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# Lesley Reddon

Lesley Joanne Reddon (born November 15, 1970) was a member of the Canadian National women's hockey team that competed in ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics. She was born in North York, Ontario.

## Playing career
### CIAU

Reddon started playing hockey in 1976 with the Mississauga Girls Hockey League. As a 13-year-old, Reddon participated for the Mississauga Peewee All-Star team that won the 1982–83 Ontario girls championship. Reddon played on the University of Toronto Lady Blues women's hockey team from 1989 to 1993. The Lady Blues won Ontario University Athletics provincial titles every season. In 1993, Reddon attended the University of New Brunswick to pursue a master's degree. She was part of the UNB Varsity Reds men's ice hockey team and became the first female goaltender ever to play in the AUS.

### Hockey Canada

She won a gold medal for Canada at the 1994 Women's World Ice Hockey championships. She was the backup to Manon Rhéaume. In 1995 and 1996, Reddon competed for the Maritime Sports Blades in the Canadian National Women's Championships. Although the team did not win the Abby Hoffman Cup, they won silver in 1995 and bronze in 1996. The following year, she would share goaltending duties with Danielle Dube as Canada won the 1997 Women's World Ice Hockey championships. Her last appearance with the national team was at the 1998 Winter Olympics. She was part of the first ever women's ice hockey tournament in Olympic hockey and she won a silver medal. In 2006, Reddon would be a staff member with the Canadian women's delegation to the 2006 Winter Olympics. Reddon was also a member of the women's delegation for the 2009–10 Hockey Canada national women's team that participated in ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

## Other

Reddon was a member of the Maritime Sports Blades and competed in three National Championships. Reddon was part of the Blades team which won a silver in 1995, and a bronze in 1996 In the winter of 1997, Reddon took a position with the Fredericton Canadiens of the American Hockey League in marketing and promotions. She was a goaltender in the inaugural season of the Strathmore Rockies of the Western Women's Hockey League in 2008–2009. She was inducted into the Mississauga Sports Hall of Fame in 2006. She was appointed Team Manager for Canada's entry at the 2010 Four Nations Cup.

## Career stats

| Event | Games played | Saves | Save Percentage |
| 1998 Olympics | 4 | 51 | 81.0 |

## Awards and honours

* 1997 Four Nations Cup, All-Star selection
* 1992–93 Ontario University Athletics women's ice hockey First Team All-Star
* 1991–92 Ontario University Athletics Second Team All-Star
* 1990–91 Ontario University Athletics women's ice hockey First Team All-Star
* 1989–90 Ontario University Athletics Second Team All-Star
# Jack Dempsey (rugby league)

John Wilson Dempsey (1907-1951) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s.

## Career

Regarded by many as one of the best halfbacks that came from the Newcastle area, Jack 'Inky' Dempsey came to Sydney for one season and played for St. George in 1929. He later captain/coached many country teams including Moree, New South Wales. He represented Newcastle against touring English teams on three occasions 1928, 1932 and 1936. 'Inky' Dempsey retired from playing in 1937 at Kurri Kurri, New South Wales.

## Tragic death

Jack 'Inky' Dempsey collapsed and died in a wild brawl on the hill at the Sydney Cricket Ground during a Test Match between Australia v France on 21 July 1951. His lifeless body was carried down from the 'Hill' and placed on a stretcher on the SCG pitch in view of all 67,000 spectators. He left a wife and three children, and was buried at Sandgate Cemetery on 24 July 1951.
# Eric McCormack (rugby league)

Eric Rowland McCormack (1905-1997) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s and 1930s.
Graded at St. George in 1927, McCormack and his brother Jack McCormack gave great service to the Saints during the late 1920s to the early 1930s. McCormack was also a fine local cricketer at district level, enjoying a long enjoyable career. McCormack was a red headed centre, and a fine goal kicker having had a background in Australian Rules Football in his younger years in Victoria.
McCormack died on 3 June 1997.
# Luce Mongrain

Luce Mongrain (born 11 January 1971) is a Canadian soccer player who played as a defender for the Canada women's national soccer team. She was part of the team at the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup.

