1999 PRELIMINARY RESULTS:

Thank you to all who participated in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project. If you are still determining what that is, we treated the PFHOF as having its first class in January 1946.

We have completed the first 50 years.

For “1999,” a Preliminary Vote with over 100 players whose playing career ended by 1993. We also follow the structure in which players have 20 years of eligibility, and if they do not make it into the Hall, they are relegated to the Senior Pool.

Each voter was asked to select 25 names from the preliminary list, and the top 25 vote-getters were named Semi-Finalists.

A week later, voters will be asked to select 15 names from the 25 Semi-Finalists, then choose five from the remaining 15. We will continue this process every week until we catch up to the current year.

Please note that a significant change occurred “years ago,” allowing voters to submit fewer than the allotted number of spots. 

31 Votes took place.

This is for the “Modern Era”

Bold indicates they advanced to the Semi-Finals:

*Indicates they have been removed from future ballots

This is for the Senior Era

Bold indicates they advanced to the Semi-Finals:

*Indicates that they will be removed from the ballot permanently.

This is for the “Coaches/Contributors”

Bold indicates they advanced to the Semi-Finals:

*Indicates that they will be removed from the ballot permanently.

Next week, we will announce the Semi-Finalists for the 1999 Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project.

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the top 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we maintain and update our existing Top 50 lists annually.  We are pleased to present our pre-2026 revision of our top 50 Arizona Cardinals.

As for all of our top 50 players in baseball, we look at the following: 

1.  Duration and Impact.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National Football League.

3.  Advanced Statistics.

4.  Playoff performance.

5. Their respective legacy on the team.

6. How successful the team was when he was there.

7. Respecting the era in which they played.

Criteria 1-4 will make up the lion’s share of the algorithm.  Please note that we have implemented this for the first time.  This has changed the rankings all throughout the board.

Last year, the Arizona Cardinals were awful, winning only three games.  As this team's origins date back over a century, it takes a lot to enter this list, or even move up within it.  As such, there was only one elevation in this list.

As always, we present our top five, which saw no changes.

1. Larry Fitzgerald
2. Larry Wilson
3. Charley Trippi
4. Roger Wehrli
5. Dan Dierdorf

You can find the complete list here:

Eight-time Pro Bowl Safety Budda Baker moved to #12 from #17.

Of note, now a Minnesota Viking, Quarterback Kyler Murray remained at #49.

We thank you for your continued support of our lists on Notinhalloffame.com.

This is interesting.

The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame opened a new exhibit last week: “Stephen Curry: Beyond the Arc”, which will profile the former two-time MVP, four-time NBA Champion, Olympic Gold Medalist, and all-time leader in 3-Point Field Goals.

This will focus on his rise from obscurity to becoming one of the greatest shooters in the sport’s history. 

What is unique is that it marks the first time the Hoop Hall has featured an active player.

Curry is likely to enter the Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility.

Regular visitors of notinhalloffame.com know that we are slowly working on the top 50 of every major team in the NHL, NBA, NFL, and MLB. Once that is done, we will examine how each team honors its past players, coaches, and executives. Eventually, we will do the same with major college programs.  As such, it is important to us that Ball State University has announced the six names and a team that will be inducted into its Athletic Hall of Fame.

The event will take place on October 2.

The Class of 2026 members are:

Alex Call, Baseball, 2014-16.  Currently a member of the defending World Series Champion, the Los Angeles Dodgers, Call was the 2016 MAC Player of the Year and had a lifetime batting average of .351.

Duane Clemens, Men’s Basketball, 1997-2000.  Clemens led the Cardinals to the 2000 MAC Championship, where he won the MAC Tournament MVP.  He scored 1,585 points and 249 steals for the program.

Jahwan Edward, Football, 2011-14.  Edwards holds the school rushing record with 4,558 yards, and also boasts the Cardinals record with 51 touchdowns on the ground.  He played professionally with the San Diego Chargers, Atlanta Falcons, Jacksonville Jaguars, Miami Dolphins, and Cleveland Browns.

Nathalie Fontaine, Women’s Basketball, 2013-16.  Fontaine holds the school record for points (2,166) and guided the Cardinals to four straight WNIT appearances.  The 2016 MAC Player of the Year played for Team Sweden and later played professionally in Europe.

Dawn Ford, Women’s Diving, 1990-93.  Ford was named the MAC Diver of the Year in 1992 and 1993, and won three individual conference titles (1-meter in 1991 & 1993 and 3-meter in 1993. 

Alyssa Rio, Women’s Volleyball, 2007-10.  Rio was the 2010 MAC Defensive Player of the Year and had 2,089 career digs.

1972 Men’s Golf Team.  The team went 11-2 in dual matches and had a 36-4 record over a three-year span.  They finished the year ranked #14 and were anchored by four first-team All-MAC selections: Dick Falls, Rocky Scholley, Bob Koschman, and Max Minnick.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate the impending members of the Ball State University Athletic Hall of Fame.