Search our list of inductees below or filter to a specific sport using the list on the left. Filter Inductees by Category Choose a sporting category View all inductees AdministrationAthleticsAviationBadmintonBasketballBilliardsBowlsBoxingCanoeingCricketCyclingDisabled sportEquestrianGolfHarness racingHockeyJetboatingMotorsportMountaineeringMultisportNetballRowingRugby LeagueRugby UnionShearingSkiingSoccerSoftballSports broadcastingSquashSwimmingTennisThoroughbred racingWeightliftingWoodchoppingWrestlingYachting Close Categories Find an inductee by name Reset search Our Inductees Billy Savidan New Zealand had some great runners in the 20s and 30s — Lovelock pre-eminent, Randolph Rose, Cecil Matthews and Savidan. Read more Bob Scott Bob Scott was described by rugby commentator Winston McCarthy as a footballing genius, and there would be few who would disagree. Read more Joe Scott For more than a decade, Joe Scott was regarded as the finest competitive walker in the world – when the sport was popular and known as pedestrianism – and could lay claim to being New Zealand’s first world champion. Read more Charlie Seeling "Bronco" Seeling was an outstanding forward in the Original All Blacks of 1905 and renowned for his tackling and his strength. Read more Wayne Shelford “Buck” Shelford captured the imagination of the New Zealand rugby public during his six years in the All Blacks, during which he played 48 times and was unbeaten as test captain between 1988 and 1990. Read more Ned Shewry In the days when woodchopping was a highly popular competitive sport, Ned Shewry was one of the most sought-after of athletes. Read more Bob Skelton During a career crammed with honours, Bob Skelton rode 2129 winners. His first two-mile winner was Lancaster in the 1954 Great Autumn Handicap and 30 years later, he was still among the leading jockeys. Read more Bill Skelton The names of the Skelton brothers Bob and Bill are synonymous with horseracing in New Zealand. Read more Kevin Skinner Skinner was one of the great All Black props of the 40s and early 50s but his fame almost entirely centres on his coming out of retirement in 1956 to bolster the New Zealand pack against South Africa in one of the most tumultuous series New Zealand has seen. Read more Phil Skoglund One of New Zealand’s alltime greatest lawn bowlers, Skoglund might have been bred to bowl. Read more George Smith A remarkably versatile sportsman, Smith had international success as an athlete, a rugby player and a league player. Read more Ian Smith Ian Smith, known to his teammates as “Stockley” after one of his given names, was one of the key contributors in a New Zealand cricket golden era in the 1980s. Read more Peter Snell Three-time Olympic champion and world record-holder, Snell is one of New Zealand’s greatest sports achievers, and some say the greatest. Read more Softball Women, 1982 The New Zealand women’s softball team won the International Softball Federation’s fifth world championships in Taiwan in 1982. Read more Mark Sorenson Mark Sorenson first played for New Zealand when he was sixteen and continued for more than twenty years, collecting honour after honour along the way. Read more Jean Stewart Jean Stewart, who married champion swimmer Lincoln Hurring, was the outstanding New Zealand woman swimmer of the early 1950s. Read more Bert Sutcliffe Bert Sutcliffe was regarded, with the Australian Neil Harvey, as the best left-handed batsman of his generation. Read more