## Honours

* 2021: Canada Soccer Hall of Fame
# Lynda Chyzyk

Lynda Chyzyk is a Canadian para-alpine skier. She represented Canada at the 1984 Winter Paralympics and at the 1988 Winter Paralympics. In total she won one gold medal, one silver medal and two bronze medals.
In 1984, she won the silver medal in the Women's Giant Slalom LW2 event and the bronze medals in the Women's Downhill LW2 and the Women's Alpine Combination LW2 events. In 1988, she won one more medal: the gold medal in the Women's Slalom LW2 event. She also competed in the Women's Downhill LW2 event and finished in 4th place.
# Alex Main (rugby league)

Alexander Main (1900–1973) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s.

## Playing career

Former Newtown, Glebe and St. George fullback relocated to the Tamworth, New South Wales as a player/coach in 1925 where he remained into the 1930s. Main played representative football for Northern Division in 1925 and North West N.S.W. in 1930 against touring rep teams.

## Death

Main died on 16 August 1973 at Caringbah, New South Wales.
# Maria Maunder

Maria Maunder (born 19 March 1972, in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador) is a Canadian rower. Maunder was a member of the Canadian national team that placed second in the 1996 Summer Olympics and earned a silver medal.

## Early life and education

Maunder graduated from the preparatory school Ridley College in 1990 and matriculated to the University of Western Ontario. Though she went to the Olympics for rowing, she also swam, winning gold in the 50 and 200 meter free races under the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations during secondary school. At university, she participated in swimming and rowing. During that time, she also joined the university's chapter of the sorority Alpha Gamma Delta.

## Career

Maunder competed in her first major international tournament in 1994 at the Commonwealth Rowing Championships in Thames Centre, Ontario, Canada. Her women's eight team placed seventh at that year's World Championships in Indianapolis, USA, while her coxless fours team placed eighth. In 1995, her eights team won sixth place at the Championships in Tampere, Finland, while her coxless pairs team finished fifth. During the 1996 Summer Olympics, her team came in second and won a silver medal. Her quadruple sculls team placed sixth at the 1997 World Championships in Aiguebelette-le-Lac, France. In that year's Head of the Charles Regatta in Cambridge, Massachusetts, she placed first in the single scull event, as well as the singles and doubles for Canada's team at the Henley Royal Regatta in England. During the 1998 World Championships in Cologne, Germany, she finished eleventh in the double sculls. This race would be her last official competition, as she retired the following year.
Listed below are a selected number of her major races and the results:
| Event (year) | Location | Team | Race | Rank | Final Time |
| 1994 World Rowing Championships | Indianapolis, USA | Canada | Women's eight | 1 | 6:11.57 |
| 1995 World Rowing Championships | Tampere, Finland | Canada | Women's eight | 6 | 7:00.69 |
| 1996 Summer Olympics | Atlanta, USA | Canada | Women's eight | 2 (silver medal) | 6:24.05 |
| 1997 World Rowing Championships | Aiguebelette, France | Canada | Women's Quadruple Sculls | 6 | 6.28.18 |
| 1997 Head of the Charles Regatta | Cambridge, USA | | Women's Singles | 1 | |
| 1998 World Rowing Championships | Cologne, Germany | Canada | Women's Double Sculls | 5 | 7:09.88 |
# Marie-Josée Gilbeau-Ouimet

Marie-Josée Gibeau-Ouimet (born November 2, 1972, in Lachine, Quebec) is a Canadian sprint kayaker who competed from the early 1990s to the early 2000s (decade). She won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with three golds (K-2 200 m: 1995, 1998; K-4 200 m: 1995) and a silver (K-4 200 m: 1997).
Gibeau-Ouimet also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning best finish of fifth on two occasions (K-2 500 m, K-4 500 m: both 1996).
# Ron Stapleton

Ron Stapleton also known as "Reg Stapleton" was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1910s and 1920s. He played for Glebe in the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) competition.

