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The Rose City rose. A nod to Windsor's City of Roses nickname. Original artwork by Windsor News.
Rose City Roots · On Ice and Field
Windsor-Essex punches above its weight on ice, on the track, in the gym and in the ring. Three Memorial Cups, a century of arenas, a documented NHL and Olympic pipeline, university dynasties, and a fight culture that sent boxers and wrestlers to the Games. This page gathers the heritage record. Day-to-day Spitfires, Lancers and Express coverage stays on the Windsor News sports beat.
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A separate track from the Raceway. NHRA-sanctioned. Opened 25 August 1968, with about 4,000 fans. The last race was 3 October 1971. No free Dragway photograph was cleared this pass.
Sources: Old Sandwich South Historical Society and DragStripList, as cited in Windsor News, lost race tracks, 16 October 2026
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Pratt Raceway began as a go-kart track in 1960. A quarter-mile dirt oval is dated from 1961 in Star accounts and from 1962 by Canadian Racer. It was paved and NASCAR-sanctioned in 1974, and later raced as Windsor Speedway. The last season is given as 1992 in those sources; one local society says 1994, which we flag as a conflict. The land became the Cranbrook subdivision. No free Checker Flag photograph was cleared this pass.
Sources: Windsor Star and Canadian Racer, as cited in Windsor News, lost race tracks, 16 October 2026 · local society 1994 date flagged
Windsor Arena opened in 1924. Generations called it the Barn. It held senior hockey, junior hockey and the Spitfires until the club moved to the WFCU Centre in December 2008.
Photo: Michael Miller, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Ed Jovanovski, 9 March 2012.
NHL first overall pick in 1994 (Florida). Spitfires major junior. WECSHOF Class of 2016.
Sources: NHL draft record · WECSHOF 2016 · In Play! magazine class list
Photo: Secondarywaltz, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Tie Domi, September 2007.
Born 1 November 1969 in Windsor. Long NHL career.
Sources: tiedomi.com biography · NHL city lists
Photo: Matt Boulton, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Joel Quenneville, 22 Nov 2009.
Born 15 September 1958 in Windsor. Drafted from the Spitfires (OHA) in 1978. Later an NHL coach with Stanley Cups as coach.
Sources: NHL.com player bio
Kyle Wellwood in a Vancouver Canucks sweater, 24 March 2009. Photo: CANUCKS HOCKEY BLOG, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Born 16 May 1983 in Windsor. Grew up Oldcastle / Essex; minor hockey Essex / Sun County path.
Sources: NHL.com · Hockey-Reference
Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, 30 December 2015, where Bob Probert played for the Red Wings. He is not pictured. Photo: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Born 5 June 1965 in Windsor. Red Wings and Blackhawks. Local icon. This page does not retell his off-ice struggles.
Sources: NHL.com player bio
The Spectrum in Philadelphia, photographed 10 October 2008 under its later Wachovia Spectrum name, the Flyers' home when Tim Kerr starred for the club. He is not pictured. Photo: Bruce C. Cooper, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Flyers scoring star. WECSHOF inductee.
Sources: NHL.com · WECSHOF
Photo via Wikimedia Commons. Cam Fowler. CC BY-SA 2.0.
Born Windsor; raised Farmington Hills, Michigan. Spitfires; long NHL career. Dual-border story: say both facts.
Sources: NHL / Spitfires bios (deepen on NHL.com before any later publish)
Photo: Sergei (5of7), CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Aaron Ekblad, CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game, 15 Jan 2014.
Born Windsor; raised Belle River. First overall in 2014. Stanley Cup with Florida. NHL.com covered a Cup day at a rink near Windsor.
Sources: NHL.com Panthers feature · draft record
Photo via Wikimedia Commons. Adam Graves. CC BY-SA 2.0. Raised Tecumseh - birthplace Toronto.
Hockey-Reference and NHL features: born Toronto, 12 April 1968. Tecumseh native in local usage; Spitfires captain of the 1988 OHL champions.
Sources: Hockey-Reference · Rangers NHL feature · OHL Classics
Photo via Wikimedia Commons. Steve Ott. CC BY / CC BY-SA as on Commons file.
