Special Contribution
Special Contribution
- Adaptive Sports
- Auto Racing
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Bowling
- Boxing
- Broadcasting
- Coaching
- Duathlon
- Equestrian
- Fencing
- Football
- Golf
- Gymnastics
- Handball
- Hockey
- Martial Arts
- Masters Athlete
- Multi Sport
- Officiating
- Rodeo
- Schonely Lifetime Achievement Award
- Skiing
- Soccer
- Softball
- Special Contribution
- Swimming
- Table Tennis
- Teams
- Tennis
- Track and Field
- Trapshooting
- Volleyball
- Wrestling
Robert Hudson – Special Contribution to Sports
(Jul. 27, 1887 – Sep. 4, 1974) Robert Hudson used his business skill and drive to support golf to the benefit of not only the state, but also the golf world during the era surrounding World War II. Born in 1887, Hudson began working in a grocery at age 14 and became the store’s sales..Read More
Multnomah Athletic Club – Special Contribution to Sports
Founded in 1891, “The MAC” has become Oregon’s and one of the nation’s most storied athletic clubs, and has shaped the course of the state’s sports world for more than a century. The club was incorporated on February 28, 1891 through the efforts of 26 amateur sports athletes and enthusiasts, led by photographer Arthur B...Read More
Murray Kemp – Special Contribution to Sports
(Apr. 26, 1903 – Apr. 22, 1991) Murray Kemp was the Founder, General Manager, President, and Chairman of Multnomah Kennel Club since 1933, when it opened as Fairview Park. “The House That Murray Built” was renamed Murray Kemp Kennel Club in 1978. He was recognized nationally for his contributions to greyhound racing, many innovations to..Read More
L.H. Gregory – Special Contribution to Sports
(May 18, 1886 – Aug. 15, 1975) L.H. Gregory was the sports editor and a columnist for the Oregonian for 52 years from 1921-1973. He has been honored by the National Hall of Fame, Los Angeles Times in 1955, won the Amos Voorhies Award by Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association in 1962, and countless sports writing..Read More
Rube Ross – Special Contribution to Sports
Ruben T. Ross was a three-year track letterman and standout at the University of Oregon from 1926 to 1928 for coach Bill Hayward. He participated in the U.S. Olympic Track & Field trials in 1928. He was a co-founder of the Oregon Empire Athletic Foundation that evolved into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in..Read More
John Eggers – Special Contribution to Sports
John Eggers (Jul. 18, 1922 – Jul. 31, 1992) served as sports information director at Oregon State University for more than 31 years, and helped create a pattern for how to represent and market college athletics through in-house news writing. His efforts helped significantly with Terry Baker receiving the Heisman Trophy in 1962. Eggers grew..Read More
G.P. “Jerry” O’Malley – Special Contribution to Sports
Jerry O’Malley served on many Amateur Athletic Union and U.S. Olympic committees. He was the Olympic Fundraising Chairman for the State of Oregon from 1963 through 1976. He was a founding member of the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame and on its Board of Directors.