We are going way back for this one.

An All-American at Kentucky in 1935, Wildcats Head Coach, Adolph Rupp called Center Leroy Edwards the best player he ever coached.  Fine praise, indeed.  Edwards, who won the Helms College Player of the Year in 1935, was so dominant and physical in the paint, that it was alleged that he was the reason that basketball enacted the three-second rule, preventing players from spending longer than three seconds under the basket.

Edwards then played professionally for the Oshkosh All-Stars in the National Basketball League from 1937 to 1949, and for a time, he was the best player in the league.   Excellent on both sides of the ball, Edwards won three straight NBL MVPs (1938-40), all of which coincided with three consecutive scoring titles.  Edwards also was a six-time First Team All-NBL Selection and he led Oshkosh to two league titles (1941 & 1942).

The NBL was an all-white league, but Oshkosh faced the New York Rens, an all-black team.  Edwards and Oskosh were able to match up equally with New York, with Edwards respected unilaterally by the Rens. 

Edwards never made it to the NBA as his career ended before that league formed, but any player who was a three-time league MVP has a Hall of Fame case. 

The problem with running a Hall of Fame-related website is that many of the big ones we cover all have announcements within months of each other.  The backbone of what we do is list-related, so this results in a long push to revise what we already have; specifically, now with our Football and Basketball Lists.

At present, we have a minor update as we have completed the first ten of the 2024 Basketball List, which you can comment on and vote on:

The new 1 to 10:

1. Larry Foust
2. Shawn Kemp
3. Max Zaslofsky
4. Buck Williams
5. Gus Williams
6. Kevin Johnson
7. Marques Johnson
8. Mark Price
9. Bill Laimbeer
10. Mark Aguirre

Rankings are impacted annually based on your comments and votes.

Thank you all for your patience. We will soon unveil more changes to the football and basketball lists.

The problem with running a Hall of Fame-related website is that many of the big ones we cover all have announcements within months of each other.  The backbone of what we do is list-related, so this results in a long push to revise what we already have; specifically, now with our Football and Basketball Lists.

At present, we have a minor update as we have completed the third ten of the 2024 Football List, which you can comment on and vote on:

The new 31 to 40:

31. Bob Kuechenberg
32. Neil Smith
33. Jahri Evans
34. Bobby Boyd
35. Lee Roy Jordan
36. Verne Lewellen
37. Joe Jacoby
38. Al Wistert
39. Haloti Ngata
40. Jimmy Patton

Rankings are impacted annually based on your comments and votes.

Thank you all for your patience. We will soon unveil more changes to the football and basketball lists.

The city of Toronto lost one of its great hockey players with the passing of Ron Ellis.  He was 79 years old.

A member of Toronto’s last Stanley Cup Championship team in 1967, Ron Ellis played his entire career with the Maple Leafs (1963-1981) where he scored 640 Points.  Ellis was a four-time All-Star and led the NFL in Game-Winning Goals (7) in 1966-67.  The Right Wing was also known for his philanthropic efforts during and after his playing career.

We here at Notinhalloffame offer our condolences to the fans, friends and family of Ron Ellis.