Canada Basketball’s Howard Kelsey has been inducted into the British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame.  Kelsey has made great contributions to the sport of basketball in Canada.  On the court, he represented Team Canada for eleven years at numerous international events, including two Olympic Games.  Once he finished his professional playing career,  and he continued in a variety of roles to work on the sport’s growth and development in Canada. Congratulations to Howard.  

You knew it was only a matter of time before Howard Kelsey got into the B.C. Sports Hall of Fame and today was the day.

But you might have been saying it's been long overdue for the past 20 years were you so inclined.

Now over 50 and still playing a lot of pickup basketball as his two scoped knees can attest these days as he recovers, Kelsey was a tremendous player back when the national basketball team was at it's zenith back in 1984 Olympics. That team which featured the likes of Jay Triano, Greg Wiltjer, Gerald Kazanowski, and others got to within six points of the bronze medal that year, losing to Yugoslavia which was led by former NBA stars Vlade Divac and the late Drazen Petrovic.

To read the entire article by Tony Gallagher from The Province press here

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