World Wide Hall of Fame

The Class of 1961 represented one of the largest classes we inducted. Filtering out candidates that did not gain 25% of the ballot resulted in at least one member from each category getting elected.

Elmer Lach was selected as a Retired Player, Tommy Smith and Roy Worters were chosen as Oldtimers, James Creighton and Hap Day were selected as managers and Foster Hewitt was selected as a Builder. Milt Schmidt just missed election with 14 votes, as did Eddie Livingstone.

HONOURED MEMBERS:

ELMER LACH (C)
TOMMY SMITH (C)

ROY WORTERS (G)

REFEREES/OFF-ICE MANAGEMENT:

CLARENCE "HAP" DAY

JAMES CREIGHTON

BUILDERS:

FOSTER HEWITT

Here is how the final voting went:

OLDTIMERS
Smith, T 15
Worters, Roy "Shrimp" 15
Chabot, Lorne 12
Bain 11
Dunderdale 11
Holmes 7
Hall, Joe 6
McGee, Frank 6
Grant, Mike 5
Stuart, H 5

HONOURED PLAYERS
Lach, Elmer 18
Schmidt, Milt 14
Cowley, Bill 12
Howe, Syd 12
Brimsek, Frankie 11
Stewart, Jack 6
Jaenecke, Gustav 5
Cook, Bun 4
Rayner, Chuck 4
Ball, Rudi 3
Bouchard, Butch 3
Bauer, Bobby 2
Goldham, Bob 1
Quackenbush, Bill 1
Heller, Ott 0
Peters, Jimmy 0
Sandford, Ed 0

COACHES/MANAGERS/
EXECUTIVES/REFEREES
Day, Clarence "Hap" 16
Creighton 15
Livingstone, Ed 14
Kennedy, George 8
Muldoon 8
Northey, William 7
Hartley 5
Calder, F 4
Stanley, F 4

BUILDERS
Hewitt, Foster 15
Blake, Toe 8
Taylor 4
Shore, Eddie 3