New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame

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| name = New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame

| native_name = Temple de la Renommée Sportive du Nouveau-Brunswick

| native_name_lang = French

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| image = New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame, Fredericton.jpg

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| caption = Exterior facade of the New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame museum

| coordinates = {{coord |45.9622|N|66.6404|W|display=title,inline}}

| type = Sports hall of fame

| established = {{Start date|1970|df=y}}

| location = 503 Queen Street
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada

| executive_director = Jamie Wolverton{{cite web|url=https://nbsportshalloffame.com/about-us/staff/|title=Staff|publisher=New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame|website=nbsportshalloffame.com|accessdate=8 March 2020}}

| chairperson = Andrew McLeod{{cite web|url=https://nbsportshalloffame.com/about-us/board-of-directors/|title=Board of Governors|website=nbsportshalloffame.com|publisher=New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame|accessdate=8 March 2020}}

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The New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame ({{langx|fr|Temple de la Renommée Sportive du Nouveau-Brunswick}}) is a provincial sports hall of fame and museum in Fredericton, New Brunswick. The sports hall of fame honours athletes, teams, and sport builders that are from the Canadian province of New Brunswick. New nominees to the hall of fame are inducted to the hall of fame on an annual basis.

Established in 1970, the organization operates as an independent non-profit charity with a mandate to "preserve and celebrate" the sports heritage of New Brunswick.{{cite web|url=https://nbsportshalloffame.com/about-us/|website=nbsportshalloffame.com|title=Welcome to the Hall|publisher=New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame|accessdate=8 March 2020}} The New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame museum holds exhibits about inducted builders, individual athletes, and groups/teams.

Museum

The Sports Hall of Fame operates a Sports Museum at 503 Queen Street in the province's capital city of Fredericton. The museum is situated within the John Thurston Clark Memorial Building. The museum is equipped with interactive exhibits and one of the largest collection of charcoal portraits in the province, one for each of its Hall of Fame inductees.

The building was originally opened as a customs and post office in 1881.{{cite web|url=http://www.tourismfredericton.ca/sites/default/files/pdf/directory/visitor_guide_2018_web.pdf|title=Historic Garrison District|work=Fredericton Official Visitor Guide 2018-2019|publisher=Tourism New Brunswick|accessdate=8 March 2020|year=2018}} The building was later named after the son of William George Clark, the Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick.{{cite web|url=https://www.unb.ca/nbmhp-database/york-county/poi-york-county-2/john-thurston-clark-memorial-building.php|title=John Thurston Clark Memorial Building|work=New Brunswick Military Heritage Project|accessdate=8 March 2020|publisher=University of New Brunswick}} The New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame moved into the John Thurston Clark Memorial Building in 1976.

Hall of Famers

As of 2019, over 250 in individuals and teams have been inducted in the New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame. Inductees are formally categorized into two categories, builders or players, the latter category including individual athletes and entire groups or teams.{{cite web|url=https://nbsportshalloffame.com/hm/nominate/|title=Nominate|publisher=New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame|website=nbsportshalloffame.com|accessdate=8 March 2020}}

Eligibility into the hall for athletes is determined by distinction brought to the province, whereas eligibility for builders is determined by the nominee's contribution to the development of the sport in New Brunswick. In order to be inducted in the hall of fame, candidates must first be nominated, with nomination of deceased individuals requiring further consent from the nominee's family. Nomination deadlines for each induction year is 30 November.

=Notable inductees=

;Individuals

Marc Albert - volleyball
Earle Avery - harness racing
Norman Buchanan (MC) - baseball. An army officer, politician, business man. He served during the Second World War and was awarded the Military Cross with two bars, an extremely high honour held by only 23 other Commonwealth Officers.
Rhéal Cormier - Major League Baseball pitcher
J. Howard Crocker - Educator for the YMCA, and executive for the Amateur Athletic Union of Canada{{cite web|url=https://www.nbsportshalloffame.com/post/new-brunswick-sports-hall-of-fame-2023-induction-class-announced|title=New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame 2023 Induction Class announced|date=February 28, 2023|website=New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame|access-date=May 12, 2023}}
Tony Currie - National Hockey League player
Mabel DeWare - National curling champion
Gordie Drillon - National Hockey League player
Yvon Durelle - boxing champion
Dave Durepos - wheelchair basketball
Dick Gamble - National Hockey League player
Charles Gorman - speed skater
Danny Grant - National Hockey League player
Bill Harris - Major League Baseball player
Buster Harvey - ice hockey player
Russ Howard - Olympic Gold Medal in curling
Marianne Limpert - swimmer
Willy Logan - speed skater
Peter Maher - ice hockey announcer
Greg Malone - National Hockey League player
Manny McIntyre - hockey and baseball player
Roland McLenahan - National Hockey League
Roland Melanson - National Hockey League player
Willie O'Ree - first Black player in the National Hockey League
Scott Pellerin - National Hockey League player
Matt Stairs - Major League Baseball player
Don Sweeney - National Hockey League player
Milaine Thériault - cross-country skier
Ron Turcotte - Hall of Fame jockey who rode Secretariat to the Triple Crown
Stacy Wilson - Olympic women's hockey player