The WCF Hall of Fame is an international curling Hall of Fame that was established by the World Curling Federation (WCF) in 2012.[1] The induction is given as an honor that recognizes outstanding contributions to the sport of curling, and is awarded annually. Inductees are also awarded the World Curling Freytag Award, an award which predated the WCF Hall of Fame as the highest honor given by the WCF. Previous Freytag Award winners have been inducted into the WCF Hall of Fame.[2]
Inductees in the WCF Hall of Fame are curlers or builders of the sport of curling; curlers are inducted based on their performance results, ability, sportsmanship, and character, while builders are inducted based on their distinguished service and major contributions to the development of the sport of curling.[2]
The inductees are listed as follows:[2]
Year[a] | Inductee | Country | Category[b] | Notes |
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1978 | Ken Watson | Canada | ||
1979 | Chuck Hay | Scotland | ||
1980 | Bob Grierson | Scotland | ||
1981 | Doug Maxwell | Canada | ||
1982 | Sven Eklund | Sweden | ||
1983 | Mabel DeWare | Canada | ||
1984 | Robin Welsh | Scotland | ||
1985 | Don McLeod | Canada | ||
1986 | Art Cobb | United States | ||
1987 | Bob Picken | Canada | ||
1988 | Kay Sugahara | United States | ||
1989 | Don McKay | United States | ||
1990 | Colin Campbell | Canada | awarded posthumously | |
1994 | Keith Wendorf | Germany | ||
1996 | Elizabeth Paterson-Brown | Scotland | ||
1997 | Erwin Sautter | Switzerland | ||
2000 | Bob Hardy | United States | Builder | |
2000 | Ernie Richardson | Canada | Curler | |
2001 | Shirley Morash | Canada | Builder | |
2001 | Raymond Somerville | United States | Curler | |
2002 | Franz Tanner | Switzerland | Builder | |
2003 | Bob Whitehead | United States | Builder | awarded posthumously |
2006 | Kunio Nando | Japan | Builder | |
2007 | Roy Sinclair | Scotland | Builder | |
2008 | Leslie Ingram-Brown | Scotland | Builder | |
2009 | Sandra Schmirler | Canada | Curler | awarded posthumously |
2010 | Malcolm Richardson | Scotland | Builder | |
2011 | Ray Kingsmith | Canada | Builder | awarded posthumously |
2012 | Jean-Paul Bidaud[1] | Switzerland | Builder | |
2012 | Elisabet Gustafson[1] | Sweden | Curler | |
2012 | Günther Hummelt[1] | Austria | Builder | awarded posthumously |
2013 | Don Duguid[3] | Canada | Curler | |
2013 | Ron Northcott[3] | Canada | Curler | |
2014 | Randy Ferbey[4] | Canada | Curler | |
2014 | Patrick Hürlimann[5] | Switzerland | Curler | |
2014 | Eigil Ramsfjell[5] | Norway | Curler | |
2015 | Russ Howard[6] | Canada | Curler | |
2015 | Hiroyuki Saito[6] | Japan | Builder | |
2015 | Ray Turnbull[6] | Canada | Builder | |
2016 | Warren Hansen[7] | Canada | Builder | |
2016 | Elisabeth Högström[7] | Sweden | Curler | |
2016 | Franco Zumofen[7] | Italy | Builder | |
2017 | Arnold Richardson, Ernie Richardson, Garnet Richardson, Wes Richardson |
Canada | Curlers | |
2018 | Kevin Martin | Canada | Curler | |
2018 | Young C. Kim | South Korea | Builder | |
2018 | Elmer Freytag | United States | Builder | awarded posthumously |
2018 | Shorty Jenkins | Canada | Builder | awarded posthumously |
2019 | Dordi Nordby | Norway | Curler | |
2019 | Michael Burns Sr. | Canada | Builder | awarded posthumously |
2019 | Ian Michael Thomson | Scotland | Builder | |
2020[8] | Elisabet Gustafson, Katarina Nyberg, Louise Marmont, Elisabeth Persson |
Sweden | Curlers | Gustafson also individually inducted in 2012 |
2020 | Gordon Craig | Canada | Builder | |
2020 | Leif Öhman | Sweden | Builder | |
2021[9] | Anette Norberg, Eva Lund, Cathrine Lindahl, Anna Le Moine |
Sweden | Curlers | |
2021 | Bernie Sparkes | Canada | Curlers | |
2021 | Johannes Jensen | Denmark | Builder | |
2022[10] | Jan Betker, Joan McCusker, Marcia Gudereit |
Canada | Curlers | |
Ian Tetley | Canada | Curler | ||
Peter Becker | New Zealand | Builder | ||
2023[11] | Ewan MacDonald | Scotland | Curler | |
Peter Smith | Scotland | Curler | ||
Bill Strum | United States | Curler | ||
Kate Caithness | Scotland | Builder | ||
Jack Lynch | Canada | Builder | awarded posthumously |