For optimal viewing, please click here to watch the Premiere on YouTube
For optimal viewing, please click here to watch the Premiere on YouTube
The McGill Sports Hall of Fame was inaugurated in 1996, and on Nov. 19, 2020 at 7 p.m. we will celebrate the 25th anniversary and induction of our six newest members with a virtual online ceremony!
With support from Meloche Monnex and the Martlet Foundation, the McGill's Sports Hall of Fame was established to recognize outstanding athletes, teams, and builders responsible for McGill's continued excellence in sports.
Please join master of ceremonies
Bob Babinski (BA '86) as the McGill Sports Hall of Fame celebrates its silver anniversary.
The 50-minute ceremony will be streamed here for free and will feature special messages from the past and current chairs of the Hall, including the Right Honourable
David Johnston,
John Cleghorn (BCom '62) and
Richard Pound (BCom '62, BCL '67).
The 2020 induction class is as follows:
Nasko Golomeev (Basketball)
Nasko Golomeev, who currently resides in Spain, earned All-Canadian honours with the McGill men's basketball team during his freshman year. A 6-foot-8, 220-pound centre, he dismantled defences across Bulgaria, Canada, Europe and the world for nearly two decades. A member of the Bulgarian national team at 21 years of age during his freshman year in 1968-69, Golomeev studied architecture at McGill and won the Forbes Trophy as the University's athlete of the year. He reached the 50-point plateau four times with McGill, scoring an OQAA conference record 56 in a 105-83 home victory over Queen's on Feb. 7, 1969. In regular season play, he led the Ontario-Quebec Athletic Association in both scoring and rebounding, averaging Canadian university single-season records of 37.6 points and 18.1 rebounds per game. He finished that season with a school record 900 points in 24 games overall but was unable to return from Bulgaria the following year for political reasons.
Bryan Larkin (Hockey)
Bryan Larkin, a 53-year-old from Saskatoon, now resides in England after an extended pro hockey career in the UK. A rare recruit out of the Western Hockey League, he patrolled the McGill blueline from 1988 to 1991. The two-time OUA conference all-star earned All-Canadian honours in 1989-90, culminating the following season with the Bobby Bell Bowl as Team MVP and the Forbes Trophy as McGill athlete of the year. A 6-foot-1, 205-pound rearguard, Larkin graduated with a commerce degree in 1991, capping his collegiate career as the second-highest scoring defenceman in school history with 109 points, including 33 goals, in 96 games overall.
Odile Desbois (Soccer)
Odile Desbois, who was born 46 years ago in Sherbrooke, played five seasons for the soccer Martlets. She earned a physical education degree in 1995, followed four years later by a science degree in physical and occupational therapy. The 5-foot-4 speedster was a stalwart midfielder who also had occasional stints as a forward. A four-time Quebec conference all-star, she merited All-Canadian honours on three occasions. Desbois twice won the league's player-of-the-year award and was honoured in 1997 with the Chantal Navert Award as CIAU national player of the year.
Glenn Miller (Football)
Glenn Miller, 58, was raised in Laval, Que., and currently resides in Beaconsfield, a suburb in the West Island region of Montreal. The 6-foot-2, 205-pound slotback and place-kicker played five seasons at McGill, earning the rare distinction of all-star status at both positions in 1984. By the time that he graduated with a physical education degree in 1986, followed by a certificate in marketing, Miller had become the nation's all-time leading receiver, racking up 2,001 yards, while hauling in 154 receptions and 12 touchdowns in 35 career regular season contests. He had the unique distinction of being the only barefoot kicker in the Ontario-Quebec Intercollegiate Football Conference and the league subsequently implemented a rule that kickers were required to wear footwear. Miller, a fifth-round selection (44th overall) by Hamilton in the 1985 CFL Draft, skirted the rule by kicking with a ballet slipper.
Vanessa Davidson (Hockey)
Vanessa Davidson, 35, was a power forward who skated five seasons for McGill before graduating in 2010 with a degree in education. A four-time conference all-star, the 5-foot-8 centre merited All-Canadian honours on three occasions. She was named as the Quebec league's player of the year in 2006-07, posting a stellar 39-29-68 mark in 42 games overall, en route to setting single-season school records for most goals, assists and points. A two-time Team MVP and double recipient of the Gladys Bean Trophy as female athlete of the year, she became the school's all-time scoring leader with 145 goals and 303 points in 203 games overall.
Mike Richards (Builder)
Mike Richards was a 5-foot-10, 178-pound defencemen who patrolled the McGill blue-line from 1958 to 1963, earning a bachelor of arts in 1960, followed by a law degree in 1963. A captain who won the Bobby Bell Trophy as Team MVP in 1960-61, Richards has taken a leadership role in numerous McGill boards since then -- many of them to support athletics -- including a decade of service on the University's board of governors.
He established the Mike Richards Hockey Awards, a scholarship for team members and since 1970, has served as a member, chair and trustee of the Martlet Foundation, which provides bursaries for outstanding student-athletes. Among his many volunteer activities, he has chaired the McConnell Arena renewal campaign, the McGill Athletics and Recreation Advisory Board and the alumni athletics division of the University's capital campaign. In 1999, Richards received the Award of Merit, presented by the McGill Alumni Association to a graduate who has enhanced the reputation and prestige of the University, through a lifetime contribution of exceptional leadership and service.
