MURRAY ROBERTS

Date of Birth: 1960
Place of Birth:  Botwood, NL
Inducted: 2025 (Builder Category)

When Murray Roberts offered to sit on the Botwood Minor Hockey Association board in 1996, he could not have dreamed of the long journey he was about to take.  Yet here we are three decades honoring a man who has been a staple at hockey meetings for longer than most people here. From that single year as President of Botwood Minor, Murray advanced through Hockey NL taking on many positions and chairing many committees. In his time on the HNL board, Murray ran the Risk and Safety Committee and the STOP program. He was a Master Course Conductor in Speak Out, chair of finance, resolutions, and head of the nominating committee. For 14 years he was a risk manager with Hockey Canada in addition to being Hockey NL’s vice president for 18 years, an extremely long affiliation that can only be credited to the work he did while sitting in these positions. His work was not without notice. Murray received the HNL Presidents award twice, in 2009 and 2015. He was made a lifetime member of Hockey NL in 2020.