Born Summerside, P.E.I.; moved to the Windsor area; Spitfires; WECSHOF 2024.
Sources: WECSHOF / Baron Rings Class of 2024 notes
Photo: Allie from Vancity, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Meghan Agosta, 17 Feb 2010 Winter Olympics.
Team Canada. Three Olympic golds (2006, 2010, 2014) per Olympedia. WECSHOF 2024.
Sources: Olympedia athlete page · WECSHOF
Photo: TheAHL / Wikimedia Commons. Andy Delmore. CC BY 2.0. Column-sized file; not upscaled.
NHL career; WECSHOF 2018.
Sources: WECSHOF 2018 / In Play!
Windsor-Essex has a deep fight culture: amateur boxing gyms that sent Olympians, karate dojos that filled halls of fame, wrestlers on Olympic mats, and MMA cards that brought Bellator to the riverfront. Birth, raise and training ties are stated separately, the same way we handle hockey.
The ring at London 2012, where Mary Spencer competed for Canada in women’s middleweight. She is not pictured. Photo: sachab, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. ExCeL London; not a Windsor gym.
Born 12 December 1984 in South Bruce Peninsula / Wiarton (Olympedia). Ojibwe, Cape Croker First Nation. Began at the Windsor Amateur Boxing Club in 2002 under Charlie Stewart. Ontario and Canadian titles followed. Three world championships. London 2012 women's middleweight: tied for 5th. WECSHOF 2018.
Sources: Olympedia 125434 · Canadian Encyclopedia · CBC Sports 2012 · UWindsor race and sport collection
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Born 11 March 1979 in Kettering, England (Olympedia). WABC affiliation. Olympics 2000 (flyweight) and 2004 (bantamweight). Boxing Ontario called him a Windsor native when he and Trupish qualified for Athens.
Sources: Olympedia 89857 · Boxing Ontario, 23 March 2004
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Born 8 February 1979 in London, Ontario (Olympedia). WABC under Stewart. Olympics 2004 and 2008, welterweight. Later Boxing Ontario Hall of Fame.
Sources: Olympedia 106280 · Boxing Ontario 2004 · Windsor Star HOF note
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Moved to Windsor at 11 (CBC). Trains at Border City Boxing Club and mentors younger boxers. Commonwealth Games heavyweight gold in 2014, reported as Canada's first boxing gold at those Games. Pan American Games 2015 medal. Do not say born Windsor.
Sources: CBC #OurAthletes · Windsor Star · Glasgow 2014 / CGF listings
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Ontario and national amateur titles in 1972; brief pro career; Olympic boxing coach; WABC president. WECSHOF 2002. Coached Spencer, Kooner, Trupish and others.
Sources: Windsor Star CAW salute feature · windsor-communities African Canadian sports · Active City Windsor WABC page
Windsor Collegiate Institute, 1913, later renamed J.C. Patterson Collegiate Institute. The Windsor Amateur Boxing Club held its first session at Patterson Collegiate in 1968. This is the 1913 building, not a portrait of Alvin Ford or Harry Marshall. Souvenir view from Harry Wentworth Gardner, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, 1913. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Ford's path ran through Detroit's Brewster Recreation Center. With Marshall he asked Windsor Parks and Recreation for a chance to get kids off street corners. Twenty kids showed up the first day at Patterson Collegiate.
Sources: Windsor Star feature on Ford
Casino Windsor, 30 Oct 2009, later renamed Caesars Windsor, where Bellator 64 and 76 were held in 2012. Kyle Prepolec fought on both of those Windsor cards. He is not pictured. Photo: Jason F. Voll, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
UFC.com lists Place of Birth: Windsor, ON. Fights out of Maximum Training Centre. Professional since 2008. UFC debut 2019; returned for a second UFC stint in 2025. Fought on both Bellator cards held in Windsor in 2012.
