Not in Hall of Fame News

Major League Baseball unilaterally retired the number 42 in honor of Jackie Robinson, who broke the color barrier in 1947.  His alma mater, UCLA has announced that the number 42 will be retired in all aspects of athletics in honor of the 75th anniversary of when he first set foot on campus. At UCLA, Robinson became the school’s first four letter athlete.  He played on the backfield of the UCLA Football team, making the Bruins team one of the first few integrated teams in the College Football.  He was also a member of the Men’s Basketball team, the Baseball (of…

The Pro Football Hall of Fame has announced their 2015 Semi-Finalists and as usual, there is nothing shocking about the list.  Regular visitors to our website know how much respect we have for their Hall of Fame and how we have patterned our Fictitious Athlete and Fictitious Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on their voting schedule. The semi-finalists are listed below in the order of their rank on our Notinhalloffame.com Football List: Junior Seau:  Ranked #1 on Notinhalloffame.com.  Linebacker.  Chargers 1990-2002, Dolphins 2003-05, Dolphins 2006-09.  6 First Team All Pro Selections, 12 Pro Bowls, 1990’s All Decade Team, UPI…

The final two inductees from the online vote for Goal.com Hall of Fame have been announced and two more legends will be joining Diego Maradonna, Zinedine Zidane and Pele to this new Hall. The fourth man announced on Thursday was Hungarian superstar, the late Ferenc Puskas.  Puskas scored 84 Goals in 85 Games internationally for Hungary and took his team to the World Cup Finals in 1954.  The Hungarians did not win, but the Puskas was named the MVP for the tournament.  On the club level, Puskas starred for Budapest Honved and for Real Madrid, helping them with European Cup…

This week Goal.com announce that from an online vote, that the greatest player in the history of France, Zinedine Zidane and the best player ever from Brazil (and arguably the world) Pele, has been selected to be a part of their first Hall of Fame class.  It should therefore be no shock that the most famous (and infamous player) from Soccer mad Argentina, has also been chosen. Diego Maradona was raised in a Buenos Aries ghetto and like virtually all South American youngsters he gravitated toward soccer.  Maradona would make his Senior cub debut with Argentinos Juniors, a few days…

It is with much sadness that we learned that Orlando Thomas passed away after a battle with ALS, more commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.  Thomas played all seven of his National Football League seasons with the Minnesota Vikings, where he played Safety. Thomas, who was drafted in the Second Round from the University of Louisiana-Lafayette had a very impressive rookie season where he led the National Football League in Interceptions.  That was arguably his best season, but he would complete his career with 22 Interceptions and a 457 tackles. We would like to extend our condolences to the friends…