Widnes Vikings - Hall of Fame

Hall of Fame

The Widnes Hall of Fame was instituted in 1992 with thirteen members. Any former Widnes player who was retired from playing was eligible. The thirteen players who make up the current Hall of Fame are:

  • Mick Adams
  • Mick Burke
  • Keith Elwell
  • Fred Higgins
  • James "Jimmy" Hoey
  • Arthur 'Chick' Johnson
  • Vince Karalius
  • Doug Laughton
  • Tommy McCue
  • Harry Millington
  • 'Big' Jim Mills
  • Frank Myler
  • Nat Silcock, Sr.

There have been occasional suggestions that the Hall of Fame might be expanded but so far the club has not taken this step. Some years ago the club organised a poll, via the local press, with a view to adding three more players but the response from the public was very poor and the highest polling players (Anthony "Tony" Myler, Kurt Sorensen and Stuart Wright) were not formally inducted. In more recent times, calls to make Gavin Dodd an honourary inductee to the Hall of Fame have been muted.

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