Scottish Sports Hall of Fame

The Scottish Sports Hall of Fame is the national sports hall of fame in Scotland, initiated on St Andrew's Day (30 November), 2001. It is a joint project organised by sportscotland, the national governmental body for Scottish sport, and the National Museums of Scotland. It is also funded by BBC Scotland and donations from the general public. The patrons are Anne, Princess Royal, a notable supporter of the Scotland national rugby union team; First Minister Alex Salmond; and Formula One legend Jackie Stewart.

The goal is to inspire new generations of by creating a permanent home for the Hall of Fame in the Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh.

The permanent exhibition will consist of four major elements:
*A display about the members of the Hall of Fame, including key objects relating to their sporting careers and information about their successes
*A "Sporting Moments" display through which visitors will be able to replay their favourite sporting moment, or find out more about their sporting hero or heroine
*An interactive area to enable visitors to pit themselves against the best and feel what it is like to be the fastest runner, highest jumper, most accurate putter or strongest lifter
*A programme of activities including the annual induction ceremonies to introduce new names to the Hall of Fame.

The Sports Gallery at the Museum of Scotland was opened in 2006.

To date there have been 4 rounds of inductions into the Hall of Fame:
# 2002: initial 50 inductees
# 2003: 14 inductees
# 2004: 6 inductees
# 2007: 8 inductees

List of inductees in the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame

All-rounder

Cricket, rugby union, tennis, golf, billiards, curling, long jumping and skating:
*Leslie Balfour-Melville (1854-1937), captained Scotland to victory over Australia at cricket; international cap in rugby; captain of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club; and many other achievements

Athletics and Highland games

*Bill Anderson (born 1937)
*Donald Dinnie (1837-1916)
*Wyndham Halswelle (1882-1915)
*Eric Liddell (1902-1945)
*Liz McColgan (born 1964)
*George McNeill (born 1947)
*Yvonne Murray (born 1964)
*Arthur James Robertson (1879-1957)
*Ian Stewart (born 1949)
*Lachie Stewart (born 1943)
*Allan Wells (born 1952)

Baseball

*Bobby Thomson (born 1923), hit baseball's most famous walk-off home run, the 'Shot Heard Round the World'; voted an All-Star in 1948, 1949 and 1952

Bowls

*Willie Wood (born 1938)

Boxing

The men who pioneered the use of "Scotland the Brave" as the national anthem.
*Ken Buchanan
*Benny Lynch
*Walter McGowan
*Dick McTaggart
*Jackie Paterson
*Jim Watt

Cricket

*Mike Denness (born 1940)

=Cycling =

*Robert Millar (born 1958), King of the Mountains and 4th overall at the 1984 Tour de France; King of the Mountains and 2nd overall at the 1987 Giro d'Italia; 2nd overall at the Vuelta a España in both 1985 and 1986

Football

Football managers and players:
*Jim Baxter (1939-2001)
*Billy Bremner (1942-1997)
*Matt Busby (1909-1994)
*Kenny Dalglish (born 1951)
*John Greig (born 1942)
*Jimmy Johnstone (1944-2006)
*Denis Law (born 1940)
*Ally McCoist (born 1962)
*Jimmy McGrory (1904-1982)
*Billy McNeill (born 1940)
*Rose Reilly (born 1955)
*Bill Shankly (1913-1981)
*Gordon Smith (1924-2004)
*Jock Stein (1922-1985)

Golf

*Tommy Armour
*James Braid
*Sandy Lyle
*Old Tom Morris
*Young Tom Morris
*Belle Robertson
*Jessie Valentine

Judo

*George Kerr

Horse racing

*Willie Carson

Motorsport

*Louise Aitken-Walker (born 1960), FIA Ladies World Rally Champion 1990
*Jim Clark (1936-1968), Formula One World Champion 1963 & 1965 and Indianapolis 500 winner 1965
*Jimmie Guthrie (1897-1937), 19 Motorcycle Grand Prix wins and 6 Isle of Man TT wins
*Bob McIntyre (1928-1962), first Isle of Man TT rider to break 100 mph for a lap; 2 Motorcycle Grand Prix wins and 3 TT wins
*Jackie Stewart (born 1939), Formula One World Champion 1969, 1971 and 1973; co-founder of the Stewart Grand Prix team

Mountaineering and Hillwalking

*Robert Barclay Allardice
*Dougal Haston
*Hamish MacInnes

=Rowing=

*William Kinnear (1880-1974)

Rugby union

*Finlay Calder
*Doug Elliot
*Gavin Hastings
*Andy Irvine
*George MacPherson
*Mark Morrison
*Robert Wilson Shaw

Sailing

*Chay Blyth
*Rodney Pattisson

Shinty

*John Cattanach

Shooting

*Alister Allan

Swimming and Diving

*Ian Black
*Elenor Gordon
*Peter Heatly
*Ellen King
*Bob McGregor
*Nancy Riach
*David Wilkie
*Jack Wardrop

Table Tennis

*Helen Elliot Hamilton

Tennis

*Winnie Shaw (1947-1992), French Open finalist in both Mixed Doubles and Women's Doubles; Australian Open semi-finalist in Singles; Wimbledon semi-finalist in Women's Doubles, and quarter-finalist in Singles

Water polo

*George Cornet (1877-1952)

Weightlifting and Wrestling

*Launceston Elliot
*John McNiven

ee also

*Sport in Scotland

External links

* [http://www.sshf.co.uk/ Scottish Sports Hall of Fame - Official website]