Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame facts for kids
The Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame is a sports hall of fame and museum in the U.S. state of Hawaii. According to the hall's official website, it serves as the "state museum for sports history in the islands," and "is best described as an educational repository created to enshrine athletes, pioneers and contributors of Hawai'i's rich sports history." The organization was founded in 1997 and a selection committee meets once a year in December. The flagship exhibition for the hall is located in the Bishop Museum in Honolulu.
The 2016 class, inducted in May 2016, included water polo player Brandon Brooks, decathlete Bryan Clay, soccer player Brian Ching, and brothers Ma'ake Kemoeatu and Chris Kemoeatu for American football.
Inductees
- Auto racing
- Danny Ongais
- Baseball
- J. Ashman Beaven
- Alexander Cartwright
- Sid Fernandez
- Hank Hughes
- Mike Lum
- Les Murakami
- Steere Noda
- Lenn Sakata
- Derek Tatsuno
- Shane Victorino
- Tadashi Wakabayashi
- Wally Yonamine
- Basketball
- Red Rocha
- Boat racing
- Thomas Gentry
- Bowling
- Hiroto Hirashima
- Kotaro Miyasato
- Boxing
- Takeshi Fuji
- Andrew Ganigan
- Stan Harrington
- Sam Ichinose
- Robert M. Lee
- Dado Marino
- Bobo Olson
- Jesus Salud
- Albert Silva
- Ben Villaflor
- Broadcasting
- Les Keiter
- Chuck Leahey
- Canoe racing
- A. E. Minvielle
- Joseph Napoleon
- Coaching
- Kenneth A. Bray
- Decathlon
- Diving
- Rachel Kealaonapua O'Sullivan
- American football
- Junior Ah You
- Charley Ane
- Herman Clark
- Russ Francis
- Rocky Freitas
- Kurt Gouveia
- Hank Hughes
- Ma'ake Kemoeatu
- Chris Kemoeatu
- Otto Klum
- Olin Kreutz
- Edison Miyawaki
- Jesse Sapolu
- Maa Tanuvasa
- Mosi Tatupu
- Mark Tuinei
- Herman Wedemeyer
- Jeris White
- Wally Yonamine
- Golf
- Francis Hyde I`i Brown
- David Ishii
- Tom Kaulukukui
- Ted Makalena
- Jackie Pung
- Lenore Muraoka
- Dean Wilson
- Martial arts
- Kevin Asano
- Dae Sung Lee
- Ed Parker
- Motorcycle racing
- John DeSoto Jr.
- Skeet shooting
- James Austin
- Soccer
- Brian Ching
- Natasha Kai
- Jack Sullivan
- Sport fishing
- Peter Fithian
- Sports promotion
- Donnis Thompson
- Mackay Yanagisawa
- Steer roping
- Ikua Purdy
- Sumo
- Konishiki Yasokichi
- Takamiyama Daigorō
- Musashimaru Kōyō
- Akebono Tarō
- Surfing
- Lynne Boyer
- George Downing
- Sunny Garcia
- Fred Hemmings
- Derek Ho
- Andy Irons
- Duke Kahanamoku
- Richard Keaulana
- Gerry Lopez
- Margo Oberg
- Randy Rarick
- Rell Sunn
- Swimming
- Thelma Kalama
- Dad Center
- Dick Cleveland
- Buster Crabbe
- E. Fullard-Leo
- Mariechen Wehselau
- Duke Kahanamoku
- Samuel Kahanamoku
- Maiola Kalili
- Manuella Kalili
- Evelyn Kawamoto
- Pua Kealoha
- Warren Kealoha
- Ford Konno
- Keo Nakama
- Yoshi Oyakawa
- Soichi Sakamoto
- Bill Smith
- Aileen Riggin
- Allen Stack
- Bill Woolsey
- Tennis
- Jim Schwitters
- Track and field
- Jim Barahal
- Duncan MacDonald
- Jack Scaff
- Norman Tamanaha
- Volleyball
- Robyn Ah Mow-Santos
- Lindsey Berg
- Linda Fernandez
- Tom Haine
- Fanny Hopeau
- Sharon Peterson
- Dave Shoji
- Clay Stanley
- Jon Stanley
- Pedro Velasco
- Water polo
- Brandon Brooks
- Christopher Duplanty
- Weightlifting
- Pete George
- Emerick Ishikawa
- Tommy Kono
- Harold Sakata
- Richard Tom
- Wind surfing
- Women's sports
- Wrestling
- Clarissa Chun
- Yacht racing
- Clarence W. MacFarlane
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