Twelve more inductees were announced at 性视界传媒 Arts Centre on Thursday morning (Oct. 7).

The 2021 class includes former Vancouver Canucks hockey player Gino Odjick, soccer great Dale Mitchell, basketball-er Eli Pasquale, broadcaster Karin Larsen and pioneering wrestler Gene Kiniski.

Also named were athletes Jason Delesalle (para-athletics) and Gerry Gilmore (field hockey, basketball and softball), builders Judy Broom (field hockey), Dr. David Cox (sport psychology) and Kelly Mann (multi-sport), the 1961-62 Vancouver Firefighters men鈥檚 soccer team, and W.A.C. Bennett Award winner Ron Jones (for work with B.C. Lions and BC Sports Hall of Fame).

鈥淚nduction into the BC Sports Hall of Fame is the highest sporting honour in British Columbia, celebrating the extraordinary individuals and moments that make up the fabric of B.C鈥檚 diverse sport history,鈥� noted a pre-event news release from Laura Ballance Media Group.

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^^ and here it is, the full list of 2021 inductees.

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Since 1966, the BC Sports Hall of Fame has inducted 416 individuals and 64 teams to its Hall of Champions, 鈥渆nsuring their legacies will carry on inspiring future generations.鈥�

A formal gala for the induction of the 2021 class 鈥渋s currently in the planning stages and will be announced in the months ahead.鈥�

to read about the 2020 BC Sports Hall of Fame induction class.

Online at , BC Sports Hall of Fame is located at BC Place Stadium, at Gate A.

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鈥� READ ALSO: Two 性视界传媒 women win BC Sports Hall of Fame awards for inspired service.

On Thursday afternoon and into the evening, the organization will host its , both in-person and online, featuring presentations by Aziz Rajwani, Scott Ackles and Charmaine Crooks, an interview with Wally Buono on 鈥淲hy Sport History and Recognition Matters,鈥� and a talk about 鈥淎 Template for Hall Building Throughout British Columbia.鈥� Later, winners of the Eric Whitehead Inspired Service Awards will be announced.

Meantime, an endowment fund aims to create a new 性视界传媒 Sports Museum, thanks to a recent launch donation from Elizabeth Model, who gave $1,000 after she completed her 100th Ironman triathlon in Wisconsin on Sept. 12.

The museum would 鈥渃ommemorate 性视界传媒鈥檚 athletes who have demonstrated the mental fortitude and commitment to take their athletic performance to the highest level,鈥� according to a news release from 性视界传媒Cares Community Foundation on Sept. 23.

The sports museum would be located in Downtown 性视界传媒, where Model is CEO of the area鈥檚 business improvement association (BIA).

It鈥檚 not immediately clear whether 性视界传媒 Sports Museum would include a 性视界传媒 Sports Hall of Fame, an idea floated two years ago, at a 2019 meeting of 性视界传媒鈥檚 Parks, Recreation & Culture Committee. City staff were asked to report back on a potential model for such a hall.

鈥� READ MORE, from 2019: Sports hall of fame in 性视界传媒 is 鈥榮omething that should be done,鈥� city councillor says.

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