The PEI Sports Hall of Fame & Museum

The PEI Sports Hall of Fame & Museum

Boswell, Dr. David – Sports Advocate

Boswell, Dr. David – Sports Advocate

Born April 30, 1927 on his father’s farm in Victoria, P.E.I., David MacGregor Boswell would quickly establish his lasting interest and proficiency in a variety of athletic competitions. By 1946 David Boswell was acknowledged to be one of Canada’s top quarter milers....
Bower, Phillip – Great Sport Stories

Bower, Phillip – Great Sport Stories

Master Athlete, builder of sport, volunteer, and model citizen – Phil Bower was all of the above and something more.  His sport record reveals a steady string of achievements and successes despite the fact that he was blind. Philip Churchill Bower was born March 17,...
Brown, Byron – Curling

Brown, Byron – Curling

Byron Richard Brown was a man who devoted several decades of his life to Island sport.  A member of the legendary Charlottetown Abbies athletics clubs prior to the Great War, he became involved mainly at the organizational and administrative level in later years. Born...
Brown, Evelyn (Henry) – Distance Swimming

Brown, Evelyn (Henry) – Distance Swimming

Evelyn Henry Brown, a true pioneer of distance swimming on P.E.I., was born on April 5, 1928 in Charlottetown. Raised on the shores of Keppoch, she became fond of swimming from a very early age, and conducted swimming classes every summer at her home. Evelyn was a...
Byers, George “Budge” – Boxing

Byers, George “Budge” – Boxing

George was born in Charlottetown on June 25, 1872. Life for most was hard at the time, but if you were black, it could be downright miserable. As a young teen, George had no plans to stick around, and as soon as opportunity presented itself, he left to start a new...
Cahill, Charlie – Hockey

Cahill, Charlie – Hockey

Charlie Cahill, at 21 the first  Prince Edward Islander to play in the National Hockey League, was one of the select few who made that leap from an intermediate or a senior league. Born January 4, in P.E.I., Charles Cahill First learned the game of hockey in  the old...