The PEI Sports Hall of Fame & Museum

The PEI Sports Hall of Fame & Museum

Poole, Barrie – Auto Racing

Poole, Barrie – Auto Racing

In front of 90,000 fans at the Pomona, California Raceway in February, 1970, sport history was made as Barrie Poole of Prince Edward Island became the first Canadian ever to win a major racing championship in a national United States drag racing meet.  Driving a SS/H...
Scantlebury, Wallace – All-Round Athlete

Scantlebury, Wallace – All-Round Athlete

Few athletes can boast the annual distinction of starring in over a dozen sports, and yet that is Wallace Scantlebury’s amazing legacy.  A measure of the respect and affection he inspired in his community is demonstrated by the 1960s poll conducted by the...
Doyle, Samuel – All-Round Athlete

Doyle, Samuel – All-Round Athlete

“I know of no other man actively connected in sports, who, during a long and active career built up for himself a reputation as a sportsman that entitles him to unusual prestige and prominence among the men responsible for the athletic history of the Maritime...
Jay, Paul – All-Round Athlete

Jay, Paul – All-Round Athlete

Like a shooting star on a summer’s evening, Paul Jay dazzled Island spectators in the 1950s with his exploits in rugby, hockey, baseball, and track and field. He was sports’ golden boy – the scholar-athlete whose natural abilities were tempered with humility and a...
Schurman, Paul H., C.M. – All-Round Athlete

Schurman, Paul H., C.M. – All-Round Athlete

On centre ice, centre field, or centre stage, the spotlight of Island sport and civic life has focussed upon Paul H. Schurman for more than 70 years, and it has been a happy alliance. Born May 6, 1933, in Summerside, Paul Hudson Schurman would inherit the Schurman...