The World Curling Hall of Fame is an international curling Hall of Fame that was established by World Curling (former the World Curling Federation) in 2012. 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 Hall of Fame as the highest honor given by World Curling. Previous Freytag Award winners have been inducted into the Hall of Fame.
Inductees in the World Curling 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.
Inductees
The inductees are listed as follows:
Year
Inductee
Country
Category
Notes
1978
Ken Watson
Canada
1979
Chuck Hay
Scotland
1980
Bob Grierson
Scotland
1981
Doug Maxwell
Canada
1982
Sven Eklund
Sweden
1983
Mabel DeWare
Canada
1984
Robin Welsh
Scotland
1985
Don McLeod
Canada
1986
Art Cobb
United States
1987
Bob Picken
Canada
1988
Kay Sugahara
United States
1989
Don McKay
United States
1990
Colin Campbell
Canada
awarded posthumously
1994
Keith Wendorf
Germany
1996
Elizabeth Paterson-Brown
Scotland
1997
Erwin Sautter
Switzerland
2000
Bob Hardy
United States
Builder
2000
Ernie Richardson
Canada
Curler
2001
Shirley Morash
Canada
Builder
2001
Raymond Somerville
United States
Curler
2002
Franz Tanner
Switzerland
Builder
2003
Bob Whitehead
United States
Builder
awarded posthumously
2006
Kunio Nando
Japan
Builder
2007
Roy Sinclair
Scotland
Builder
2008
Leslie Ingram-Brown
Scotland
Builder
2009
Sandra Schmirler
Canada
Curler
awarded posthumously
2010
Malcolm Richardson
Scotland
Builder
2011
Ray Kingsmith
Canada
Builder
awarded posthumously
2012
Jean-Paul Bidaud
Switzerland
Builder
2012
Elisabet Gustafson
Sweden
Curler
2012
Günther Hummelt
Austria
Builder
awarded posthumously
2013
Don Duguid
Canada
Curler
2013
Ron Northcott
Canada
Curler
2014
Randy Ferbey
Canada
Curler
2014
Patrick Hürlimann
Switzerland
Curler
2014
Eigil Ramsfjell
Norway
Curler
2015
Russ Howard
Canada
Curler
2015
Hiroyuki Saito
Japan
Builder
2015
Ray Turnbull
Canada
Builder
2016
Warren Hansen
Canada
Builder
2016
Elisabeth Högström
Sweden
Curler
2016
Franco Zumofen
Italy
Builder
2017
Arnold Richardson ,Ernie Richardson ,Garnet Richardson ,Wes Richardson
Canada
Curlers
2018
Kevin Martin
Canada
Curler
2018
Young C. Kim
South Korea
Builder
2018
Elmer Freytag
United States
Builder
awarded posthumously
2018
Shorty Jenkins
Canada
Builder
awarded posthumously
2019
Dordi Nordby
Norway
Curler
2019
Michael Burns Sr.
Canada
Builder
awarded posthumously
2019
Ian Michael Thomson
Scotland
Builder
2020
Elisabet Gustafson ,Katarina Nyberg ,Louise Marmont ,Elisabeth Persson
Sweden
Curlers
Gustafson also individually inducted in 2012
2020
Gordon Craig
Canada
Builder
2020
Leif Öhman
Sweden
Builder
2021
Anette Norberg , Eva Lund , Cathrine Lindahl , Anna Le Moine
Sweden
Curlers
2021
Bernie Sparkes
Canada
Curlers
2021
Johannes Jensen
Denmark
Builder
2022
Jan Betker ,Joan McCusker ,Marcia Gudereit
Canada
Curlers
Ian Tetley
Canada
Curler
Peter Becker
New Zealand
Builder
2023
Ewan MacDonald
Scotland
Curler
Peter Smith
Scotland
Curler
Bill Strum
United States
Curler
Kate Caithness
Scotland
Builder
Jack Lynch
Canada
Builder
awarded posthumously
2024
Thomas Ulsrud
Norway
Curler
awarded posthumously
Sonja Gaudet
Canada
Curler
Les Harrison
Canada
Builder
Jalle Jungnell
Sweden
Curler/Builder
Pål Trulsen
Norway
Curler/Builder
Notes
"Year" denotes year that Freytag Award was awarded to the inductee for dates before 2012, and denotes year of induction from 2012 on.
The builder/curler categorization of awardees was not introduced until 2000.
References
^ "World Curling Federation Annual General Assembly April 2012" . World Curling Federation . 6 April 2012.
^ "Hall of Fame" . World Curling Federation .
^ "Duguid and Northcott inducted into World Curling Hall of Fame" . World Curling Federation . 26 March 2013. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
"Ferbey to be inducted into Word Curling Hall of Fame" . Canadian Curling Association . 1 April 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
^ "Ferbey, Huerlimann and Ramsfjell inducted into World Curling Hall of Fame" . World Curling Federation . 1 April 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
^ "Russ Howard, Ray Turnbull and Hiroyuki Saito inducted into World Curling Hall of Fame" . World Curling Federation . 19 March 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
^ "Warren Hansen inducted into WCF Hall of Fame" . World Curling Federation . 8 April 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
"Canadian and Swedes to be inducted into World Curling Hall of Fame" . World Curling Federation . 2020-02-25. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
"World Curling inducts 2021 Hall of Fame recipients" . World Curling Federation. 2021-06-01. Archived from the original on 2022-03-27. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
"World Curling inducts 2022 Hall of Fame recipients" . World Curling Federation . 2022-06-23. Archived from the original on 2022-06-23.
"World Curling inducts 2023 Hall of Fame recipients" . World Curling Federation . 2023-03-03. Archived from the original on 2023-03-07.
"World Curling inducts 2024 Hall of Fame recipients" . World Curling . 2024-03-31. Archived from the original on 2024-04-02.
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