by adminrevolutionca | Jan 19, 2022 | Inductees
When baseball pitcher Harry Bernard moved down from Tignish to Summerside in the early ’30s, little did he suspect that his eldest son Gerard would become Summerside’s greatest ball-player from 1945 through 1952 – but that is exactly what took place. Born September...
by adminrevolutionca | Jan 19, 2022 | Inductees
He simply calls it a pastime. But after 50 years of passionate dedication to the sport that made him a Kings County legend, it’s no wonder this pastime has made him famous. For George Smith developing and promoting baseball in Kings County was a way of life. “When it...
by adminrevolutionca | Jan 19, 2022 | Inductees
George Albert (Dandy) Wood was the first Major League baseball player from Prince Edward Island, and only the fourth from Canada. He played 1,280 games in the majors during the late 19th century in a career spanning thirteen years, and was the National League Home Run...
by adminrevolutionca | Jan 19, 2022 | Inductees
Dr. J. Archie McMurdo was born in Summerside on June 20, 1878. He attended the Baltimore College of Dentistry in Maryland, where he led his class. Upon his graduation from college in 1902, he returned to Summerside, where he practised dentistry until 1958, when a fire...
by adminrevolutionca | Jan 19, 2022 | Inductees
To Maritimers who knew him only as an athlete, coach, manager, umpire, executive and Toronto Blue Jays’ regional scout, he was truly this province’s “Mr. Baseball.” Yet the grandiose title is not of his own choosing, for the humble Charlie Ryan would rather be...
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