Sydney Halter
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Gerald Sydney Halter, was a Canadian
Canada
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 lawyer and the first commissioner of the Canadian Football League
Canadian Football League
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Biography

Born in Winnipeg
Winnipeg
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, Manitoba
Manitoba
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, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1924 and a Bachelor of Law degree in 1927 from the University of Manitoba
University of Manitoba
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. He helped organize the Winnipeg Football Club in 1934. He was president of the Amateur Athletic Union of Canada from 1938 to 1946. From 1958 to 1966, he was the commissioner of the Canadian Football League. From 1966 to 1971, he was Vice-Chairman of the Manitoba Horse Racing Commission and was Chairman from 1972 to 1982.
Knighted by the Queen of England. Appointed to Queen's Council.

Honours

In 1977, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada
Order of Canada
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. In 1963, he was inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame. In 1966, he was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame
Canadian Football Hall of Fame
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. In 1975, he was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
Canada's Sports Hall of Fame is a hall of fame established in 1955 to "preserve the record of Canadian sports achievements and to promote a greater awareness of Canada's heritage of sport." It is located at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta...

. In 1982, he was inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame. In 1988, he was inducted into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame. In 2006, he was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
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