By Josh Hall (Twitter: @Vancan19)

builders, athletes and pioneers

Alberta Sports Hall of Fame says goodbye to two honoured members

Apr 27, 2022 | 12:11 PM

Two honoured members in the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame passed away recently.

Ralph Vold was born in Edmonton on Dec. 3, 1930, and eventually attended high school in Ponoka.

Vold participated in several sports as an athlete and builder. He was an outstanding hockey and baseball player, but chose the latter, and helped the Ponoka Stampeders (baseball) win the 1953 Alberta Intermediate A Championship.

He also played for the Edmonton Eskimos Baseball Club and won several pennants, also at one point playing pro baseball with the Brooklyn Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants organizations.

Vold was a member of the Ponoka Stampede Association board of directors, and as an avid golfer, he helped develop the famous Wolf Creek Golf Resort.

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Vold was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1991 as a multisport athlete/builder.

According to his obituary, Vold is survived by his wife of 68 years, Dolores “Del”; sons Ryan (Ellie) and Blair (Sheryl); daughters Lori, Cathy (Joe), and Vicky (Duane); 15 grandchildren; and 28 great grandchildren.

It’s also noted that he was the very first inductee of the Livestock Market Association Hall of Fame, and is the reason that cattle are still sold by the pound and not kilograms.

Ralph Vold died on April 14 at age 91.

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Herman Dorin was inducted into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame as a wrestling pioneer in 2019.

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Born Nov. 3, 1929 in Bruce, Alberta — east of Tofield — he passed on April 7 at the age of 92, a resident of Didsbury.

According to the Hall, Dorin took up wrestling at the University of Alberta in 1949 and “it was love at first fight.”

From 1951 to 1966 he went undefeated in fifteen provincial competitions; first in the 177 lb, then 191 lb, and heavyweight classes. He competed in three national championships in 1952, 1954, and 1967.

Dorin then coached the U of A wrestling club from 1952-54, and formed the first school wrestling teams outside of Calgary and Edmonton, in Winfield, Bentley, Airdrie and Didsbury. From 1980-84, he coached Zone 2 wrestlers for the Alberta Winter Games.

He also taught carpentry in schools across Alberta, including in Eckville, Bentley and Didsbury, the latter of which is where he and wife Shirley bought land in 1970.

According to his obituary, Dorin is remembered by his loving family, including wife of 67 years, Shirley; his three sons, Dieter (Heather), Mark (Cheryl), and Ivan Dorin; as well as daughter Karen Wedel, and many others.

The Alberta Sports Hall of Fame is located in Red Deer.