WCF Hall of Fame

The WCF Hall of Fame is an international curling Hall of Fame that was established by the World Curling Federation (WCF) in 2012.[1] The induction is given as an honor that recognizes outstanding contributions to the sport of curling, and is awarded annually. Inductees are also awarded the World Curling Freytag Award, an award which predated the WCF Hall of Fame as the highest honor given by the WCF. Previous Freytag Award winners have been inducted into the WCF Hall of Fame.[2]

Inductees in the WCF Hall of Fame are curlers or builders of the sport of curling; curlers are inducted based on their performance results, ability, sportsmanship, and character, while builders are inducted based on their distinguished service and major contributions to the development of the sport of curling.[2]

Inductees

The inductees are listed as follows:[2]

Year[lower-alpha 1]InducteeCountryCategory[lower-alpha 2]Notes
1978Ken Watson Canada
1979Chuck Hay Scotland
1980Bob Grierson Scotland
1981Doug Maxwell Canada
1982Sven Eklund Sweden
1983Mabel DeWare Canadaawarded posthumously
1984Robin Welsh Scotland
1985Don McLeod Canada
1986Art Cobb United States
1987Bob Picken Canada
1988Kay Sugahara United States
1989Don McKay United States
1990Colin Campbell Canadaawarded posthumously
1994Keith Wendorf Germany
1996Elizabeth Paterson-Brown Scotland
1997Erwin Sautter  Switzerland
2000Bob Hardy United StatesBuilder
2000Ernie Richardson CanadaCurler
2001Shirley Morash CanadaBuilder
2001Raymond Somerville United StatesCurler
2002Franz Tanner  SwitzerlandBuilder
2003Bob Whitehead United StatesBuilderawarded posthumously
2006Kunio Nando JapanBuilder
2007Roy Sinclair ScotlandBuilder
2008Leslie Ingram-Brown ScotlandBuilder
2009Sandra Schmirler CanadaCurlerawarded posthumously
2010Malcolm Richardson ScotlandBuilder
2011Ray Kingsmith CanadaBuilderawarded posthumously
2012Jean-Paul Bidaud[1]  SwitzerlandBuilder
2012Elisabet Gustafson[1] SwedenCurler
2012Günther Hummelt[1] AustriaBuilderawarded posthumously
2013Don Duguid[3] CanadaCurler
2013Ron Northcott[3] CanadaCurler
2014Randy Ferbey[4] CanadaCurler
2014Patrick Hürlimann[5]  SwitzerlandCurler
2014Eigil Ramsfjell[5] NorwayCurler
2015Russ Howard[6] CanadaCurler
2015Hiroyuki Saito[6] JapanBuilder
2015Ray Turnbull[6] CanadaBuilder
2016Warren Hansen[7] CanadaBuilder
2016Elisabeth Högström[7] SwedenCurler
2016Franco Zumofen[7] ItalyBuilder
2017Arnold Richardson,
Ernie Richardson,
Garnet Richardson,
Wes Richardson		 CanadaCurlers
2018Kevin Martin CanadaCurler
2018Young C. Kim South KoreaBuilder
2018Elmer Freytag United StatesBuilderawarded posthumously
2018Shorty Jenkins CanadaBuilderawarded posthumously
2019Dordi Nordby NorwayCurler
2019Michael Burns Sr. CanadaBuilderawarded posthumously
2019Ian Michael Thomson ScotlandBuilder
2020[8]Elisabet Gustafson,
Katarina Nyberg,
Louise Marmont,
Elisabeth Persson		 SwedenCurlersGustafson also individually
inducted in 2012
2020Gordon Craig CanadaBuilder
2020Leif Öhman SwedenBuilder

Notes
  1. "Year" denotes year that Freytag Award was awarded to the inductee for dates before 2012, and denotes year of induction from 2012 on.
  2. The builder/curler categorization of awardees was not introduced until 2000.

References
  1. "World Curling Federation Annual General Assembly April 2012". World Curling Federation. 6 April 2012.
  2. "World Curling Hall of Fame". World Curling Federation.
  3. "Duguid and Northcott inducted into World Curling Hall of Fame". World Curling Federation. 26 March 2013. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  4. "Ferbey to be inducted into Word Curling Hall of Fame". Canadian Curling Association. 1 April 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  5. "Ferbey, Huerlimann and Ramsfjell inducted into World Curling Hall of Fame". World Curling Federation. 1 April 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  6. "Russ Howard, Ray Turnbull and Hiroyuki Saito inducted into World Curling Hall of Fame". World Curling Federation. 19 March 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  7. "Warren Hansen inducted into WCF Hall of Fame". World Curling Federation. 8 April 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  8. "Canadian and Swedes to be inducted into World Curling Hall of Fame". World Curling Federation. 2020-02-25. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
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