July 6, 2021 — Press release
From the Burlington Sports Hall of Fame

SEAN FOLEY — Builder: Golf                    

  • Attended Notre Dame Catholic Secondary School
  • Recipient – Golf Scholarship Tennessee State University
  • Began golf teaching career at Glenn Abbey Golf Club (Oakville)
  • Moved to Orlando Florida (2006) where he began working with Stephen Ames  (2014 inductee: Canadian Golf Hall of Fame)
  • Current students include: Justin Rose (2016 Olympic Gold medalist); Cameron Champ; Lydia Ko; Danny Willett and Sam Horsfield
  • Former students include: Tiger Woods; Sean O’Hair; Hunter Mahan
  • Twice featured on  the cover of Golf Digest
  • Voted top golf teacher in the world by players on the PGA tour

DR. JOHN KENDALL — Athlete/ Builder:  Running

  • Founder Burlington YMCA Post-Cardiac Club — “a revolutionary concept”
  • Co-founding Father of The Burlington Runners Club
  • Recipient of Queen’s Commemorative Jubilee Medal
  • Recipient of the Physicians Care Award
  • Accomplished distance runner: former Canadian Veterans Record holder 100 mile distance; completed a double crossing of the Grand Canyon; competed in the Boston Marathon
  • Medical Director: American Marathon Trials (1980–1984); Toronto Marathon (1990–1993); Skylon Marathon (1995–2002)
  • Honourary Staff Member at Burlington’s Joseph Brant Hospital

JIM LAWSON — Athlete/ Builder: Hockey, Football / Horse Racing

  • Graduate Aldershot High School
  • Recipient Hockey Scholarship Brown University
  • Played Burlington “AAA” Midget Hockey; AHL-Nova Scotia Voyageurs; Drafted by Ottawa 67s  as a 15 year old
  • Drafted by Montreal Canadians — Injuries short-circuited NHL career
  • First Independent Chair, CFL Board of Directors & twice served as interim Commissioner of the CFL
  • Leadership and resolution led to revival of Woodbine Racetracks
  • Recipient of the prestigious Commissioners Award
  • Current CEO of Woodbine Entertainment
  • Recognized as one of the TOP 25 most influential sport persons in Canada

 DON LOVEGROVE — Builder:  Media

  • Alumnus Burlington Central High School
  • 37 year career in sport journalism with the Hamilton Spectator including the Burlington Bureau
  • Known as “The Dean of Amateur Sports”
  • Covered first College Bowl at Varsity Stadium — 1964
  • Recipient: CIAU Media Award
  • Inductee: Hamilton Hurricanes Hall of Fame; “Mohawk College Sports Hall of Fame”; Hamilton Soccer Hall of Fame
  • Spectator award winning sport journalist, Steve Milton penned: “Don was one of those giants upon whose shoulders the current generation of local sports media will stand.”

CAROL ANGELA ORCHARD — Builder: Gymnastics

  • Graduate Burlington Central High School
  • Credits her lifelong passion for Gymnastics being a former member of the Burlington Gymnastics Club
  • Highly decorated National & International coach: Gymnastics Canada; Gold Coach Award for International Excellence; Women’s Program Service Award; Life Member Award
  • Olympic Coach Life Member Award
  • Two-time International Senior Coach of the Year
  • Recipient highest honour of recognition by the International Gymnastics Federation: Honourary Diploma of International Coaching
  • Respected Analyst — CBC Television: Covering Olympics; World Championships; Pan Am & Commonwealth Games

Burlington Sports Hall of Fame Induction
 RECEPTION
Tuesday, October 26th — Burlington Golf & Country Club

5:30 — Doors Open
6:00–7:00: Cocktail Social
7:00–8:00: Formal Inductions
8:00 p.m. — Evening Concludes / Social

Tickets: $60 per person *** Hors D’Oeuvres will be served throughout the evening/ Cash bar. Contact Wayne Heslop: #905-520-8922 or Email: wayne.heslop@cogeco.ca

**** N.B: Number of attendees will be determined based on COVID-19 capacity restrictions set out by the Government of Ontario.