Sheffield Legends

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Sheffield Legends is a Walk of Fame located outside Sheffield Town Hall honouring famous people from or connected to Sheffield. As in the Hollywood version, there are plaques with famous people's names on them and why they are famous.

The idea was first suggested in 2005 when the people of Sheffield were asked who should be honoured after a local resident suggested honouring the footballer Gordon Banks, who grew up in Sheffield.[1]

To date, the inductees are:

Name Image Occupation Date of induction
Gordon Banks File:Sheffield Legends Gordon Banks.jpg Footballer 9 May 2006[1]
Sean Bean File:Sheffield Legends Sean Bean.jpg Actor 16 January 2010[2]
Grace Clough File:Sheffield Legends Grace Clough.jpg Paralympic gold medal winner 22 December 2016[3]
Joe Cocker File:Sheffield Legends Joe Cocker.jpg Singer 15 December 2007[4]
Sebastian Coe File:Sheffield Legends Sebastian Coe.jpg Athlete and politician 21 February 2007[5]
Def Leppard File:Sheffield Legends Def Leppard.jpg Musicians 16 June 2006[6]
Derek Dooley File:Sheffield Legends Derek Dooley.jpg Footballer 4 December 2007[7]
Margaret Drabble File:Sheffield Legends Margaret Drabble.jpg Novelist 30 May 2012[8]
Jessica Ennis File:Sheffield Legends Jessica Ennis.jpg Athlete 20 June 2011[9]
Tony Foulds Organized the "Mi Amigo" memorial flypast 2019[10]
Barry Hancock File:Sheffield Legends Barry Hancock.jpg Oncologist 24 June 2010[11]
Brendan Ingle File:Sheffield Legends Brendan Ingle.jpg Boxing trainer 8 January 2008[12]
Nick Matthew File:Sheffield Legends Nick Matthew.jpg Squash World Champion 4 September 2013[13]
David Mellor File:Sheffield Legends David Mellor.jpg Cutler and designer 25 January 2007[14]
Michael Palin File:Sheffield Legends Michael Palin.jpg Comedian and television presenter 20 February 2007[15]
Steve Peat File:Sheffield Legends Steve Peat.jpg Mountain biker 28 October 2015[16]
Joe Scarborough File:Sheffield Legends Joe Scarborough.jpg Artist 3 June 2008[17]
Helen Sharman File:Sheffield Legends Helen Sharman.jpg Astronaut 12 December 2006
Joe Simpson File:Sheffield Legends Joe Simpson.jpg Mountaineer 8 January 2008[18]
Michael Vaughan File:Sheffield Legends Michael Vaughan.jpg Cricketer 30 November 2009[19]
Clinton Woods File:Sheffield Legends Clinton Woods.jpg Boxer 2010

References

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  4. ^ Joe Cocker to join Sheffield's 'hall of fame' » Local Government » 24dash.com Archived 26 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Seb Coe returns to his roots and to his old school ties", The Star, 21 February 2007
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  7. ^ Dooley's walk of fame – VIDEO – The Star
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  12. ^ "Brendan and Joe join the Walk of Fame", The Star, 2 January 2008
  13. ^ "Squash star on Sheffield Walk of Fame", The Star, 4 September 2013
  14. ^ "Top designer honoured in home city as a living legend", Yorkshire Post, 26 January 2007
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  16. ^ "Sheffield mountain biker Steve Peat joins 'walk of fame'", "BBC", 28 October 2015
  17. ^ "Joe Scarborough joins 'Walk of Fame'", Sheffield Telegraph, 3 June 2008
  18. ^ "Brendan and Joe join the Walk of Fame", The Star, 2 January 2008
  19. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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