## Playing career

Stapleton made his first grade debut for Glebe against Western Suburbs in Round 11 1918 at the Royal Agricultural Society Grounds. In 1920, Stapleton made 5 appearances as Glebe finished second on the table behind rivals Balmain.
In 1922, Glebe finished equal first on the table behind minor premiers North Sydney. Glebe and North Sydney were then required to contest a grand final to determine the outright premiership winner.
Stapleton played at fullback for Glebe in the 1922 NSWRL grand final which was played at the Sydney Cricket Ground in front of 15,000 spectators. Although both sides finished on equal points, North Sydney outclassed Glebe in the final by a score of 35-3. The grand final defeat was Stapleton's last game for Glebe.
# Nicci Wright

Nicole Cheri Wright (born 12 August 1972) is a Canadian soccer player who played as a goalkeeper for the Canada women's national soccer team. She was part of the team at the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup.
She played for the Washington Freedom in the Women's United Soccer Association in 2003.
# Pat Maher (rugby league)

Pat Maher (1903-1980) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s and 1930s. He played for South Sydney as a centre.

## Playing career

Maher began his rugby league career in country New South Wales playing for Lismore and also captaining the New South Wales country and far north coast teams. In 1928, Maher signed for South Sydney and at the end of the year was selected to play for New South Wales and Australia. Maher only played in one match for Australia, the second test match against England at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Although Maher played for Souths in the 1920s and 1930s, he only featured in two grand final winning teams which were the 1931 premiership side that defeated arch rivals Eastern Suburbs 12-7 at the Sydney Sports Ground and the following year when Souths defeated Western Suburbs 19-12 in the grand final challenge replay. This match would be Maher's last for the club and he retired at the end of the season.
# Walter Slockie

Walter Slockie (or Slockee) (1903 – 1961) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s and 1930s.
Walter Slockie was a very talented rugby league player from Murwillumbah, New South Wales. He featured in many of the Queensland All Black teams of this period, often playing with another St. George Dragons player, Walter Mussing. He made a brief appearance in the NSWRFL competition in Sydney with the St. George Dragons for one season in 1925, but returned north to Queensland to continue his career for many more years.

## Personal life

Slockie was of South Sea Islander ancestry. In 1928, Slockie saved an 18-month old child from a well.
# Patricia Noall

Patricia Noall (born June 2, 1970) is a former competition swimmer who represented Canada in international swimming championships during the 1980s and early 1990s, competing in freestyle events. She won 14 medals in international competition, including the Olympics, Pan Pacific Championships, Commonwealth Games, and World University Games.
Noall swam in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There she earned bronze medal by swimming for the third-place Canadian team in the preliminary heats of the women's 4x100-metre medley relay, although she just swam. The Canadian team for the final was formed by Lori Melien, Allison Higson, Jane Kerr and Andrea Nugent.
# Rhiannon Leier

Rhiannon Leier (born May 30, 1977) is a Canadian former competition swimmer who specialized in breaststroke events. She is a multiple-time Canadian record holder, a two-time finalist at the FINA World Championships (2001 and 2003), and a six-time NCAA All-American honoree. She also won a bronze medal, as a member of the Canadian swimming team, in the women's 4x100-metre medley relay at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Yokohama, Japan, clocking at 4:05.59. Leier is also the granddaughter of former baseball player, track athlete, and ice hockey player Edward Leier, who played two seasons with the Chicago Blackhawks in the National Hockey League.
Leier made her first Canadian team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where she competed in the women's 100-metre breaststroke, along with her teammate Christin Petelski. Leier, however, failed to qualify for the final, as she finished her semifinal run in eleventh place, with a time of 1:09.63.
Four years later, Leier qualified for her second Canadian team, as a 27-year-old, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by breaking a Canadian record and attaining an A-standard time of 1:08.14 from the Olympic trials. She finished twelfth overall in the semifinals of the women's 100 m breaststroke by a hundredth of a second (0.01) behind her teammate Lauren van Oosten, outside the Canadian record time of 1:09.46.
Leier is also a member of the swimming team for Manitoba Marlins, and a former varsity swimmer for the Miami Hurricanes, while attending the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, where she took up a major in pre-physical therapy. She worked as a resident swimming coach for the St. James Seals in Winnipeg, Manitoba until this past summer.
Leier was inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame in 2016.
# Sophie Simard

Sophie Simard (born September 20, 1978) is an international freestyle and butterfly swimmer who competed for Canada at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There she swam in the preliminary heats of the 4x200-metre freestyle relay, alongside Joanne Malar, Marianne Limpert, and Jessica Deglau. In the final she and Malar were replaced by Shannon Shakespeare and Andrea Schwartz. The resident of Sainte-Foy, Quebec was also a member of the Canadian national swimming team at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia.
# Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

The Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation is an online repository of data about people and organisations that have contributed to science and technology in Australia.
First created in 1985 as the Australian Science Archives Project, the collection was held at Melbourne University until 2020. In 2010, the project was published online as the Encyclopedia of Australian Science, and combined two previously separate databases, Bright Sparcs (1994-2010) and Australian Science at Work (1999-2010). It uses Online Heritage Resource Manager in its backend for data and web publication.
Renamed the Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation in 2022, it is currently maintained by Swinburne University of Technology.
# Tom Ellis (rugby league)

Thomas Charles Ellis (1904 – 1995) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s and 1930s.

## Background

Ellis was born at Balmain South in 1904.

## Playing career

Ellis went on to come one of the finest players ever to represent the Newtown club. A Marrickville junior, Ellis played 11 seasons for Newtown between 1923 and 1933.
He retired after winning the 1933 Grand Final, playing fullback in the Newtown Jets premiership team. A prolific goal kicker, Tom Ellis scored over 500 points in his 144 grade career at Newtown.
His only representative appearance was in 1928, when he played one match for New South Wales.
He coached the Newtown third grade team for many years, and won the premiership with them in 1935. He was the brother of fellow Newtown legends Keith Ellis and Allan Ellis.
Tom Ellis died on 23 May 1995, aged 91.
# Terry Leibel

Terry Leibel is a Canadian retired journalist and former member of the Canadian Equestrian Team. After her career as an equestrian athlete throughout the 1970s, Leibel was hired by CBC Sports as an equestrian sports analyst. She was the first woman to host a CBC Olympic Games broadcast. She left the CBC for TSN in 1984 where she was the first woman to host a national sports program, SportsDesk, and worked there for two years before returning to the CBC.
She became the first woman to co-host CBC Sports Olympic coverage during the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia. She also covered the 2002 and 2006 Winter Olympic Games and the 2004 Summer Olympic Games. She earned Gemini Award nominations for her work in the Atlanta and Sydney Olympics and won a 2003 Gemini Award becoming the first female sports broadcaster to do so. She was also the first woman to do play-by-play for the Olympics, handling cycling, equestrian and white-water events for NBC Sports during the Summer Games in Barcelona in 1992.
Leibel announced her retirement on February 27, 2008. Her final assignment was at Spruce Meadows in June 2008.
# Les Heidke

Les Heidke, also known by the nickname of "Monty", was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s. An Australian international and Queensland interstate representative forward, he played club football in the Ipswich Rugby League for the Tivoli, West End and Rialto clubs, as well as for Wide Bay. Heidke retired with the most games for Queensland against New South Wales in history.
Les Heidke's father was 1908 Kangaroo William Heidke and his uncle was Harold Heidke, who also played for Australia.
In 1928 Heidke first represented Queensland in the annual three-match series against New South Wales. In 1932 Heidke became Kangaroo No. 172 when, during the 1932 Great Britain Lions tour he was selected to play for Australia at second-row forward against Great Britain in the Ashes series' second and third test matches. Heidke was ruled out of the 1933–34 Kangaroo tour with a poisoned leg, caused by a bite from a red-back spider.
During the 1936 Great Britain Lions tour Heidke was selected to play as a second-row for Australia in all three Ashes tests.
Between 1932 and 1946, Heidke represented Ipswich in the Bulimba Cup a record 53 times, scoring 20 tries.
Heidke's 11-year-old son died on 7 July 1946.
In 2008, rugby league in Australia's centenary year, Heidke was named on the bench of the Bundaberg Rugby League's team of the century.
# Ray Morris

Ray Morris (1908-1933) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s and 1930s. A New South Wales representative three-quarter back, he played his club football in Sydney for Western Suburbs (with whom he won the 1930 NSWRFL Premiership), then for Sydney University until his death on the 1933-34 Kangaroo tour.

