Gloria Lor Spoden

Inducted into the Brockville and Area Sports Hall of Fame: June 13th, 2024

Glori Lor Spoden was born and raised in Brockville. She started taking skating lessons with the Brockville Figure Skating Club. At the age of 21, she applied for a position with the world-famous Ice Capades.

In 1966, she earned a position with the group and went to Washington D.C. to be part of the Ice Show. Two years later, in 1968, she was the Line Captain for the Ice Capades, which meant that if any members of the line could not skate. She would replace them in a performance.

She was also responsible for teaching other skaters how to do their performances. She left Ice Capades in 1971 and taught figure skating in California for a number of years. She has organized two Ice Capades reunions in Las Vegas with 500 retired skaters attending. She still skates and creates a monthly newsletter in Toronto for retired skaters.