G. Sydney Halter

EXECUTIVE CAREER
EXECUTIVE, WINNIPEG FOOTBALL CLUB   1934 – 1953
PRESIDENT, AMATEUR ATHLETIC UNION OF CANADA   1938 – 1946
COMMISSIONER, WESTERN INTERPROVINCIAL FOOTBALL UNION 1953 – 1957
REGISTRAR, CANADIAN FOOTBALL COUNCIL    1956 – 957
COMMISSIONER, CANADIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE   1958 – 1966

GREY CUP PARTICIPATION (EXECUTIVE) 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1950, 1953
GREY CUP WINNING TEAMS (EXECUTIVE) 1935, 1939, 1941

G. SYDNEY HALTER WAS ACTIVE IN AMATEUR SPORTS IN WINNIPEG, AND IN 1934 ASSISTED IN REORGANIZING THE WINNIPEG RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB. HE WAS THE TREASURER IN 1935 WHEN WINNIPEG BECAME THE FIRST WESTERN TEAM TO WIN THE GREY CUP.


G. SYDNEY HALTER PARTICIPATED IN THE EVOLUTION OF CANADIAN PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL. IN 1958 HE WAS SELECTED THE FIRST COMMISSIONER OF THE CANADIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE, AND UNDER HIS DIRECTION THE LEAGUE MATURED AND PROSPERED.


G. SYDNEY HALTER IS A MEMBER OF THE CANADIAN AMATEUR SPORTS HALL OF FAME, CANADA'S SPORTS, THE MANITOBA SPORTS HALLS OF FAME, THE CANADIAN HORSE RACING HALL OF FAME AND THE CANADIAN OLYMPIC HALL OF FAME. HE RECEIVED THE ORDER OF CANADA IN 1977.

INDUCTED 1966 – BUILDER

Class of 1966 John Ferraro, Greg Kabat, Dave McCann, S.P. Quilty, Hugh Stirling