Sources: UFC.com athlete page · Sherdog · Wikipedia record table (cross-checked to event pages)
St. Joseph's Catholic High School in Windsor, 18 November 2015, where Randa Markos wrestled before her MMA career. She is not pictured. A passer-by at the edge of the original frame was cropped out. Photo: Jowchar, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
CBC: family reached Windsor when she was three. St. Joseph's Catholic High School wrestling, then local MMA gyms. UFC strawweight pioneer via The Ultimate Fighter 20. Sherdog lists Windsor, Ontario. Do not say born Windsor.
Sources: CBC Windsor, 11 March 2019 · Sherdog
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Nickname Rose City Phoenix. Bellator flyweight bouts. As an amateur she took Ontario Golden Gloves silver for WABC in 2014.
Sources: Sherdog · MM-eh profile · Windsor Star Golden Gloves 2014
The Windsor International Aquatic and Training Centre, 30 May 2025, home of the Windsor/Essex County Sports Hall of Fame, which inducted Albert Mady in 2016. This is the centre, not a portrait. Photo: Chris Woodrich, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Introduced to martial arts at age 10. Opened his Windsor school in 1981. WECSHOF Class of 2016 (Athlete, Martial Arts). Coverage of the induction called him the first Canadian to reach ninth degree in Isshin-Ryu. Mady's Martial Arts still teaches Isshinryu, kickboxing and related arts.
Sources: In Play! Class of 2016 · Windsor Star / Windsor News Today 2016 · madysmartialarts.com (org claims treated as secondary)
The Windsor International Aquatic and Training Centre, 30 May 2025, home of the Windsor/Essex County Sports Hall of Fame, which inducted Lamon Kersey as a builder in 2016. This is the centre, not a portrait. Photo: Chris Woodrich, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Isshinryu Karate Hall of Fame inductee. Taught self-defence in Essex County schools for decades. Mr. Kersey's Karate School graduated hundreds of black belts per Windsor Star. WECSHOF builder, Class of 2016.
Sources: Windsor Star Kersey feature · Windsor Star 2016 class
The Windsor International Aquatic and Training Centre, 30 May 2025, home of the Windsor/Essex County Sports Hall of Fame, which inducted Krista Shearer-Kersey in 2016. This is the centre, not a portrait. Photo: Chris Woodrich, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Inducted as an athlete in martial arts with the Class of 2016.
Sources: Windsor Star 2016 induction list
The Windsor International Aquatic and Training Centre, 30 May 2025, home of the Windsor/Essex County Sports Hall of Fame, which inducted David Tremblay Jr. in 2026. This is the centre, not a portrait. Photo: Chris Woodrich, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Concordia University (2012): hails from Stoney Point, Ontario. Freestyle wrestler for Canada at London 2012 (55 kg). Commonwealth Games gold in 2014 (61 kg). Five-time Canadian university champion in coverage. WECSHOF Class of 2026 with his father, David Tremblay Sr. (builder). Wikipedia says born Windsor, Ontario; Olympedia lists Windsor, Nova Scotia. This page does not pick a registry birthplace until that conflict is cleared.
Sources: Concordia News, 27 July 2012 · Olympedia 122815 · wecshof.com 2026 · CBC / Windsor Star Olympic qualifying coverage
Verified Windsor-Essex sports roots from the deep dive. Birthplace versus raised-here is stated on each card. Women athletes also cross-link Women of Windsor.
The Windsor Ford V-8s outside King George School, Ottawa Street, 1936. Team photograph; names are not listed here. Tony Techko Collection, Southwestern Ontario Digital Archive, University of Windsor Leddy Library. Public domain.
A Windsor Ford works team formed most of Canada's 1936 Olympic basketball squad (11 V-8s plus three Victoria players). Canada lost the final 19-8 to the United States. The City of Windsor still calls this Canada's only Olympic basketball medal. Cross-link Works and Wages for Ford Canada.
Sources: Canadian Encyclopedia · Windsor Public Library
Photo via Wikimedia Commons. CBC. CC BY 3.0.
2017 world champion in the 100 metre backstroke (first Canadian woman swimming world champion; world record 58.10). Olympic medals in 2016, 2020 and 2024. Also listed under Women of Windsor sport cross-links.
