With UBC's men's soccer teams so completely dominant in Canada West and CIS in the late 1980's and early 1990's, the UBC Sports Hall of Fame selection committee had an inordinately challenging task identifying which among the teams from this period was most worthy of induction.
After considerable consultation and discussion at both the nomination and selection stages, the committee selected the players who played for UBC during a three-year period in which the Thunderbirds were undefeated against Canadian university competition with an overall record of 30-0-8, won the CIS Championship in each of those years, and consisted of a core of many of the most outstanding and officially recognized CIS players at the conclusion of each of those seasons.
Additionally, those same teams represented Canada at the World Collegiate Soccer Championships (Invitational) in Las Cruces, New Mexico and Cuidad Juarez, Mexico in 1990, 1991, 1992, and qualified for the championship final in 1991, losing by one goal to the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Between 1989 and 1991, four UBC players were first-team All Canadians, five were second-team all Canadians, and a total of nine players played professionally in the Canadian Soccer League.
In 1989, UBC's Dick Mosher was named CIS Coach of the Year and son Mike (UBC's current head coach) was selected as CIS Championship Tournament MVP. Rob Reed was named CIS Player of the Year in 1991.
The UBC players who played in at least one of those three years are: Paolo Bordignon, Steve Burns, Ed Cannon, Randy Celebrini, Rick Celebrini, Kevin Colbow, Bill Connor, Willie Cromack, Paul Dickson, Enrique Domingo, Colin Elmes, Markus Felderer, Jamie Gurniak, Jeff Hutton, Gary Kern, Tom Kim, Mark Korn (assistant coach), Ray Lohr, Gordon MacIntyre, Ken More (assistant coach), Dick Mosher (head coach), Mike Mosher, Marno Olafson, Pat Onstad, Dave Partridge (assistant coach), Marcello Pavan, Alex Percy, Colin Pettingale, Rob Reed, Gordon Sanders, Doug Schultz, Fernando Torres, Ron Village, Mark Watson, Anthony Weaver, Neil Wilkinson, Gregor Young and Rob Zambrano.
