1994 BELLEVILLE SPORTS HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES

  • Nathaniel Allworth "Pete" Beach

    BUILDER, MULTI-SPORT

  • Kenzo Dozono

    ATHLETE, KARATE

  • Peter Stanley "Pete" Weston

    ATHLETE, MULTI-SPORT

NATHANIEL ALLWORTH “Pete” BEACH

BUILDER, MULTI-SPORT

High school sports in Ontario never had a better friend than Nathaniel Allworth (Pete) Beach. Born in Chelmsford, Essex in England in 1910, he passed away in Toronto in March of 1984. He lived in Belleville from September 1934 to March 1941 and again from September of 1946 to 1957. As a participant he held the Canadian mile indoor track record running for the West End YMCA, won the Intercollegiate wrestling title for his weight at the University of Western Ontario and was a member of the school's varsity football team. He also coached football at Belleville's Albert College from 1934 to 1940 and again from 1946 to 1956, winning several Bay of Quinte and COSSA championships. He had similar success with the school's basketball team. However, it was in the administration area that "Pete" Beach made his greatest contribution to sports, both locally and provincially. He was secretary-treasurer of several provincial organizations and in the 1940s joined with other Physical Education teachers in Ontario in forming a provincial high school sports association (known today as the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations). In 1957 he left Albert College to become executive director of OFSAA, a position he held until his retirement. "Pete" was also one of the founding members of the Canadian Federation of Provincial Schools Athletic Associations. In addition to that role, he also spent time as chairman of Track and Field Canada. His work saw him earn respect from colleagues he worked with from the United States, Great Britain and Europe. His efforts have already been recognized in a number of ways, including Albert College naming its new gym "The Pete Beach Gymnasium"; the awards given in his name by OFSAA for outstanding contribution to high school sports and awards and citations from the Canadian Track and Field Association, Ministry of Education and Ontario government.

KENZO DOZONO

ATHLETE, KARATE

If one man is symbolic of martial arts in the Quinte area and its growing popularity, it is Kenzo Dozono. Born in Sendai, Japan on July 23, 1944, Dozono came to Belleville in 1969 and has been a prominent local sportsman this day. A champion as both a competitor and instructor, Dozono has made his mark locally, provincially, nationally and internationally. He was the winner of the Canadian National Exhibition Open Karate Championships four straight years, from 1975 to 1978. Dozono was a member of the Canadian national team at e International Amateur Karate Federation Karate-Do championships in Tokyo in 1977. He was also winner of the Karate Ontario Provincial Championships for three years running from 1975 to 1978. In 1985 he was both ach and a member of the Canadian team that won a gold medal at the S.KI.F. World Karate Championships Dusseldorf, West Germany. Dozono has been recognized with outstanding achievement awards from the City of Belleville, Province of Ontario and the Federal government. Currently he's Vice-Chairman for S.K.I.F. Black Belt Holders Association, which has a membership in 81 countries. On top of all those achievements, and perhaps more important, is Dozono's work with thousands of Quinte area youngsters and adults. Those efforts have produced both champions and a better understanding of his chosen sport.

PETER STANLEY “Pete” WESTON

ATHLETE, MULTI-SPORT

Peter Stanley "Pete" Weston is considered by many to be the greatest athlete to ever come out of the old Belleville Collegiate Institute and Vocational School. Under legendary coach Homer "Red" Townsend, Weston was the unquestioned leader of many football and basketball teams at BCIVS. Later, he played hockey for Queen's University in Kingston and junior and senior softball in Belleville. Unfortunately for local fans, Weston's most memorable athletic accomplishments - in hockey and fastball - occurred away from his hometown. He played Sr. hockey for the Kingston Aces when they won an OHA championship and appeared in the Eastern Canadian finals n 1967. Two years later, with the Calgary Stampeders of the old Western Canada Sr. A loop, Weston helped the Stamps reach the Allan Cup finals. Weston played for several top notch fastball teams in Alberta including the Calgary Hectors (1968 provincial finalists) and Calgary Power Chiefs (national champions). When the Power Chiefs qualified for the Summer Games in Halifax, Weston helped lead the team to first place overall. He was selected to the All-Canadian team and was voted MVP. Back on the ice, Weston led the Banff Bisons to an Alberta Intermediate hockey title in 1973. Weston's travels, due to his job as an executive with Canada Cement, next took him to Manitoba where he played Sr. A hockey for the St. James Flyers and fastball for the Western Canadian champion Winnipeg Colonels. Moving east, Weston played for the Nova Scotia champion and Canadian championship runner-up Brookfield Elks fastball club. Weston was born in Campbellford on July 31, 1943. BCI is now gone, torn down in 2004 to make way for an athletic playing field, but men like Pete Weston help keep the school's memories alive. Weston's case, as perhaps the finest all-round athlete in the history of the school.