January 30, 2013 at 5:54 p.m.
Who will get the Hall's call?
Both men were in the inaugural group of 25 people shortlisted for Hall induction in 2004 and are the only two from that group still on the outside.
The Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will take place this Saturday at the Fairmont Southampton.
So far 30 people and or teams have been whisked into the Hall and another 10 are expected to do so on Saturday.
Clearly Hughes and James should be at the front of the line and get their due, but who else could be in the mix?
One over-looked star who should make it is Heather Brewer-Segal. The tennis ace played at Wimbledon for 14 years and made the semi-finals of the French Open twice. Another possibility is WER Joell, for whom the tennis stadium is named after.
Besides James, Top cricketers who are knocking on the Hall's door are Alex, 'Cocky' Steede, Eldon Raynor and Charles Daulphin. Both James and Raynor played for the mighty St. George's Cup Match team from the 1960s. They would join Clarence 'Tuppance' Parfitt, Calvin 'Bummy' Symonds and Dennis Wainwright who also played for St. George's in the 1960s.
Steede was the first man to take 100 wickets in Cup Match, a club that only has two members - Steede and Parfitt.
Daulphin was a top-notch all-rounder who played for Somerset and had a half century knock against New Zealand in the early 1970s.
Track and Field has several people who could get in this year. Bermuda legend Stanley Burgess, Branwen Smith-King, Hazzard Dill, Ray Swan and Sally Jones are all worthy nominees. Jones was the
Burgess won May 24 six times. Smith-King was an outstanding field athlete for Bermuda in the 1970s winning multiple gold medals in the Carifta Games. Dill represented Bermuda in the Olympic Games and held the 100 yard record at one point. Swan still owns the Bermuda marathon record at 2:26:37 and won the Veteran division of the Boston Marathon.
Football administrators Joe Ferreira, Charles Marshall and Austin Woods could join Dr. Gerard Bean and Alfred 'Dudley' Eve as men who have helped our national pastime improve.
Footballers Granville 'Sam the Cat' Nusum and Glen 'Gappa' Wade are two greats who should be close to getting into the Hall. Nusum was Bermuda's best goalkeeper during the 70s and 80s and played professionally in the National Professional Soccer League. Wade was a forward who could almost score at will in the 1950s and 60s.
Frederick 'Skipper' Ingham could be the first martial artist inducted into the Hall. He started the first dojo in Bermuda and is a 10th-degree black belt.
Albert 'Bert' Darrell and de Forest 'Shorty' Trimingham are two worthy nominees from sailing. Darrell won the Bermuda Gold Cup six times while Trimingham was the first non-Englishman to win the Prince of Wales Cup.
Brendan 'Bees' Ingham and Muriel Kathleen Parker could be the first golfers to grace the Hall. Ingham represented Bermuda in 24 years and Parker secretary of the Bermuda Gold Tournament for many years.
Dr. William Tucker, who not only added much to the advancement of sports medicine in Bermuda, also played rugby for England in a match against Ireland.[[In-content Ad]]
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