Sources: Swimming Canada · Canadian Encyclopedia
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Won the 1956 Melbourne small-bore prone rifle event with a perfect 600. The City of Windsor calls him Windsor's only individual Olympic gold medallist. Free portrait not cleared this pass (Canada's Sports Hall of Fame / WECSHOF permission needed).
Sources: Canada's Sports Hall of Fame · Windsor Public Library
1954 portrait. Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.
Competed at Melbourne 1956 as Canada's first woman Olympic gymnast. Inducted into Canada's Olympic Hall of Fame in 1960. Cross-link Women of Windsor.
Sources: Canadian Encyclopedia · Team Canada
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Speed skater. Silver medal in the 500 metres at Innsbruck 1976. Cross-link Women of Windsor.
Sources: Team Canada · Olympics.com athlete profile
The Los Angeles Swimming Stadium, 4 July 2014, built for the 1932 Olympics, where Ruth Kerr swam for Canada. This is the stadium, not a portrait. Photo: Downtowngal. CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Swam three events at Los Angeles 1932, aged 16. Free portrait not found this pass.
Sources: Olympedia / Team Canada historical lists · Windsor sports histories
Public domain portrait. Via Wikimedia Commons.
Corvette Racing. GTS class wins at Le Mans in 2001, 2002 and 2004. Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame 2013. Fills a motorsport gap on this tab.
Sources: Windsor Public Library · Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame coverage
1973 publicity still. Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.
Professional wrestler later inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. Born in Windsor; career mostly in the United States. Honest wording: born here, fame elsewhere.
Sources: SLAM Wrestling Windsor opus · WWE Hall of Fame records
1973 publicity still. Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.
Professional wrestler later inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. Born in Windsor. Honest wording: born here, fame on the international circuit.
Sources: Windsor Public Library · SLAM Wrestling
Public domain portrait. Via Wikimedia Commons.
Catcher. Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame inductee. The often-repeated claim that he hit eight home runs in one 1902 game is disputed: he is officially credited in some records, but period papers reported three. We flag the dispute and do not treat eight as settled fact.
Sources: Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame · SABR
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NBA guard with Golden State 2020 to 2021. Raised in Windsor, not born here. Birthplace stated on the card.
Sources: Basketball Canada · NBA records
Henry (Hank) Biasatti, senior class portrait, Assumption High School Yearbook, 1940-41, page 32. Photographer uncredited. Public domain (Canada, pre-1949 photograph). Via Internet Archive.
Only Canadian widely cited as having played both major-league pro basketball (Toronto Huskies, first BAA game 1946) and MLB (1949 Philadelphia Athletics). Raised in Windsor.
Sources: Canadian basketball and baseball historical summaries · BAA/MLB records
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Opened 22 October 1965. The first winner was Castle Direct, driver Fred Roloson, in 2:10, with attendance of 5,136. It was a 5/8-mile standardbred track. Founders included Lawrence LoPatin and Al Siegel. The signature race was the Provincial Cup. The track closed permanently on 31 August 2012. Contents were auctioned in 2013 and the buildings came down in 2015. This was not the drag strip; that was Windsor Dragway. Names associated with Raceway meets should be treated as "raced here" unless a Windsor birthplace is separately verified. No free opening-night photograph was cleared this pass.
Sources: Standardbred Canada, The Way It Was · Windsor News, lost race tracks, 16 October 2026 · Kenilworth: Tracks before arenas and Lost Windsor
Verified Windsor-Essex sports roots from the second deep dive, added after the live Olympic medals and more section. Birthplace versus raised-here versus hometown is stated on each card. Kenilworth Park is already told in Lost Windsor and is not repeated here. Women athletes also cross-link Women of Windsor.
University Hall at McMaster University in Hamilton, 16 January 2013. Frank Hayden was director of the School of Physical Education and Athletics at McMaster. This is the campus, not a portrait. Photo: JustSomePics, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
A physical educator whose research and advocacy helped create Special Olympics. Canada's Sports Hall of Fame inducted him in 2016. This is a factual card only. Also cross-linked from Windsor Minds.
