Brian Budd of Vancouver,
a‘-member of Toronto
Blizzard of the North
American Soccer League
and World . Superstar
champion in 1978 and 1979,
will join the head table as a
speaker at the B.C. Sports
Hall of Fame and Museum’s

Annual. Banquet. of-

Champions on- May 23rd,
1979-. at the Hotel Van-
couver, Executive Director

Peter Webster announced

today.

A former member of
Vancouver Whitecaps where
he was the team’s most
popular player in 1976, Budd
gained North American-

.wide fame when he won his
first ABC-TV World
Superstars contest in 1978.

He duplicated that feat
- early this spring in the
__} Bahamas where he defeated
such well known athletes as
Cleveland Browns’ Greg
Pruitt, track and field star
Peter Snell of New Zealand,
high jumper Dwight Stones
of the U.S. and Formula One
_ driver Emmerson Fittipaldi

- of Brazil.

This year’s victory earned

Budd $38,800. He also won

the .CBC-TV Canadian

‘ Superstars title in 1977 and
1978.

Budd is probably Canada’s
most versatile athiete.-

At Hall of Fame banquet

Growing up in Delta he set
two Canadian age group
swimming records as a 14-
-year-old and at 17 he set a
Canadian record for the half-
mile in track and field.

He played footbailfor the
Junior Blue Bombers and
played soccer for Richmond
Wanderers, leading that
team to victory in.the Sun
Soccer Tournament.

Budd also played football
for U.B.C. Thunderbirds and
in addition to playing for the
Whitecaps, he was also a
member of the Canadian-
National --and. World Cup
Soccer teams.

Joining Budd as a head
table speaker will be retired
National League Baseball
umpire Tom Gorman -and
former U.C.L.A. Bruins
basketball .coach —John
Wooden.

John Ferguson, who
played eight. seasons with
Montreal Canadiens and is
now Vice-President and
General Manager of
Winnipeg Jets, will also
speak. Ferguson, along with—

._ swimmers. Leslie Cliff and
Bruce Robertson and builder _

Merv Ferguson, will be
inducted into the Hall of
Fame as Honoured Members
during the Banquet of
Champions. -

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