Beverly "Bev" Beaver dating history

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Beverly Beaver (1947 – 19 April 2025) was a Canadian Mohawk athlete from the Six Nations Reserve in Ontario, Canada, known for her performance in fastball, hockey, and bowling. Beaver was born to Reg and Norma Henhawk and had seven siblings, Sidney Henhawk, Frank Henhawk, Sandra Henhawk, Wanda Henhawk, Charlene Nuttycombe, Toni Johnson, and Justine Bomberry. Beaver competed as a professional athlete from 1961 to 1994. She is known to have developed her athletic skills by playing sports with boys throughout her childhood, even becoming a prominent player on a boy's bantam hockey team at age 13. Beaver played exclusively on Native fastball teams; however, she played on non-Native teams in other sports. Throughout her career she earned awards such as the Regional Tom Longboat Award for Southern Ontario (1967) and the National Tom Longboat Award (1980). Beaver is credited with earning other awards for performance in fastball, hockey, and bowling. Some of her hockey artifacts are in the Hockey Hall of Fame, in its diversity exhibit.