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Suzanne Lenglen
Suzanne Lenglen was a French tennis player and six-time Wimbledon champion in both singles and doubles competition whose athletic performance changed the nature of women’s tennis and positioned her as the dominant women’s amateur player from 1919 until 1926, when she turned professional. She was also one of the greatest women players of hard-court tennis in her time. She won 31 Championship titles between 1914 and 1926 and was the first female tennis celebrity. -
Lionel Conacher
Lionel Conacher played and excelled in Canadian football, ice hockey, lacrosse, baseball, boxing and wrestling. He was Canada's top all-around athlete in the 1920s. In football he played halfback for the Toronto Argonauts (1921-22) and won the Grey Cup in 1921. He went on to a 12-year career in the NHL (1925-37) and played on the Stanley Cup winning team of 1934-35. -
Johnny Weissmuller
Johnny Weissmuller, an American swimmer, Swam 100m in 58.6 Seconds. No swimmer, male or female, had been able to swim the 100 meters in under a minute's time. He broke this record on July 9, 1922. -
Foster Hewitt
Foster Hewitt was a radio pioneer. On February 16, 1923, he made the first radio broadcast of any hockey game at the Arena Gardens (later known as the Mutual Street Arena). Foster performed the play-by-play using a telephone mouthpiece from within a tiny, enclosed glass booth at ice level. -
The Edmonton Grads
The Edmonton Grads was a very important team in the early part of women’s basketball history.The Grads represented Canada at four consecutive Olympic Games and won all 27 of their Olympic matches, but because women's basketball was not yet an official event, there were no medals awarded. During their quarter-century of participation in women's basketball, the Grads compiled an astounding record of 502 wins and only 20 losses from 1924 to 1936. -
Percy Williams
Percy Williams was a track and field athlete. He achieved the double victory in the 100m and 200m races during the Olympic Games in Amsterdam, Netherlands. This took place in between May 17, 1928 to August 12, 1928. -
Bobbie Rosenfeld
"Bobbie" Rosenfeld influenced Canadian women's athletics on many levels. She set records in a variety of sports, demonstrated the highest ideals of sportsmanship and promoted women's sports through her writing. She managed to capture a silver medal for the 100 metre dash and led the Canadian Women's Team to a gold medal in the 4 X 100 metre relay during the Olympic Games in Amsterdam, Netherlands. This took place in between May 17, 1928- August 12, 1928 -
Jesse Owens
Jesse Owens was a Track and field athlete. He captured four gold medals (the 100-meter, the long jump, the 200-meter, and the 400-meter relay race) and broke two Olympic records along the way during the Berlin Olympic Games in between August 1, 1936-August 16, 1936
