Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame

21°19′59″N 157°52′22″W / 21.3329195°N 157.8728014°W / 21.3329195; -157.8728014 The Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame is a sports hall of fame and museum in the U.S. state of Hawaii. According to the hall's official website, it servers as the "state museum for sports history in the islands," and "is best described as an educational repository created to enshrine athletes, pioneers and contributors of Hawai'i's rich sports history."[1][2] The organization was founded in 1997 and a selection committee meets once a year in December.[3] The flagship exhibition for the hall is located in the Bishop Museum in Honolulu.

The 2016 class, inducted in May 2016, included water polo player Brandon Brooks, decathlete Bryan Clay, soccer player Brian Ching, and brothers Ma'ake Kemoeatu and Chris Kemoeatu for American football.[4][5]

Inductees

Auto racing
Baseball
Basketball
Boat racing
  • Thomas Gentry
Bowling
Boxing
Broadcasting
Canoe racing
  • A. E. Minvielle
  • Joseph Napoleon[6]
Coaching
Decathlon
Diving
American football
Golf
Martial arts
Motorcycle racing
  • John DeSoto Jr.[3]
Skeet shooting
  • James Austin
Soccer
Sport fishing
  • Peter Fithian
Sports promotion
Steer roping
  • Ikua Purdy
Sumo
Surfing
Swimming
Tennis
  • Jim Schwitters
Track and field
  • Jim Barahal
  • Duncan MacDonald
  • Jack Scaff
  • Norman Tamanaha
Volleyball
Water polo
Weightlifting
Wind surfing
Women's sports
Wrestling
Yacht racing

References

  1. ^ "Mission Statement - Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame". hawaiisportshalloffame.com. Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved October 14, 2016.
  2. ^ "Hawai'i Sports Hall of Fame 2016 Induction Banquet". eventbrite.com. Eventbrite. Retrieved October 14, 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Motocross: DeSoto inducted into Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame". Motorsport.com. February 24, 2004. Retrieved October 14, 2016.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Harmon, Collin (May 4, 2016). "Five inducted into 2016 Hawaii sports Hall of Fame class". Hawaii News Now. Retrieved October 14, 2016.
  5. ^ Kekaula, Robert (May 4, 2016). "Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame". KTIV Channel 4. Retrieved October 14, 2016.
  6. ^ a b "Miyawaki, Napoleon selected for Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. No. 352. December 18, 2007. Retrieved October 14, 2016.
  7. ^ "Inductees by Class Year | Hawai'i Sports Hall of Fame". Hawaiisportshalloffame.com. Archived from the original on 2019-10-21. Retrieved 2018-01-15.