Come and celebrate the summer with us and experience our special "Summer at the Hall" program! Tailored specifically for groups, Summer at the Hall will engage visitors with hands-on, unique activities in four distinct zones in the museum. Call 604.687.5520 for more information or to book your group today!
Bud Kerr: 1935-2009"The BC Sports Hall of Fame and Museum expresses its sincere condolences to the
family of Bud Kerr after his recent passing. Mr. Kerr was an enthusiastic
supporter of the BC Sports Hall of Fame, generously sharing his vast local
baseball knowledge and portions of his baseball collection. His passion for
Vancouver baseball will be missed, but not forgotten."
The BC Sports Hall of Fame is pleased to launch the newest unit of its popular Hero In You education program. The new unit is Aboriginal Sport with two new FREE lesson plans: RUNNING featuring Angela Chalmers and TRADITIONAL GAMES featuring the 1936 North Shore Indians Lacrosse Team. The unit also offers a SNEAK PEAK at the Aboriginal Sport Gallery housed at the BC Sports Hall of Fame. The Hero In You program is currently being used in 95% of BC's school districts by 1260 registered educators. Be the next teachers to check out the proram by clicking on Hero In You
In
Memoriam: Ted Reynolds, 1925-2009
MEDIA
On April 28, 2009, the legendary
Ted Reynolds, one of the most highly regarded sports broadcasters in
Canadian television history, passed away at the age of 84. He is
remembered most for his 35 globetrotting years at the CBC, his
everyman, folksy charm introducing a myriad of sports and events from
around the world into the homes of millions of Canadians.
Everywhere he went though, he remained a proud British Columbian.
Born in Grand Forks, Reynolds got his start with CFJC Radio Kamloops,
beginning in 1945, before moving on to CJVI in Victoria, filming a few
freelance pieces on Victoria politics for the CBC on the side. It
was at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver that
Reynolds really saw the power of the new medium of television.
This was of course the Games of Miracle Milers Roger Bannister and John
Landy, their race the first sports event broadcast live nationwide in
Canada. Still working with CJVI, he was actually competing with
future CBC coworkers for stories and often scooping them. His
work gained the CBC’s notice and he was hired in 1956 as their first
sport-specific reporter based out of the new Vancouver headquarters.
Over the next forty years he covered literally everything in the world
of sport from ski jumping to judo, from hockey to water polo. In
that time he attended ten Olympic Games, eight Commonwealth Games, four
Pan American Games, plus countless world and continental championships
in figure skating, show jumping, aquatics, snooker, and alpine
skiing.
He was one of pioneers in the industry, particularly on the West Coast,
where television was less established than in eastern Canada.
With only a handful of CBC staffers early on, he was a one-man sports
department, often working a minimum six days a week. The product
was less polished in the early days, but no less informative and
thrilling. Reynolds and his peers often had to improvise with
whatever was at hand. During a live broadcast of the 1958 Ripple
Rock detonation near Campbell River—at the time the largest non-nuclear
explosion in history—Reynolds explained details by pointing to a
rudimentary map with a tree branch he found lying at his feet.
Reynolds may have been a nationally-recognized broadcaster, yet it was
his local coverage in BC that set him apart, that made many British
Columbians connect with him as “one of us.” When Florence
Chadwick and Marilyn Bell were attempting to swim across the Strait of
Juan Fuca in the mid-1950s, he was there bobbing along in a
rowboat. When BC Lions football joined the CBC television
line-up, he was there in the Empire Stadium press box doing
play-by-play. When the Vancouver Canucks joined the NHL in 1970,
he was the first host of Canucks games broadcast nation-wide on Hockey
Night in Canada. Whether it was Inter-City lacrosse, Mounties
baseball, BC High School boys basketball, or interviewing Elaine
Tanner, Nancy Greene, and Karen Magnussen minutes after their
respective career-defining moments, Reynolds was there.
Sometimes
his work went beyond simply reporting. When Vancouver middle
distance runner Thelma Wright faded during the 1975 Pan American Games
women’s 1500m due to the Mexican City altitude, in the post-race
interview Reynolds put his arm around Wright and consoled her as she
sobbed.
Reynolds’
contributions to sport were widely recognized. He was the first
media inductee into the Aquatic Hall of Fame and Museum of Canada, the
first winner of Sport BC’s Daryl Thompson Award in 1974, two Doug
Gilbert Media Awards from the Sports Federation of Canada in 1972 and
1975, and the 2003 Sports Media Canada Achievement Award.
Reynolds
served on many hall of fame committees locally and nationally, but had
a particular soft spot for the one which honoured the best in his home
province. He served on the BC Sports Hall of Fame and Museum’s
selection committee for 27 years including 15 as committee chair.
In 1998, Ted Reynolds himself was the first inductee into the BC Sports
Hall of Fame and Museum’s new media category.
Canada's
first and ONLY Aboriginal Sport Gallery is now open to the public!
It has been created as a permanent tribute and legacy to recognize the
unique contributions Aboriginal peoples (First Nations, Inuit and
Métis) have made and will make to the sporting heritage of British
Columbia.
Also
we are pleased to present the first edition of Aboriginal
Participation News: An
update from the Four Host First Nations and the Vancouver Organizing
Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.
Download a copy of the newsletter here.
