Not in Hall of Fame News

It was a sad day in the world of Rock and Roll as we learned today that Joe Cocker died of lung cancer at the age of 70. The English Blues/Rocker hit worldwide prominence in the late 60’s on both sides of the pond where his Beatles cover of “With a Little Help From My Friends” went number one in the United Kingdom, and though only went to 68 in the United States, his live version of the song at Woodstock was a major moment of what would become the most important concert of a generation.  Joe Cocker would embark…

Some of you who are regular visitors to our website know that we will be unveiling in the future a look at each North American franchise and ranking them in order of how they honor their former players and/or contributors.  That will not be unveiled until late next year, but the natural progression of that will be to look at the major U.S. Universities and as such whenever one major college Hall of Fame announces a new class you can believe we will be interested. Missouri University has just announced their latest class, which includes six new members, three of…

The International Ice Hockey Hall of Fame has announced their latest class and true to its name, the class represents players from around the world.  This year’s class adds seven new members to the Toronto based Hall, though the ceremony will take place next May in Prague during the 2015 World Hockey Championships. The headliner is Dominik Hasek, who was just inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.  Hasek played internationally for the Czech Republic and would take them to the Olympic Gold Medal in 1998.  This was no misnomer as the “Dominator” allowed only six goals in the entire…

It was announced yesterday that former Green Bay Packer and member of the team’s Hall of Fame, Fuzzy Thurston, passed away at the age of 80. Thurston first joined the Packers in 1959 after a brief stint in Baltimore.  He would play under the legendary Vince Lombardi and was part of the legendary “Packer Sweep” and the great Offensive Line.  He was named a First Team All Pro in 1961 and would help the Packers win five NFL Championships.  In 1975, he was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame.  We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to extend…

It was announced on Tuesday that long time writer; Tom Gage will be entering the Baseball Hall of Fame in the writer’s wing.  Gage, who has been the beat writer for the Detroit News since 1979, has covered the Detroit Tigers, and multiple Hall of Fame induction ceremonies, though this time from a different perspective, the podium. Gage is this year’s recipient of the J.G. Taylor Spink Award, the highest honor that be given to Baseball writer.  That annual winner automatically enters the Baseball Hall of Fame and it has been given annually since 1962. We here at Notinhalloffame.com would…