stephen Payton Paralympics Games medallist in athletics

References
  1. "Hall of Fame". Scottish Athletics. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  2. "THE FORGOTTEN CHAMPIONS". Herald Scotland. 27 August 2005. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  3. "Athletics: I can't wait to face Olympics icon but my husband is going p-Ottey; Says SUSAN DEACON". Sunday Mail. 6 August 2006. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  4. "Scottish Athletics to induct 800m runner". The Scotsman. 2 October 2008. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  5. "Commonwealth gold medallist Alder joins Scottish Hall of Fame". The Scotsman. 28 October 2009. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  6. "Vet Jim Alder is on track for yet more honours". Chronicle Live. 5 November 2009. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  7. "New names to be inducted to our Hall of Fame". Scottish Athletics. 31 October 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  8. "Award-winning Laura Muir ready for the next chapter". Athletics Weekly. 5 November 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  9. "FPSG awards - Lee McConnell: Our athletes need to be among the best in the world just to be best in Scotland these days". Herald Scotland. 3 November 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  10. "'Silver lining is bittersweet' – Lee McConnell". Scottish Athletics. 15 March 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  11. "Our Hall of Fame inductees savour the moment". Scottish Athletics. 6 November 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  12. "Four Para Athletes Inducted into Hall of Fame". Scottish Disability Sport. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  13. "Scottishathletics hall of fame honour for Caroline Baird MBE". Fife Today. 27 November 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
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