Sources: Canada's Sports Hall of Fame · Canadian Encyclopedia
Fotograaf Onbekend / Anefo. CC0. Via Wikimedia Commons.
Youngest man to win the World figure skating title (1963). He was also North American and Canadian champion, and an Olympian in 1960. He later starred in Holiday on Ice. Born here; much of the fame came on international ice. Also on Born Here, Went Far.
Sources: Canadian Encyclopedia · Team Canada
City of Boston Archives. CC BY 2.0. Via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped to Viger.
A wheelchair marathon champion and multi-time Paralympic medallist, with three gold, four silver and three bronze across five Games. Officer of the Order of Canada, 1989. He died in 2006.
Sources: Order of Canada citation · Olympedia
TheAHL. CC BY 2.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.
Team Canada Olympic goaltender in 1988 and 1992, with a silver medal at Albertville. He played 18 NHL seasons. Born here; the career was national and in the NHL.
Sources: Team Canada · Hockey-Reference
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First North American to win a stage at the Tour de France Feminin (1984), and the first Canadian to wear the women's yellow jersey. She was also an Olympian in 1988 and 1992. The Canadian Encyclopedia notes she later worked as a registered massage therapist in Windsor. Also listed under Women of Windsor.
Sources: Canadian Encyclopedia · Team Canada
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Competed in rifle shooting at four Olympic Games: 1984, 1988, 1992 and 2000. Also listed under Women of Windsor.
Sources: Team Canada · Olympedia
Unknown photographer. Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.
Won silver in the men's 400 metre hurdles at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, the first Windsor Olympic track-and-field medal. The Johnny Loaring Classic is still run here. He died in Windsor in 1969.
Sources: CBC Windsor · Windsor Public Library
EricEnfermero. CC BY-SA 4.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.
Team Canada baseball Olympian in 2004 and 2008, later a national-team coach, and a St. Louis Cardinals first-base coach. Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame inductee.
Sources: Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame · St. Louis Cardinals
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Competed in the men's shot put at Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004. Not to be confused with the American Paralympic swimmer of the same name. No free portrait of this Brad Snyder was cleared tonight.
Sources: Team Canada · Olympedia
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A four-time Olympic bobsledder, competing at Calgary 1988, Albertville 1992, Lillehammer 1994 and Nagano 1998. No free portrait was cleared tonight.
Sources: Team Canada · Olympedia
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Two-time Olympian in the women's 400 metre hurdles, at Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020. Also listed under Women of Windsor.
Sources: Team Canada · Athletics Canada
Jorgen Loken. CC BY-SA 4.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.
Competed for Canada in women's freestyle wrestling at Paris 2024 (68 kg). Team Canada lists a Windsor birth; local coverage often frames her as a Tecumseh athlete. Also listed under Women of Windsor.
Sources: Team Canada · Windsor Star
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Women's field hockey at Los Angeles 1984, Seoul 1988 and Barcelona 1992. Field Hockey Canada inductee. Also listed under Women of Windsor.
Sources: Team Canada · Field Hockey Canada
The Saddledome in Calgary, 23 July 2005, later photographed under the Pengrowth name. Denise Benning competed in pairs figure skating here at the 1988 Winter Olympics. She is not pictured. Photo: JamesTeterenko, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons.
Competed in mixed pairs figure skating at Calgary 1988. WECSHOF inductee. Also listed under Women of Windsor.
Sources: Team Canada · WECSHOF
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Olympic sabre fencer at Montreal 1976 and Los Angeles 1984. Windsor Public Library and Team Canada both record the Windsor birth.
Sources: Team Canada · Windsor Public Library
The Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam, photographed in 1928, where George Buck Hester ran for Canada at the 1928 Games. This is the stadium, not a portrait. Anonymous press photograph, published in Centrum, 18 May 1928. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (Delpher / Koninklijke Bibliotheek).
Sprinter at the 1924 Paris and 1928 Amsterdam Olympics (100 metres, 200 metres and the 4x100 metre relay). Later a University of Michigan athlete. He died in Indianapolis in 1951. No free period portrait was cleared tonight; a modern soldier of a similar name was rejected.
