Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame

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 serves 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 Danny Ongais Baseball Ashman J. Beaven Alexander Cartwright Sid Fernandez Hank Hughes Mike Lum Clarence W. MacFarlane Les Murakami Steere Noda Lenn Sakata Derek Tatsuno Tadashi Wakabayashi Wally Yonamine Basketball Red Rocha 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 Kenneth A. Bray Decathlon Bryan Clay[4] Diving Keala O'Sullivan 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 Thomas Ka`ulukukui Ted Makalena Jackie Pung Lenore Muraoka Martial arts Kevin Asano Dae Sung Lee Ed Parker Motorcycle racing John DeSoto Jr.[3] Skeet shooting James Austin

Soccer Brian Ching[4] Natasha Kai Jack Sullivan Sport fishing Peter Fithian Sports promotion Donnis Thompson Mackay Yanagisawa Steer roping Ikua Purdy Sumo Konishiki Yasokichi Takamiyama Daigorō Musashimaru Kōyō Akebono Tarō Surfing Lynne Boyer Derek Ho George Downing Sunny Garcia Fred Hemmings 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 Tom Haine Fanny Hopeau Sharon Peterson Dave Shoji Jon Stanley Pedro Velasco Water polo Brandon Brooks[4] Christopher Duplanty Weightlifting Pete George Emerick Ishikawa Tommy Kono Harold Sakata Richard Tom Wind surfing Robby Naish Women's sports Patsy Mink

References

1. "Mission Statement - Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame". hawaiisportshalloffame.com. Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved October 14, 2016.
2. "Hawai'i Sports Hall of Fame 2016 Induction Banquet". eventbrite.com. Eventbrite. Retrieved October 14, 2016.
3. "Motocross: DeSoto inducted into Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame". Motorsport.com. February 24, 2004. Retrieved October 14, 2016.
4. Harmon, Collin (May 4, 2016). "Five inducted into 2016 Hawaii sports Hall of Fame class". Hawaii News Now. Retrieved October 14, 2016.
5. Kekaula, Robert (May 4, 2016). "Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame". KTIV Channel 4. Retrieved October 14, 2016.
6. "Miyawaki, Napoleon selected for Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame". Honolulu Star-Bulletin (352). December 18, 2007. Retrieved October 14, 2016.

External links

• Official site
• List of inductees