## Playing career

Morris played first grade for the New South Wales Rugby Football League's Western Suburbs club from 1927 to 1932. During this time he helped Wests to victory the 1930 competition's premiership final, scoring a try, and also played in the 1932 season's final.
Morris moved to the Sydney University team for the 1933 NSWRFL season, and following strong performances for New South Wales against Queensland, became the club's first player to be selected for the Australia national team squad when he embarked on the 1933-34 Kangaroo tour. Whilst en route by ship to London, Morris developed an ear infection and meningitis after swimming at Colombo and disembarked in Malta for medical attention. There he died from complications after surgery.

## Funeral and legacy

Morris' body was returned to Sydney for burial. A very large funeral service place at Sydney Town Hall on 23 September 1933. The burial later took place at Waverley Cemetery. Four members of the University Rugby League Club -- Ross McKinnon, Tom Monaghan, Gordon Favelle and G.Sullivan acted as pall-bearers together with four members of the Western Suburbs Club. Thousands of people attended the service. Among those who attended were a famous New South Wales Rugby League administrators such as Harry Jersey Flegg (president), W.A. Billy Cann (vice president), Bill Kelly (vice president) and J J Giltinan (Founder). Every club in the New South Wales Rugby League were represented by their executives. Many notable former players attended including Dally Messenger, Denis Lutge, Alex Burdon, Charles 'Boxer' Russell, William "Webby" Neill, Cec Blinkhorn, Claud O'Donnell, Clarrie Prentice, Harry Finch, Arthur Justice, Eddie Root and Benny Wearing. Large crowds gathered outside the Town Hall, and when the cortege moved off, the traffic was blocked for some time. The route to the Waverley Cemetery was lined with crowds of people and there was a large gathering at the graveside. The outpouring of grief in Sydney was enormous and the New South Wales Rugby League sent flowers to the graveside for many decades afterward. On arrival in Sydney on 26 February 1934, many team-mates from the 1933-34 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain visited the grave to pay their last respects. The grave of Ray Morris is situated at Waverley Anglican Cemetery, Section 15, Row 24, Grave number 6636.
The headstone reads :- "Ray Morris. Who died at Malta while on tour with Aust. Rugby League Team. (KANGAROOS) 10th August 1933. Aged 25 Years. Loved and Remembered By All." The gravesite is considered an Australian rugby league shrine.
The "Ray Morris Medal", which is awarded by the Malta Rugby League to the Maltese player of the year has been named in Morris's honour since 2008.
# Bill Buckley (rugby league)

William George Buckley OBE (8 August 1906 – 17 April 1973) was an Australian rugby league footballer and administrator.

## Playing career

A front rower, Buckley played 75 lower grade matches for Newtown. He broke his leg in the 1928 NSWRFL season and his first grade career was over.

## Administrative career

After playing, Buckley joined the New South Wales Rugby Football League General Committee as delegate of Newtown in 1940. When NSWRFL president Jersey Flegg died in 1960, Buckley replaced him and also became Chairman of the Australian Rugby League, a position he remained in from 1960 until his death in 1973.
He was replaced as NSWRFL president by Kevin Humphreys.

## Accolades

Bill Buckley was made a Life Member of Newtown and the Australian Rugby League and was also a member of the SCG Trust. In 1968 Bill Buckley was awarded an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to sport, in recognition of service to rugby league and the community.

## Death

Buckley died at Concord Repatriation Hospital on 17 April 1973 after battling a long illness. He was survived by his wife Doris and his son, Terry. A large service was held for Bill Buckley at St James' Church, Sydney on 19 April 1973, followed by a cremation at Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park. The Premier of New South Wales, Sir Robert Askin stated in The Sydney Morning Herald: "Bill Buckley will be missed in the many circles that he moved, especially in Rugby League where he laboured so hard".

## Accolades

The Public High School Competition "The Buckley Shield" and the Metropolitan Cup's top individual award "The Buckley Medal" recognizes Bill Buckley's contribution to Rugby League.
Bill Buckley is also an inductee of the Sports Australia Hall of Fame, as an administrator.

## Sources

* ↑ "William Buckley - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project".
* 1 2 Bill Buckley biography at Sport Australia Hall of Fame
* ↑ "Home". Rugby League Project.
* ↑ Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players: Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson
* ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 12 December 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
* ↑ The Sydney Morning Herald: "Leagues Most Respected Man" 18 April 1973 (page 21)
* Bill Buckley at nrlstats.com
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