Sources: Olympedia · Team Canada
Spider Jones broadcasting from Taste of the Danforth, 8 August 2009. Photo: DoubleBlue, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Three-time Golden Gloves champion and a 1996 Canadian Boxing Hall of Fame inductee. He later worked as a sports journalist and radio host. Fills a gap on the fighters chapter.
Sources: Windsor Public Library · CBC Windsor
Ivor Wynne Stadium in Hamilton, April 2007, the Tiger-Cats' home ground, earlier called Civic Stadium, where Tommy Grant starred. He is not pictured. Photo: Mikerussell, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
A Canadian Football Hall of Fame receiver (1995) who starred with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and later Winnipeg. Also a WECSHOF inductee. He died in 2011. A Commons hockey photo of a different Tommy Grant was rejected tonight.
Sources: Canadian Football Hall of Fame · WECSHOF
Lionel Sanders, 14 August 2016. Photo: Olaf Kosinsky / kosinsky.eu, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE, via Wikimedia Commons.
A long-course triathlete with multiple Ironman and Ironman 70.3 wins, and the 2017 ITU Long Distance world title. He has also finished second at the Ironman World Championship. Born in Windsor and raised in Harrow, in Essex County.
Sources: TRI247 · World Triathlon
Oshiomogho Atogwe at Washington training camp, 4 August 2011. Photo: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
NFL safety for the St. Louis Rams and later Washington, and a later TSN analyst. Born here; the playing career was in the NFL.
Sources: Pro-Football-Reference · Sportsnet
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Played defensive tackle in the NFL and the CFL. The City of Windsor has listed him among local football names at community events.
Sources: City of Windsor · Windsor Star (archived)
Cmm3. CC BY-SA 4.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.
An NFL and CFL offensive lineman. The City of Windsor has listed him among local football names. A film-credit claim (Deadpool 2) is held until a primary credit is checked; this card is the football story only.
Sources: City of Windsor · Pro-Football-Reference
Miah-Marie Langlois on the bench during the 2016 Edmonton Grads International Classic series, 11 July 2016. Photo: IQRemix, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped.
Women's basketball at Rio 2016. WECSHOF Class of 2024. Also listed under Women of Windsor.
Sources: Team Canada · Olympedia
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Won two bronze medals at London 2012, in the T35 100 metres and 200 metres. Also listed under Women of Windsor. No free portrait was cleared tonight.
Sources: International Paralympic Committee · Windsor Star
Maple Leaf Gardens from Carlton Street, about 1934, the Leafs' home when Rick Kehoe played for Toronto. This is the Gardens, not a portrait. City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 1244, Item 3185. Public domain (Canada).
A long NHL career, mainly with the Pittsburgh Penguins, and later NHL coaching. Windsor Public Library holds a local bio. A 1973 hockey still was held on copyright caution, so this card is text only tonight.
Sources: Windsor Public Library · Hockey-Reference
Y2kcrazyjoker4. CC BY-SA 4.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.
Three Stanley Cups with the New Jersey Devils, then a long run as a Devils broadcaster. Born in Windsor; the family moved to Edmonton when he was seven. Full "went far" wording is also on Born Here, Went Far.
Sources: Hockey-Reference · NHL.com
WFCU Centre, June 2025, home of the Windsor Spitfires since December 2008. Bob Boughner is a part-owner of the club. He is not pictured. Photo: Chris Woodrich, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
NHL defenceman, later an NHL head coach, and a part-owner of the Windsor Spitfires. The local junior-hockey tie stayed after the NHL career.
Sources: Hockey-Reference · Windsor Spitfires coach history
Lisa Gansky. CC BY-SA 2.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.
NHL forward with Anaheim, Boston and other clubs. Born here; the playing career was in the NHL.
Sources: NHLPA · Hockey-Reference
Dan4th Nicholas. CC BY 2.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.
A three-time Stanley Cup defenceman. Born here; the career was in the NHL. Also on Born Here, Went Far.
Sources: Hockey-Reference · NHL.com
Ron Wilson on the Toronto Maple Leafs bench, September 2010. Photo: Leafsfan67, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped from a photograph that also shows assistant Tim Hunter.
NHL player and a long-time NHL head coach, including with the Toronto Maple Leafs. He also coached the United States at the Olympics and other international events, and holds dual citizenship. Born in Windsor, raised in Fort Erie, and later in the United States. Also on Born Here, Went Far.
Sources: Windsor Public Library · Windsor Star
University of Windsor campus, August 2006. Paul Reddam is a University of Windsor graduate. He is not pictured. Photo: Mikerussell. CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Owned Kentucky Derby winners I'll Have Another (2012) and Nyquist (2016). He did not own California Chrome; that horse raced for DAP Racing. Also on Born Here, Went Far. No free portrait was cleared tonight.
Sources: Windsor Star · In Play! / WECSHOF 2018
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Two Windsor-born players on Canada's men's basketball team at Helsinki 1952. This card names only the two athletes confirmed from Team Canada and Olympedia. It sits next to the already live Ford V-8s card, which tells the 1936 medal story.
Sources: Team Canada: Charles Dalton · Team Canada: Robert Phibbs
The Diag at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, 10 August 2013. Ed Gagnier competed for the Michigan Wolverines. This is the campus, not a portrait. A 1957 yearbook team portrait stays on hold. Photo: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Competed in gymnastics at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. A 1957 studio photograph was held on copyright caution, so this card is text only tonight.
Sources: Team Canada · Olympedia
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Competed in rowing at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Also listed under Women of Windsor.
Sources: Olympedia · Sports-Reference (archived)
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Women's basketball at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Also listed under Women of Windsor.
Sources: Team Canada · Olympedia
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Competed in beach volleyball at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
Sources: Team Canada · Olympedia
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Competed in wrestling at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
Sources: Team Canada · Olympedia
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Competed in wrestling at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. A U.S. official of a similar name was rejected as a photo match.
Sources: Team Canada · Sports-Reference (archived)
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Competed in the women's marathon at the Tokyo 2020 Games. Also listed under Women of Windsor.
Sources: Team Canada · Olympedia
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Windsor Olympian in the javelin. A later Windsor Star story recorded his retirement. A plaque to a different Scott Russell was rejected as a photo match.
Sources: Team Canada · Windsor Star
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Competed in gymnastics at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Also listed under Women of Windsor.
Sources: Olympedia · Sports-Reference (archived)
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Competed in athletics at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. Also listed under Women of Windsor.
Sources: Olympedia · Sports-Reference (archived)
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Competed in swimming at the 1976 Montreal Olympics. A U.S. Marine Corps photograph of a different Doug Martin was rejected.
Sources: Team Canada · Olympedia
Tiger Stadium in Detroit, 1998, where Reno Bertoia played for the Tigers in the 1950s. This is the stadium, not a portrait. Players in the frame are not identified here. A 1959 team-postcard public-domain claim stays on hold. Photo: Rick Dikeman, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
A major-league infielder. He was born in Italy and raised in Windsor, not born here. SABR and a Windsor Star remembrance both use that frame. A 1959 still was held on copyright caution, so this card is text only tonight.
Sources: SABR · Windsor Star (archived)
Jessica. CC BY-SA 2.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.
NHL goaltender who came up through the Windsor Spitfires. Hockey-Reference records the playing career; local coverage has followed the Spitfires-to-NHL path.
Sources: Hockey-Reference · NHL.com
m_kania. CC BY 2.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.
NHL forward with a Windsor junior path. Hockey-Reference records the playing career; local draft coverage recorded the Windsor tie.
Sources: Hockey-Reference · Windsor Star
Windsor Arena, known as the Barn, home of the Windsor Spitfires when D. J. Smith played and captained the club in the 1990s. He is not pictured. Photo: Mikerussell. Public domain (author release), via Wikimedia Commons.
A former NHL player who later became an NHL head coach and assistant. Hockey-Reference records the playing career; later NHL club notices record the coaching path. A Comic-Con photograph of a different J. D. Smith was rejected.
Sources: Hockey-Reference · Los Angeles Kings
Maple Leaf Gardens from Carlton Street, about 1934, the Leafs' home when Pat Boutette played for Toronto. This is the Gardens, not a portrait. City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 1244, Item 3185. Public domain (Canada).
NHL forward with Toronto, Hartford and Pittsburgh. Born here; the career was in the NHL.
Sources: Hockey-Reference · NHL.com
The Windsor International Aquatic and Training Centre, 30 May 2025, home of the Windsor/Essex County Sports Hall of Fame, which inducted Ted Bulley. This is the centre, not a portrait. Photo: Chris Woodrich, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
NHL forward with Chicago, Washington and Pittsburgh. Also a WECSHOF inductee.
Sources: Hockey-Reference · WECSHOF
Windsor Arena, known as the Barn, home of the Windsor Spitfires when Murray Eaves played for the club. He is not pictured. Photo: Mikerussell. Public domain (author release), via Wikimedia Commons.
NHL forward. He was born in Calgary, not Windsor. Windsor is recorded as his hometown, and he played for the Windsor Spitfires before Michigan. This card corrects a research line that had called him Windsor-born.
Sources: Hockey-Reference · Hockey Draft Central
Windsor Arena, known as the Barn, home of the Windsor Spitfires when Glen Skov played for the club. He is not pictured. Photo: Mikerussell. Public domain (author release), via Wikimedia Commons.
A centre who won three Stanley Cups with the Detroit Red Wings in the 1950s. He was born in Wheatley, not in the City of Windsor. He played for the Windsor Spitfires and is a WECSHOF inductee (1988). He died in 2013. This card corrects a research line that had called him Windsor-born. Not the same person as referee Art Skov, whose card is held for a second bio.
Sources: Windsor Star · NHL.com
Assumption College campus, 1928, where Gino Sovran later starred in basketball. He is not pictured. Assumption College. Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 3.0.
An Assumption College basketball star, later one of the players on the Toronto Huskies in the Basketball Association of America, the NBA's predecessor. WECSHOF and Basketball Canada both record the Windsor / Assumption path. He lived 1924 to 2016.
Sources: WECSHOF · Basketball Canada
Tiger Stadium in Detroit, 1998, during the years Joe Siddall played for the Tigers. This is the stadium, not a portrait. Players in the frame are not identified here. Photo: Rick Dikeman, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
A major-league catcher with Montreal, Florida and Detroit, later a Blue Jays broadcaster. Baseball Ontario Hall of Fame coverage records the Windsor roots.
Sources: Canadian Baseball Network · Toronto Blue Jays broadcasters
Windsor Arena, known as the Barn, the city's main hockey rink in the years Lloyd Pollock was a Windsor hockey official. He is not pictured. Photo: Mikerussell. Public domain (author release), via Wikimedia Commons.
A Windsor hockey official who served as president of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association in 1968, after a run as vice-president. Hockey Canada's past-board lists record the role. No portrait was used; a grave-marker photograph was left out.
Sources: Hockey Canada past boards · Hockey Canada archived board list
The Air Canada Centre in Toronto, May 2008, with the CN Tower behind it. Richard Peddie was president and CEO of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, which operated the Leafs and Raptors in this building. This is the arena, not a portrait. Photo: Secondarywaltz. Public domain (author release), via Wikimedia Commons.
Long-time president and CEO of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment (Leafs, Raptors, TFC). WECSHOF inductee. Tie: born Windsor.
Sources: WECSHOF; MLSE-era bios
Ambassador Golf Club is a public course at 1025 Sprucewood Avenue. The club's site says the course opened in 2005.
Sources: Ambassador Golf Club · the club sign, photographed 12 November 2026
Photographs of Ambassador Golf Club, taken 12 November 2026, are by Kyle L. Stewart, Windsor News, and are credited under those images. Other photographs on this page are public domain or Creative Commons. Credits sit under each image. Free Commons portraits are credited under the cards that use them. No UFC, OHL, CFL or WECSHOF gala portraits. No paid stock. Man o' War race stills stay on hold.
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